Advisors

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Katherine Cushing

Professor and Department Chair

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Geography
  • Minor Advisor, Urban Studies

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

408-924-6951  |  WSQ 118B
katherine.cushing@sjsu.edu
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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
laureen.hom@sjsu.edu

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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
richard.kos@sjsu.edu
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Kelly Snider

Lecturer

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

CREDMCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WSQ 218C
kelly.snider@sjsu.edu

 

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Ahoura Zandiatashbar

Associate Professor

  • Graduate Advisor, MS Geographic Information Science MS GISc)
  • Advanced Certificate Advisor, Geographic Information Science (GIS)

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

ahoura.zandiatashbar@sjsu.edu
408-924-5480  |  CL 406

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Gordon C. Douglas

Professor

PhD, University of Chicago

Not teaching Spring 2024
408-924-5852
gordon.douglas@sjsu.edu

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: socsci-success@sjsu.edu
Location: Clark Hall 240