Contact Us

 

Current & Prospetive Students

Who to Contact when you have Questions about:

Your Major & Course Substitutions
Contact your Major Advisors (BA studio practice - contact a coordinator in your ‘home department' where you are taking the most classes)

Registration, Change of Major, adding a Minor or Transfer Credits: 

  • Email Bill Alley: [email protected] 
  • Zoom with Bill Alley: 1:00 - 4:00 PM, Mon - Fri (email him for Zoom link)
  • In-person drop-ins in the Art Office (Room 116 in the Art Building) Tues - Thurs 8-5 (on break for lunch 12-1). 

GE Classes: 
Contact an Advisor in the H&A Student Success Center (contact info at the bottom of the page)

Graduate Student Applications, Forms, Deadlines, ATC, Thesis and other administrative questions:
Contact the Graduate Coordinator, Shaun O'dell: [email protected]
See also MA & MFA Graduate Admissions


Art Department Office Hours

The Art and Art History Department Office is open Mondays to Thursdays between 8:00 AM—5:00 PM. The office is closed for lunch from 12:00PM—1:00PM. Fridays the office is closed, but the staff is working remotely.  Please contact Bill Alley ([email protected]) for any concerns.

General  Contact

Art Dept. Email: [email protected]
Art Dept. Phone: 408-924-4353

Mailing Address

Department of Art and Art History: Art 116
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José California, USA, 95192-0080


Art Office Personnel

Prof. Rhonda Holberton – Chair
[email protected]

Marcia Block – Administrative Analyst
[email protected]

Bill Alley – Administrative Assistant
[email protected]


Graduate Program Coordinators

The graduate coordinators are available during regular academic sessions (they are on break during winter and summer intersessions).

MFA (Digital Media Art, Photography, Pictorial, & Spatial Art): Prof. Shaun O'dell, [email protected]

MA Art History & Visual Culture:  Prof. Anthony Raynsford,
[email protected]


Program Coordinators

The program coordinators are available during regular academic sessions (faculty are on break during winter and summer intersessions).

Prof. Anthony Raynsford

Coordinator of Art History and Visual Culture 
Coordinator of Architectural Studies
[email protected]

Prof. Andrew Blanton

Coordinator of Digital Media Art (DMA)
[email protected]

Prof. Valerie Mendoza

Coordinator of Photography
[email protected] 

Prof. Shaun O’Dell

Coordinator of Pictorial Art
[email protected]

Prof. Adam Shiverdecker

Coordinator of Spatial Art
[email protected]


Art Galleries

Dr. Alena Sauzade

Curator and Gallery Director
Natalie and James Thompson Gallery
[email protected]


Facilities Coordinators

Steven Davis – Art Foundry
[email protected]

Jordan Shepard – Central Shops
[email protected]

Lydia Black – Central Shops and Pictorial
[email protected]

Tim Straubing – Ceramics and Glass
[email protected]

James Morgan – Digital Media Art Labs
[email protected]

Alena Sauzade – Student Galleries
[email protected]

Kathleen McDonald – Photography Labs
[email protected]

Bob Rose – Visual Resource Library (VRL)
[email protected]