Advisors
Professor and Department Chair
- Undergraduate Advisor - Geography BA
- Undergraduate Advisor - Geographic Information Science BS
- Minor Advisor - Urban Studies
- Minor Advisor - Geography
- Minor Advisor - Geographic Information Science
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
408-924-6951 | WSQ 118B
katherine.cushing@sjsu.edu
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Associate Professor
- Graduate Co-Advisor - MPA Program
Ph.D. in Planning, Policy, and Design (Asian American Studies emphasis), University of California, Irvine
WSQ 218A
laureen.hom@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
- Graduate Advisor - MUP Program
- Graduate Co-Advisor - MPA Program
- Advanced Certificates Advisor (except GIS and CRED)
- Graduate Admissions Director
- Faculty Advisor - Urban Planning Coalition
MRP Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
408-924-5854 | WSQ 218C
richard.kos@sjsu.edu
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Lecturer
- Advanced Certificates Advisor - Real Estate Development (CRED)
- CRED Director
CREDMCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WSQ 218C
kelly.snider@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
- Graduate Advisor - Geography MA
- Graduate Advisor - Geographic Information Science MS GISc
- Advanced Certificate Advisor - Geographic Information Science
Ph.D in Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of Texas at Arlington
ahoura.zandiatashbar@sjsu.edu
408-924-5480 | CL 406
Professor
- Faculty Advisor, TRANSITion Student Group
PhD, University of Chicago
Not teaching Spring 2024
408-924-5852
gordon.douglas@sjsu.edu
General Advising
The College of Social Sciences Student Success Center provides advising for undergraduate students majoring or intent to major in any of the departments within the College of Social Sciences.
Web: www.sjsu.edu/socsci-ssc
Phone: 408-924-5363
Email: socsci-success@sjsu.edu
Location: Clark Hall 240