Faculty & Staff

Chair

Julie_Chronister
Julie Chronister
Department Chair
jchronis@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2005

Program Coordinators

Alvin
Alvin Alvarez
Professor
College Counseling Coordinator, MFT Affiliate
aalvarez@sfsu.edu
Elif
Elif Balın
Associate Professor
Career Counseling Coordinator
ebalin@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-6415
Melissa_Bowman
Melissa Bowman (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer Faculty
Fieldwork Coordinator
mkbowman@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2028
Sandra Fitzgerald smiling with long brown hair, glasses, and light brown skin
Sandra Fitzgerald
Professor
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Coordinator
sfitz@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1690
Tiffany_O'Shaughnessy
Tiffany O'Shaughnessy
Associate Professor
MFT Counseling Coordinator
taosh@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2394
Molly
Molly Strear
Associate Professor
School Counseling and PPSC Coordinator
mstrear@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1718
headshot of Rebecca Toporek, smiling with long white hair and white skin
Rebecca Toporek
Professor
Coordinator, Undergraduate Counseling Minor
rtoporek@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1398

Professors

Alvin
Alvin Alvarez
Professor
College Counseling Coordinator, MFT Affiliate
aalvarez@sfsu.edu
Elif
Elif Balın
Associate Professor
Career Counseling Coordinator
ebalin@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-6415
Derrick Bines smiling dark brown face with black beard and short black hair with white button down shirt
Derrick Bines
Assistant Professor
College Counseling Coordinator
dbines@sfsu.edu
415-338-1496
Sandra Fitzgerald smiling with long brown hair, glasses, and light brown skin
Sandra Fitzgerald
Professor
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Coordinator
sfitz@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1690
Harper
Sherée Harper
Assistant Professor
sdharper@sfsu.edu
Karl_Kwan
Karl Kwan
Professor
kwan@sfsu.edu
(415) 405-2141
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Cynthia Martinez
Assistant Professor
cmartinez42@sfsu.edu
Tiffany_O'Shaughnessy
Tiffany O'Shaughnessy
Associate Professor
MFT Counseling Coordinator
taosh@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2394
Molly
Molly Strear
Associate Professor
School Counseling and PPSC Coordinator
mstrear@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1718
headshot of Rebecca Toporek, smiling with long white hair and white skin
Rebecca Toporek
Professor
Coordinator, Undergraduate Counseling Minor
rtoporek@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1398

Lecturer Faculty

Anand
Hilary Anand (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer Faculty
hanand@sfsu.edu
Melissa_Bowman
Melissa Bowman (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer Faculty
Fieldwork Coordinator
mkbowman@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2028
Lauren Cohn-Frankel wearing glasses with hand up to chin gray t-shirt white skin
Lauren Cohn-Frankel
Lecturer Faculty
laurencf@sfsu.edu
Kristin_Dempsey
Kristin Dempsey
Lecturer Faculty
kdempsey@sfsu.edu
Emily_Jackson
Emily Jackson
Lecturer Faculty
ejackson4@sfsu.edu
Bradley_Jong
Bradley Jong
Lecturer Faculty
bdjong@sfsu.edu
Kaitlin
Kaitlin Kimmel
Lecturer Faculty
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Marcia Miller
Lecturer Faculty
mmiller2@sfsu.edu
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Glenda Ortez-Galan
Lecturer Faculty
gortezgalan@sfsu.edu
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Elizabeth Paniagua
Lecturer Faculty
epaniagua@sfsu.edu
Michela
Michela Passoni
Lecturer Faculty
mpassoni@sfsu.edu
Gil_Perez
Gil Perez
Lecturer Faculty
perezgil@sfsu.edu
CR
Christine Randolph
Lecturer Faculty
crandolph3@sfsu.edu
Romanoff
Hilary Romanoff
Lecturer Faculty
hromanoff@sfsu.edu
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Lauren Sneed
Lecturer Faculty
laurensneed@sfsu.edu
Darius
Darius Taylor
Lecturer Faculty
dariustaylor@sfsu.edu
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Francesca Teixeira
Lecturer Faculty
francescateixeira@sfsu.edu

Staff

Placeholder (Yellow)
Katsufumi Araki
Office Manager
counsel@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2005