Faculty/Staff Directory
Meet the Department of Communication Studies faculty and staff!
Below is a full directory complete with contact information. We look forward to connecting with you.
If you are looking specifically for COMM faculty who teach and mentor Master's students, please visit our Graduate Faculty Directory page.
Lecturer
Office: HGH 259
Office Hours (in-person): Thursdays 3pm - 4pm
Office Hours (virtual): Thursdays 3pm - 4pm
Email: david.amancio@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 259
Office Hours (in-person): Mondays 9:30am - 10:30am
Office Hours (virtual): Upon request
Email: vivian.antonellis@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Studies Program Director
Office: HGH 203
Office Hours (in-person): Tuesdays 10:30am - 11:30am
Office Hours (virtual): Thursdays 10:30am - 11:30am
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 250
Office Hours (in-person): By appointment
Office Hours (virtual): Thursdays 10am - 11am
Email: joseph.biagini@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (virtual): Mondays 5pm - 6pm
Email: arjun.buxi@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 259
Office Hours (virtual): Mondays 1pm - 2pm: Email for appointment
Email: james.capurso@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
Office: HGH 205
Office Hours (in-person): Mondays 12pm - 1pm
Office Hours (virtual): Tuesdays 12pm - 1pm
Email: andrew.carter@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer, COMM Center Director
Office: HGH 237
Office Hours (in-person): Thursdays 1pm - 2pm
Office Hours (virtual): Wednesdays 3pm - 4pm
Email: roxanne.cnudde@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (virtual): Mondays and Tuesdays 3pm - 4pm by Canvas appointment
Teaching Associate
Office: HGH 241
Office Hours (in-person): Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:15am - 9:15am
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment
Email: nathalie.duque@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office Hours (virtual): Tuesdays 8am - 10am: Zoom link via Canvas
Email: gina.firenzi@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (in-person): Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm
Office Hours (virtual): Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm
Email: david.galan@sjsu.edu
Professor
Office: HGH 211
Office Hours (virtual): Wednesdays 3pm - 5pm by appointment
Email: ge.gao@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, Advising Director, Social Media Team Director
Office: HGH 207
Office Hours (virtual): Wednesdays and Thursdays 11am - 1pm
Email: felipe.gomez@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (in-person): Mondays and Wednesdays 11am - 12pm
Office Hours (virtual): By Appointment
Email: hyeji.han@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (virtual): MW 12pm - 12:30pm
Email: zaki.hasan@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Office: HGH 204
Office Hours (in-person): R 10:30am - 11:30am and by appointment.
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
Email: oona.hatton@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, Graduate Studies Program Director
Office: HGH 204
Office Hours (virtual): M 11am - 1pm & W 11:30am - 12:30pm
Email: marie.haverfield@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 205
Office Hours (in-person): M 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Office Hours (virtual): R 11am - 11:45am
Email: minna.holopainen@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 206
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 214
Office Hours (in-person): TR 2:30pm - 3pm or by appointment.
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
Email: tina.lim@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (in-person): MW 7am - 7:20am & T 5:45pm - 7pm
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
Email: randolph.marchman@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 239
Office Hours (virtual): MT 3:30pm - 4pm
Email: sarah.mcgaffey@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 250
Office Hours (virtual): TR 7:30am - 8am
Email: morgan.mcknight@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 259
Office Hours (virtual): M 9:30am - 10:30am Email for link
Email: elizabeth.mcmurray@sjsu.edu
Administrative Analyst
Office: HGH 108
Office Hours (in-person): M - R 8am - 5pm, Available remotely on F 8am - 5pm
Email: nikki.mirza@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 211
Office Hours (virtual): W 9:30am - 11:30am Link in Canvas
Email: jennifer.morrison@sjsu.edu
Department Coordinator
Office: HGH 108
Office Hours (in-person): M-R 8am - 5pm Available remotely on F 8am - 5pm
Email: beth.noronha@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 207
Office Hours (in-person): T 1pm - 2:30pm
Office Hours (virtual): Zoom by appointment
Email: nancy.park@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 257
Office Hours (in-person): MW 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Email: rahmon.pashtunyar@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office Hours (virtual): T 2pm - 4pm, Password:461953
Email: carol-lynn.perez@sjsu.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: HGH 238
Office Hours (in-person): F 11:30am - 12:30pm
Email: kameron.perry@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 209
Office Hours (in-person): By appointment
Office Hours (virtual): MW 2:30pm - 3pm, and by appointment.
Email: dana.morella@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 208
Office Hours (in-person): TR 9:15am - 10:15am
Email: kathleen.raiff@sjsu.edu
Professor, Director of Academic and Institutional Effectiveness
Office: HGH 205
Email: priya.raman@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 239
Office Hours (in-person): MW 10:30am - 11:30am
Office Hours (virtual): Zoom by appointment.
Email: david.a.ramos@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 209
Office Hours (in-person): R 11am - 12pm and by appointment
Email: leif.rogers@sjsu.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: HGH 238
Office Hours (in-person): W 3:15pm - 4:15pm
Office Hours (virtual): W 3:15pm - 4:15pm
Email: xinyang.shan@sjsu.edu
Professor, Department of Film, Theatre and Dance Chair
Email: matthew.spangler@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 209
Office Hours (in-person): W 1:30pm - 2pm or by appointment.
Email: chingching.tan@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 237
Office Hours (in-person): By appointment
Office Hours (virtual): R 1:30pm - 2:30pm or by appointment, email for link
Email: jody.ulate@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: HGH 214
Office Hours (in-person): T 2pm - 3pm
Office Hours (virtual): W 2pm - 3pm
Email: lindsay.walsh@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 259
Office Hours (in-person): Office hours listed in Canvas
Email: kendall.ward@sjsu.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: HGH 240
Office Hours (in-person): W 3pm - 4pm
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
Email: miranda.ward@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: HGH 208
Office Hours (in-person): MW 8:15am - 8:45am & 2:45pm - 3:15pm and by appointment
Email: karen.williams@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer, Forensics Director
Office Hours (in-person): Email for an appointment.
Email: kim.yee@sjsu.edu
Teaching Associate
Office: HGH 238
Office Hours (in-person): T 7:15am - 8:15am
Office Hours (virtual): By appointment.
