Advising

List of Electives & Substitutions for 2010-2011 Academic Year

The advisor you should see depends on your questions:

1. For questions about the ENVS major in general and about the major core and major electives you should see your major advisor. Assignment of major advisors is based on your concentration and for ESSJ on your last name:

• If your concentration is ESSJ and your last name begins with A-R, your major advisor is Glenn Fieldman
• If your concentration is ESSJ and your last name begins with S-W, your major advisor is Carlos Davidson
• If your concentration is NRMC, your major advisor is Barbara Holzman
• If your concentration is Humanities, Urban, or ESS, your major advisor is Barbara Holzman (while Carlos Davidson is on sabbatical Fall 2011)

2. For questions about your concentration see your concentration advisor:

      • ESSJ – Glenn Fieldman or Joel Kassiola

      • NRMC – Barbara Holzman

      • Humanities – Nancy (Sami) Reist

      • Urban – Raquel Pinderhughes

      • ESS – Karen Grove

          -for the ESS chemical analysis emphasis - Tomoko Komada

3. For questions about study abroad, graduation petitions, academic probation, departmental policy see the Program Director, Barbara Holzman.

Advisors' Contact Information

Please note: all office hours listed are drop-in hours, no appointment needed

Carlos Davidson Professor carlosd@sfsu.edu HSS 332 (415) 405-2127 Office hours: T 3-4, W 2-4, by appt.	Glenn Fieldman Assistant Professor ESSJ Advisor glenn@sfsu.edu HSS 330 (415) 405-2431 Office hours: M/W 2:15-3:45, by appt.
Karen Grove Professor of Geosciences ESS Advisor kgrove@sfsu.edu TH 516 (415) 338-2617 Office hours: on sabbatical Spring '12	Barbara Holzman Professor of Geography NRMC Advisor bholzman@sfsu.edu HSS 339 (415) 338-7506 Office hours: M/W 11-12:30, by appt.
Joel Kassiola Professor of Political Science ESSJ Advisor kassiola@sfsu.edu HSS 353 (415) 338-3463 Office hours: TBA	Tomoko Komada Ass't Professor of Chem & Biochem ESS Chemical Analysis Advisor tkomada@sfsu.edu SCI 102A (415) 338-3748 Office hours: TBA
Brent Plater Lecturer bplater@sfsu.edu HSS 332 (415) 405-0991 Office hours: M 1-2, W 4-5	Nancy (Sami) Reist Professor of BECA HUM Advisor sami@sfsu.edu HUM 253 (415) 338-2241 Office hours: TBA
Raquel Rivera-Pinderhughes Chair & Professor, USP TUE Advisor raquelrp@sfsu.edu HSS 265 (415) 338-7520 Office hours: T/Th 11-12, 2-3