School Directory
Tenured/Tenure-Track
Professor, Director of MTI Transportation Finance Center
Phone: 408-924-5691
Associate Professor, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office: WSQ 115E
Phone: 408-924-5841
Email: joshua.baur@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor
Office: CL 449
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 4:30-5:30pm; also by appointment
Phone: 408-924-5346
Email: xintong.chen@sjsu.edu
Professor, School Director, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office: WSQ 118B
Office Hours: Book appointment with Dr. Cushing
Phone: 408-924-6951
Email: katherine.cushing@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, MUP Graduate Program Director, Institute for Metropolitan Studies Director
Office: Studio on the Street
Email: gordon.douglas@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, MPA Program Director, MPA Program Advisor
Office: WSQ 216D
Office Hours: Wed 2:00-4:00pm (hybrid); Thu 12:00-2:00pm (zoom or in person w/appt); also available by appointment
Phone: 408-924-5827
Email: laureen.hom@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor
Office: WSQ 218B
Office Hours: Wed 12:00-12:30pm via zoom or in person with prior arrangement; also by appointment
Email: sophie.kelmenson@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor, ENVS MS Thesis/Project Advisor
Office: WSQ 113A
Office Hours: Mon 1:00-3:00pm
Email: ayda.kianmehr@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor, GLST/GEOG/GISC Undergraduate Program Advisor
Email: marcel.moran@sjsu.edu
Professor, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office: WSQ 115A
Office Hours: Tue 9:00-11:00 via zoom
Phone: 408-924-5439
Email: dustin.mulvaney@sjsu.edu
Professor, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office: WSQ 118A
Office Hours: Book appointment with Dr. O'Malley
Phone: 831-334-1066
Email: rachel.omalley@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office Hours: Not teaching Fall 2025
Office: WSQ 111C
Phone: 408-924-8979
Email: costanza.rampini@sjsu.edu
Professor
Office: WSQ 111D
Office Hours: Tue 2:00-4:00pm via zoom; also by appointment
Phone: 408-924-5490
Email: kathrine.richardson@sjsu.edu
Professor, ENVS Graduate Program Advisor, ENVS Thesis Chair/Advisor
Office: WSQ 115B
Office Hours: ENVS 150: WSQ 115B; ENVS 173: Mon 10:00-11:30am by appointment; ENVS 250 Tue 10:30-11:30am by appointment
Email: will.russell@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor, GEOG/GISC Graduate Program Advisor, GISC Adv. Certificate Advisor, SAVI Director
Office: CL 406
Office Hours: Book appointment with Dr. Zandiatashbar
Phone: 408-924-5480
Lecturers
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 115C
Office Hours: Tue 5:00-6:00pm; also by appointment
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 115C
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 9:30-11:30am, online or in person. Please email to set up an appt.
Email: sabina.giri@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 115C
Office Hours: Thu 10:00am-12:00pm via zoom by appointment
Email: janin.guzmanmorales@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 115D
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 12:00-1:30pm
Phone: 408-924-5486
Email: maureen.kelley@sjsu.edu
Senior Lecturer, MUP Graduate Advisor
Office: WSQ 218C
Office Hours: Book appointment with Richard Kos
Phone: 408-924-5854
Lecturer, ENVS Undergraduate Advisor
Office: WSQ111B
Office Hours: Book appointment with Rachel Lazzeri-Aerts
Phone: 408-924-7688
Email: rachel.lazzeriaerts@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 111E
Office Hours: Mon 3:15-4:15pm; also by appointment
Email: ada.marquez@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 115B
Office Hours: Mon 12:00-1:00pm
Phone: 408-924-5477
Email: amy.petersen@sjsu.edu
Teaching Associate
Office Hours: Wed 11:59am-1:00pm; Thu 9:00-10:00am via zoom
Email: xiangyu.ren@sjsu.edu
Lecturer
Office: WSQ 218C
Office Hours: URBP101/GEOG105:Tue 11:00am-12:00pm by appointment; URBP 241: Wed 2:00-3:00pm by appointment
Email: charles.rivasplata@sjsu.edu
Administration
Student Assistant
Office: WSQ 118
Phone: 408-924-5882
