Advisors

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Katherine Cushing

Professor and Department Chair

  • Undergraduate Advisor - Geography BA
  • Undergraduate Advisor - Geographic Information Science BS
  • Minor Advisor - Urban Studies
  • Minor Advisor - Geography
  • Minor Advisor - Geographic Information Science

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

408-924-6951  |  WSQ 118B
[email protected]
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Laureen Hom

Associate Professor

  • Graduate Co-Advisor - MPA Program

Ph.D. in Planning, Policy, and Design (Asian American Studies emphasis), University of California, Irvine

WSQ 218A
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Rick Kos

Senior Lecturer

  • Graduate Advisor - MUP Program
  • Graduate Co-Advisor - MPA Program
  • Advanced Certificates Advisor (except GIS and CRED)
  • Graduate Admissions Director
  • Faculty Advisor - Urban Planning Coalition

MRP Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

408-924-5854  |  WSQ 218C
[email protected]
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Kelly Snider

Lecturer

  • Advanced Certificates Advisor - Real Estate Development (CRED) 
  • CRED Director

CREDMCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WSQ 218C
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Ahoura Zandiatashbar

Associate Professor

  • Graduate Advisor - Geography MA
  • Graduate Advisor - Geographic Information Science MS GISc
  • Advanced Certificate Advisor - Geographic Information Science 

Ph.D in Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of Texas at Arlington

[email protected]
408-924-5480  |  CL 406

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Gordon C. Douglas

Professor

PhD, University of Chicago

Not teaching Spring 2024
408-924-5852
[email protected]

General Advising

The College of Social Sciences Student Success Center provides advising for undergraduate students majoring or intent to major in any of the departments within the College of Social Sciences.

Web: www.sjsu.edu/socsci-ssc
Phone: 408-924-5363
Email: [email protected]
Location: Clark Hall 240