Faculty & Staff

Chair

Rebecca Toporek smiling with white skin and long white hair
Rebecca Toporek
Department Chair
rtoporek@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1398

Program Coordinators

Elif
Elif Balın
Associate Professor
Career Counseling Coordinator
ebalin@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-6415
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Derrick Bines
Assistant Professor
College Counseling Coordinator
dbines@sfsu.edu
415-338-1496
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Melissa Bowman (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer Faculty
Fieldwork Coordinator
mkbowman@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2028
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Sandra Fitzgerald
Associate Professor
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Coordinator, Minor Counseling Coordinator
sfitz@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1690
Karl_Kwan
Karl Kwan
Professor
Gerontological Counseling Coordinator
kwan@sfsu.edu
(415) 405-2141
Tiffany_O'Shaughnessy
Tiffany O'Shaughnessy
Associate Professor
MFT Counseling Coordinator
taosh@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2394
Molly_Strear
Molly Strear
Associate Professor
School Counseling and PPSC Coordinator
mstrear@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1718

Professors

Alvin
Alvin Alvarez
Professor
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
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Julie Chronister
Professor
jchronis@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2230
Sandra Fitzgerald smiling with long brown hair, glasses, and light brown skin
Sandra Fitzgerald
Associate Professor
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Coordinator, Minor Counseling Coordinator
sfitz@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1690
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Sherée Harper
Assistant Professor
sdharper@sfsu.edu
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Karl Kwan
Professor
Gerontological Counseling Coordinator
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_Strear
Molly Strear
Associate Professor
School Counseling and PPSC Coordinator
mstrear@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1718

Lecturer Faculty

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Sarah Almaqousi
Lecturer Faculty
sjones@sfsu.edu
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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
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Lauren Cohn-Frankel
Lecturer Faculty
laurencf@sfsu.edu
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Naomi Corwin
Lecturer Faculty
ncorwin@sfsu.edu
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Leo Cruz
Lecturer Faculty
cruzl@sfsu.edu
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Kristin Dempsey
Lecturer Faculty
kdempsey@sfsu.edu
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Darius Fatemi
Lecturer Faculty
fatemi@sfsu.edu
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Bradley Jong
Lecturer Faculty
bdjong@sfsu.edu
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Kate McSpadden
Lecturer Faculty
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Marcia Miller
Lecturer Faculty
mmiller2@sfsu.edu
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Matthew Muller
Lecturer Faculty
memueller@sfsu.edu
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Jenny Ortega
Lecturer Faculty
jennyortega@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
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Michela Passoni
Lecturer Faculty
mpassoni@sfsu.edu
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Gil Perez
Lecturer Faculty
perezgil@sfsu.edu
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Christine Randolph
Lecturer Faculty
crandolph3@sfsu.edu
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Hilary Romanoff
Lecturer Faculty
hromanoff@sfsu.edu
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Ammar Saheli
Lecturer Faculty
saheli@sfsu.edu
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Shumate (Nina) Shanina
Lecturer Faculty
sshumate@sfsu.edu
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Lauren Sneed
Lecturer Faculty
laurensneed@sfsu.edu
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Jason Straussman
Lecturer Faculty
jstraussman@sfsu.edu
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Darius Taylor
Lecturer Faculty
dariustaylor@sfsu.edu
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Francesca Teixeira
Lecturer Faculty
francescateixeira@sfsu.edu
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Adolfo Velasquez
Lecturer Faculty
adolfov@sfsu.edu
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Kate Zuby
Lecturer Faculty
kzuby@sfsu.edu

Staff

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Katsufumi Araki
Office Manager
counsel@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2005
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Christopher Avalos
Counseling Minor Advisor
counselingminor@sfsu.edu