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

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 |
|
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 |