Our Faculty

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    Name       Office and Contact
Kristin Agius  


Kristin Agius

Lecturer
MA, San Francisco State University

 

Faculty Offices 222
kristin.agius@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TR 12:15-1:15pm

Ume Ali  

Ume Ali

Lecturer
MFA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 213
ume.ali@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 12-1pm (in person)

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Selena Anderson

Associate Professor
PhD, University of Houston    

 

Faculty Offices 105
408-924-4449
selena.anderson@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: N/A

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Gina Arnold

Lecturer
PhD, Stanford University

 

Faculty Offices 223
regina.arnold@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 1-3pm (Zoom)

Liz Asborno  

Elizabeth Asborno

Lecturer
MA, San Jose State University

 

Faculty Offices 218
elizabeth.asborno@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TH 10:45-11:45am; F 12:45-1:45pm (in person)

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Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite

Lecturer
PhD, University of Oslo, Norway

 

Faculty Offices 114
zehlia.babaci-wilhite@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 2-3pm

Andreas Bassett  


Andreas P. Bassett

Assistant Professor    
PhD, University of Washington

 

Faculty Offices 128
andreas.bassett@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 9:30-11:30am (in person)

Jennifer Bean  


Jennifer Bean

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 224
jennifer.bean@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 1:45-2:45pm (in person or Zoom)

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Louise Bernbaum

English Education Supervisor

 

louise.bernbaum@sjsu.edu

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Noelle Brada-Williams

Chair; Professor
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara    

 

Faculty Offices 103
408-924-4439
noelle.brada-williams@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 4:30-5:30pm (in person); M 2-5pm (Zoom, by appointment)

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Lilly Chen

Lecturer
MA, University of Illinois Springfield

 

Clark Hall 408G
lilly.chen@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M 9-10am (Zoom)

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Anne Cheilek

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 226
anne.cheilek@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: M/T 1:30-2:30pm (in person)

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Sara Cook

Lecturer

 

Faculty Offices 109
sara.cook@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 12-1pm (in person)

Javier Cortez  

Javier Cortez

Lecturer
MA, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Faculty Offices 219
javier.cortez@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T/TH 3-4:30pm (in person)

Chelsea Criez  

Chelsea Criez

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 215
chelsea.criez@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: M/W 12-1pm (in person or Zoom) and by appointment

Mark Cunningham  

Mark Cunningham

Lecturer
MFA, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

 

Faculty Offices 214
mark.cunningham@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 2-2:30pm (in person); T/TH 10-11:30am (Zoom)

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Johnny Damm

Lecturer
PhD, University of Georgia    

 

Faculty Offices 118
408-924-5046
john.damm@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 9:15-10:15am (in person)

Christopher Dizon  

Christopher Dizon

Lecturer
MA, California State University, East Bay

 

Faculty Offices 115
408-924-4117
christopher.j.dizon@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: F 8-10am (Zoom, by appointment)

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Mark Dowdy

Lecturer
PhD, University of Iowa    

 

Faculty Offices 215
408-924-5063
mark.dowdy@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M 12-2pm (Zoom)

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Adrienne L. Eastwood

Associate Chair; Professor;
Curriculum Coordinator
PhD, University of California, San Diego    
 

Faculty Offices 101
408-924-4509
adrienne.eastwood@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: N/A

Christine Eldridge  

Christine Eldridge

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 221
christine.eldridge@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 11am-12pm (in person) and by appointment (Zoom)

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Jordan Ellis

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 118
jordan.ellis@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: By appointment (Zoom)

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Kristin FitzPatrick

Lecturer
MFA, California State University, Fresno

 

Clark Hall 406B
kristin.fitzpatrickezell@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 9:30-11:10am (Zoom)

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Michael Ford

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 220
michael.n.ford@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: W 1-3pm (in person)

Meghan Gorman-DaRif  


Meghan Gorman-DaRif 

Assistant Professor    
PhD, University of Texas, Austin

 

Faculty Offices 216
meghan.gorman-darif@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours:

Allison Gregory  

Allison Gregory

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 218
allison.stdennis@sjsu.edu  

Office Hours: W 10:30-11:30am and by appointment (Zoom)

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Katherine D. Harris

Professor; Director of Public Programming
PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

 

Faculty Offices 214
katherine.harris@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

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Sherri Harvey

Lecturer
MFA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 212
sherri.harvey@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 1-2pm (in person or Zoom)

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Carrie Hechtman

Lecturer
MFA, San Francisco State University

 

Clark Hall 408G
carrie.hechtman@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: N/A

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Daniel Hendel De La O

Lecturer
MA, San José State University    

 

Faculty Offices 111
daniel.hendeldelao@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: MW 12-1 PM (Zoom)

Taylor Hooten  

Taylor Hooten

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 116
taylor.hooten@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 9-10 AM (in person)

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Mostafa Jalal 

Lecturer
PhD, Georgia State University

 

Clark Hall 408E
408-924-4430
mostafa.jalal@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TH 3-4pm and by appointment (in person)

Scott Jarvie  


Scott Jarvie

Assistant Professor
PhD, Michigan State University

 

Faculty Offices 108 
scott.jarvie@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M 4-6pm (in person or Zoom)

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Allison Johnson

Assistant Professor, MA Advisor, and Graduate Coordinator
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles    

 

Faculty Offices 105
408-924-3257
allison.johnson@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: N/A

Faith Kirk  


Faith Kirk

Lecturer
PhD, Michigan State University

 

Faculty Offices 217
faith.kirk@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: TH 10-11am (Zoom)

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Rebecca Kling

Lecturer
PhD, University of California, Davis

 

Clark Hall 419
rebecca.kling@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: 10:30-11:30am (Zoom)

David Koehn  


David Koehn

Lecturer
MFA, University of Florida

 

Faculty Offices 223
david.koehn@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 5-7pm (Zoom)

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Revathi Krishnaswamy

Professor
PhD, Kent State University    

 

Faculty Offices 105
revathi.krishnaswamy@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: MW 10-10:30am (in person) and by appointment (Zoom)

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Bronwyn LaMay

Lecturer
PhD, English and Literacy Education, Stanford University

 

Faculty Offices 111
bronwyn.lamay@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M 4:30-5:30pm (Zoom)

Vee Lawson  

Vee Lawson

Assistant Professor
PhD, Michigan State University

 

Faculty Offices 108
vee.lawson@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 3-4pm (in person)

Liam Leslie  

Liam Leslie

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 213
liam.leslie@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: 9:15-10:15am (in person)

Raina Levesque  


Raina Levesque

Lecturer
PhD, New York University

 

Faculty Offices 220
raina.levesque@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: F 3-5pm (Zoom)

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Jeff Lin

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 224
jeff.lin@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 11:15am-12pm (Zoom); W 10:20-11:50am (in person)

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Kay Liou

Lecturer
MA, San Jose Staté University

 

Faculty Offices 115
kay.liou@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TH 1:30-2:30pm (in person) and by appointment (Zoom)

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Jill Logan

Lecturer
Steinbeck Fellow, 2018-2019
MFA, University of Iowa    

 

Faculty Offices 112
408-924-4024
jill.logan@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 1-2pm (Zoom)

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J. Michael Martinez

Assistant Professor; Director, Center for Literary Arts
MFA, George Mason University

 


Clark Hall 408C
408-924-4451
jmichael.martinez@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 1:30-2:30pm (in person)

Brook McClurg  


Brook McClurg

Assistant Professor; Editor in Chief, Reed Magazine
PhD, Texas Tech University

 

Faculty Offices 1214
brook.mcclurg@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: W 2-4pm; F 12:45-1:45pm (in person or Zoom)

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Ralph McKay

English Education Supervisor
Ed. D., University of the Pacific

 

ralph.mckay@sjsu.edu

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Kathleen McSharry

Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison    

 

Faculty Offices 217
kathleen.mcsharry@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 10:30-11:30am and by appointment (Zoom)

Samuel Michael  

Samuel Michael

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 213
samuel.michael@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 3-4:30pm (in person)

Alayna Mills  

Alayna Mills

MFA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 226
alayna.mills@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T 12-1pm (Zoom); W 10:30-11:30am (in person)

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Linda C. Mitchell

Professor; 
Majors Advisor
PhD, University of Southern California    

 

Faculty Offices 117
408-924-4453
linda.mitchell@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 2:30-3:30pm and by appointment (Zoom)

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Thomas Moriarty

Professor;
Director of Writing Across the Curriculum
PhD English, Purdue University    

 

Faculty Offices 214
thomas.moriarty@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T/TH 3-4pm (in person or Zoom)

Jillian Murphy  


Jillian Murphy

Lecturer 
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 221
jillian.murphy@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: M/W 12:15-1:15pm (in person) and by appointment (Zoom)

Michael Muszynski  

Michael Muszynski

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 115
michael.muszynski@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: N/A

Tanja Nathanael  


Tanja Nathanael
 

Lecturer 
PhD, University of Southern Mississippi

 

408-607-3711
tanja.nathanael@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: By appointment (Zoom)

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Joseph Navarro

Lecturer
MFA, Naropa University

 

Faculty Offices 220
joseph.navarro@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: F 11am-1pm (Zoom)

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Keenan Norris

Associate Professor
PhD, University of California, Riverside    

 

Faculty Offices 128
keenan.norris@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T 11:30am-1:30pm (in person)

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Kristian O'Hare 

Lecturer
PhD, Western Michigan University

 

Faculty Offices 215
kristian.ohare@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 9:20-10:20am (in person); W 12-1pm (Zoom); and by appointment

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Peter O'Sullivan

Lecturer
MFA, San José State University    

 

Faculty Offices 107
408-924-4419
peter.o.sullivan@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T 1:30-2:30pm; W 11am-12pm (in person)

Tony Papanikolas  


Tony Papanikolas

Lecturer
PhD, Northwestern University

 

Faculty Offices 226
tony.papanikolas@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 3-4pm; TH 1:30-2:30pm (in person)

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Artie Patel

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 116
artie.patel@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: M 12:30-2:30pm (in person or Zoom)

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Alesya Petty

Lecturer
MA, San José State University    

 

Faculty Offices 224 
408-924-4496 
alesya.petty@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T 3-4pm and by appointment (Zoom)

Vanessa Powers  


Vanessa Powers

Lecturer
MA, San Francisco State University

 

Faculty Offices 219
vanessa.powers@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T 10am-12pm (Zoom)

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Sarah Prasad

Lecturer
MA, San Francisco State University    

 

Faculty Offices 212
408-924-4456
sarah.prasad@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TH 9-10am (in person or Zoom); W 11:30am-12:30pm (Zoom)

Daniel Rivers  


Daniel Lanza Rivers

Associate Professor; Director of Steinbeck Center    
PhD, Claremont Graduate University

 

Clark Hall 420C
daniel.rivers@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T 2:30-3:30pm (in person) and by appointment (Zoom)

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Avantika Rohatgi

Lecturer
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

 

Faculty Offices 107 
408-924-4488 
avantika.rohatgi@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: M/W 12-1pm and by appointment (Zoom)

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Colton Saylor 

Lecturer
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Faculty Offices 112
408-924-4479
colton.saylor@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 1:30-2:30pm (Zoom)

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Kirsten Schwartz

Lecturer
MA, California State University, East Bay

 

Faculty Offices 221 
kirsten.schwartz@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: By appointment (Zoom)

Christy Shick  


Christy Shick

Lecturer
 MFA, City College of New York

 

Faculty Offices 223
christy.shick@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: N/A

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Anna Shortt

English Education Supervisor
ED, Concordia University Portland

 

anna.shortt@sjsu.edu 

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Ryan Skinnell

Professor; Director, First-Year Writing Program; Teaching Associates Coordinator
PhD, Arizona State University    

 

Faculty Offices 111
408-924-4207
ryan.skinnell@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T 5-6pm; W 11am-12pm (in person)

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Sian Sloan

Lecturer
PhD, New York University  

 

Faculty Offices 221
408-924-5079
sian.sloan@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 12-1pm (in person)

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Ryan Smith

Lecturer; Former Managing Editor, Reed Magazine 
MFA, San Jose State Univiersty

 

Faculty Offices 114 
ryan.smith@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: By appointment (in person or Zoom)

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Nancy Stork

Professor [pdf]
PhD, University of Toronto

 

Faculty Offices 218
408-924-4477
nancy.stork@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: N/A

Katharine Studer  


Katharine Studer

Lecturer
MFA, Bowling Green State University

 

Faculty Offices 127
415-404-0439
katharine.studer@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:  MW 12-1pm (in FOB 127), 3-4pm; T/TH 2:30-3pm (in BBC 122)

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Nica Constante Tanaka

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 218
nicollette.tanaka@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: W 1-2pm (in person)

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Nick Taylor 

Professor;
Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing
MFA, Virginia

 

Faculty Offices 106 
nicholas.taylor@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: TH 11am-12pm (in person)

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Mark Thompson

Associate Professor;
Director of Professional and Technical Writing Program; TYPO Faculty Advisor
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Faculty Offices 110 
mark.thompson@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T 2-3:45pm (in person or Zoom)

Victoria Thorp  


Victoria Thorp

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 112
victoria.thorp@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T/TH 12-1pm (in person)

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Au-Co Tran

Lecturer
MFA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 219
au-co.tran@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 12-1pm (Zoom) and by appointment (in person or Zoom)

Rachel Turner  


Rachel Turner

Lecturer
MA, King's College, London

 

Faculty Offices 118
rachel.turner@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: F 10am-4pm (Zoom)

Maite Urcaregui  


Maite Urcaregui 

Assistant Professor    
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara 

 

Faculty Offices 216
408-924-4416 
maite.urcaregui@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: M 3-4pm (in person); T 3-4pm (Zoom)

Savannah Vento Chun  


Savannah Vento Chun

Teaching Associate

 

Faculty Offices 217
savannah.ventochun@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 12-1pm (in person)

Roohi Vora  


Roohi Vora

Lecturer
MA, San José State University

 

Faculty Offices 117
408 923-4428
roohi.vora@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 11:50am-12:50pm (in person)

Anne Walker  


Anne Walker
 

Lecturer
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

 

Clark Hall 408N
anne.walker@sjsu.edu 

Office Hours: T/TH 1:15-2pm and by appointment (Zoom)

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Yuching (Jill) Yang

Lecturer
PhD, Arizona State University

 

Faculty Offices 222
408-924-4492
yuching.yang@sjsu.edu

Office Hours: T/TH 10am-12 pm (in person or Zoom)