Advisors

Find the link to office hours on the Faculty Directory page.

Asian Studies and Chinese

Chunhui Peng 
Ph.D., UC San Diego
Associate Professor; Asian Languages Coordinator; Asian Studies, Chinese, and Japanese Minor Advisor
408-924-4615
chunhui.peng@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 427  

Foreign Language Education

Zoey Liu
MA, Stanford University
Lecturer
Single Subjector Coordinator; Teaching Credential Advisor
408-924-4628
zoey.liu@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408P

French

Jean-Luc Desalvo
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor; French Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4620
jean-luc.desalvo@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 435

German

Larissa Chiriaeva
Ph.D., Heidelberg University
Lecturer; German Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4591
larissa.chiriaeva@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 410N

Italian

Michele Santamaria
Ph.D., University of Macerata
Lecturer; Italian Advisor
408-924-4604
michele.santamaria@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 421

Japanese

Major Students

Michiko Uryu
Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Assistant Professor; Japanese Program Coordinator; Japanese Advisor
408-924-4613
michiko.uryu@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 410G

Minor Students

Chunhui Peng 
Ph.D., UC San Diego
Associate Professor; Japanese Minor Advisor
408-924-4615
chunhui.peng@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 427

Latin American Studies

Cheyla Samuelson 
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor; LAS Advisor
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429

Portuguese

Duarte Pinheiro
Ph.D., University Fernando Pesso, Porto
Lecturer; Portuguese Advisor
408-924-4022
duarte.pinheiro@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 412J

Spanish

For Spanish Program (major and minor) advising please visit the Spanish advising page and follow all the steps included before visiting an advisor via Zoom. Advisors are assigned to student alphabetically by the student’s last name.

Vanessa Fernández
Ph.D., UCLA
Associate Professor; Spanish Advisor 
408-924-4610
vanessa.fernandez@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408M 

Avizia Long
Ph.D., Indiana University
Associate Professor; Spanish Advisor 
408-924-4618
avizia.long@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408K

Ángel Ruiz Blanco 
Ph.D., UC Davis
Assistant Professor; Spanish Advisor 
408-924-3685
angel.ruizblanco@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 420H

Cheyla Samuelson 
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor; 
Spanish B.A. and M.A. Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429

French

Jean-Luc Desalvo
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor; French Coordinator and Advisor
408-924-4620
jean-luc.desalvo@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 435

Spanish

Advisors are assigned to student alphabetically by the student’s last name.

Last Names A-K

Cheyla Samuelson 
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor; Spanish M.A. Coordinator and Advisor 
408-924-4611
cheyla.samuelson@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 429

Last Names G-H

Ángel Ruiz Blanco 
Ph.D., UC Davis
Assistant Professor; Spanish Advisor 
408-924-3685
angel.ruizblanco@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 420H

Last Names I-R

Avizia Long
Ph.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor
408-924-4618
avizia.long@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 408K

Last Names T-Z

Damian Bacich (on leave fall 2024)
Ph.D., UCLA
Professor; Spanish Advisor
408-924-4592
damian.bacich@sjsu.edu
Clark Hall 431