Advising

Open Advising Schedule

 

Open advising is held in a shared Zoom link for all open advising hours.

The open advising schedule is updated each Friday with the following week's information. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out via email to comm@sfsu.edu.

 

Monday, September 1st

  • Labor Day; No open advising on this day. 

Tuesday, September 2nd

  • 9 – 10 a.m. with Christopher Koenig

Wednesday, September 3rd

  • 9 – 10 a.m. with Susan Shimanoff
  • Noon – 2 p.m. with Vivian Huang
  • 4 – 5 p.m. with Amy Kilgard

Thursday, September 4th

  • 11 a.m. – noon with Constance Gordon

Friday, September 5th

  • 11 a.m. – noon with Paloma Mathern
Woman behind laptop advising another student as they both look at screen

Undergraduate Advising

Woman advising another student

Degree Progress Report

The Degree Progress Report (DPR) for self advising is a great resource for students to self-advise.The DPR tracks your current progress toward meeting the requirements for General Education and the COMM major. Color coding indicates which requirements are complete, in progress, and not yet complete.

 

Faculty Office Hours and Contact Information

Please consult class syllabi or contact faculty directly for office hours.

Major and minor advising is only offered by faculty indicated as "COMM Advisor" in the far right cell.

Name
Title
Email
Advisor Status
Shadee Abdi Undergraduate Advising Coordinator By request from comm@sfsu.edu  
Fatima Alaoui Associate Professor By request from comm@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Allen Conkle Lecturer Faculty aconkle@sfsu.edu  
Ashmi Desai Assistant Professor ashmidesai@sfsu.edu Conflict Resolution Advisor
Constance Gordon Associate Professor cgordon@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Vivian Huang Associate Professor vhuang@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Amy Kilgard Professor akilgard@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Christopher Koenig Professor cjkoenig@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Paloma Mathern Internship Director amolap@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Samuel McCormick Professor mccrmck@sfsu.edu  
Gerianne Merrigan Professor merrigan@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Miranda Olzman Lecturer Faculty molzman@sfsu.edu  
Suzanne Pullen Lecturer Faculty spullen@sfsu.edu  
John Ryan Lecturer Faculty jbr@sfsu.edu  
Christina Sabee Department Chair csabee@sfsu.edu  
Susan Shimanoff Professor shimanof@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Badu Smith Assistant Professor lsmith1914@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Orion Steele Lecturer Faculty osteele@sfsu.edu  
Ana Terminel Iberri Assistant Professor atermineliberri@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Leah Wingard Graduate Coordinator wingard@sfsu.edu  
Gust Yep Professor gyep@sfsu.edu