Advisors
Major/Minor Advisors
Find the link to office hours on the Faculty Directory page.
Asian Studies and Chinese
Chunhui Peng
Ph.D., UC San Diego
Associate Professor; Asian Languages Coordinator; Asian Studies, Chinese, and Japanese
Minor Advisor
408-924-4615
chunhui.peng@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 427
Foreign Language Education
Zoey Liu
MA, Stanford University
Lecturer
Single Subjector Coordinator; Teaching Credential Advisor
408-924-4628
zoey.liu@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408P
French
Jean-Luc Desalvo
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor; French Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4620
jean-luc.desalvo@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 435
German
Larissa Chiriaeva
Ph.D., Heidelberg University
Lecturer; German Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4591
larissa.chiriaeva@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 410N
Japanese
Major Students
Midori Ishida
Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lecturer, Interim Japanese Advisor and Program Coordinator (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)
408-924-4606
midori.ishida@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408F
Michiko Uryu (on leave AY25-26) Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Associate Professor; Japanese Program Coordinator; Japanese Major Advisor
408-924-4613
michiko.uryu@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 410G
Minor Students
Chunhui Peng
Ph.D., UC San Diego
Associate Professor; Japanese Minor Advisor
408-924-4615
chunhui.peng@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 427
Latin American Studies
Cheyla Samuelson
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor; LAS Advisor
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429
Portuguese
Duarte Pinheiro
Ph.D., University Fernando Pesso, Porto
Lecturer; Portuguese Advisor
408-924-4022
duarte.pinheiro@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 412J
Spanish
For Spanish Program (major and minor) advising please visit the Spanish advising page and follow all the steps included before visiting an advisor via Zoom. Advisors are assigned to student alphabetically by the student’s last name.
Damian Bacich
Ph.D., UCLA
Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-4592
damian.bacich@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 431
Avizia Long (On Leave AY25-26)
Ph.D., Indiana University
Associate Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-4618
avizia.long@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408K
Eleanor Marsh
Ph.D., UC Davis
Associate Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-4614
eleanor.marsh@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 412N
Ángel Ruiz Blanco
Ph.D., UC Davis
Assistant Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-3685
angel.ruizblanco@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 420H
Cheyla Samuelson
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor;
Spanish B.A. Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429
Graduate Advisors
Spanish MA
Advisors are assigned to student alphabetically by the student’s last name.
Last Names A-K
Cheyla Samuelson
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429
Last Names G-H
Ángel Ruiz Blanco
Ph.D., UC Davis
Assistant Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-3685
angel.ruizblanco@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 420H
Last Names I-R
Eleanor Marsh
Ph.D., UC Davis
Associate Professor
408-924-4614
eleanor.marsh@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 412N
Last Names T-Z
Damian Bacich
Ph.D., UCLA
Professor; Spanish M.A. Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4592
damian.bacich@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 431
