People

Leadership & Staff

Anagha Kulkarni
Anagha Kulkarni
Professor
Associate Chair
ak@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2539
Arno Puder
Arno Puder
Professor
Department Chair, Undergraduate Advisor
arno@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2853
Yuki
Yuki Huynh
Office Manager
yukihuynh@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2115
Briana Miranda
Briana Miranda
Administrative Support Coordinator
brianamiranda@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2253

Faculty

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Akila de Silva
Assistant Professor
desilva@sfsu.edu
Dragutin Petkovic
Dragutin Petkovic
Professor
Coordinator for Graduate Certificates in AI Ethics & SW Engineering
petkovic@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2261
Isabel Hyo Jung Son
Isabel Hyo Jung Song
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Advisor
hjsong@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-7688
Jingyi Wang
Jingyi Wang
Assistant Professor
Transfer Advisor
jingyiwang@sfsu.edu
(415) 405-2636
Jozo Dujmovic
Jozo Dujmovic
Professor
jozo@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2207
Kaz Okada
Kaz Okada
Professor
kazokada@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-7687
Qun Wang
Qun Wang
Assistant Professor
Graduate Advisor
qunwang@sfsu.edu
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Sanika Doolani
Assistant Professor
sanikadoolani@sfsu.edu
Sara El Alaoui
Sara El Alaoui
Assistant Professor
selalaoui@sfsu.edu
Shah Rukh Humayoun
Shah Rukh Humayoun
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Advisor
humayoun@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2858
Timothy Sun
Timothy Sun
Assistant Professor
Graduate Coordinator, Graduate Advisor
timothysun@sfsu.edu
Tracy Chen
Tracy Xuhui Chen
Assistant Professor
tracychen@sfsu.edu
Wes Bethel
Wes Bethel
Associate Professor
ewbethel@sfsu.edu
Zainab Agha
Zainab Agha
Assistant Professor
zainabagha@sfsu.edu

Faculty on Leave

Daniel Huang
Daniel Huang
Assistant Professor
danehuang@sfsu.edu
Hui Yang
Hui Yang
Associate Professor
huiyang@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2221
Ilmi Yoon
Ilmi Yoon
Professor
ilmi@sfsu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Julia Cluceru
Julia Cluceru
Adjunct Faculty
Robert Mateescu
Robert Mateescu
Adjunct Faculty

Lecturers

Abdur Sikder
Abdur Sikder
Lecturer
abdur@sfsu.edu
Andrew
Andrew Scott
Lecturer
ats@sfsu.edu
Anthony Souza
Anthony Souza
Lecturer
ajsouza@sfsu.edu
Axel Ancona Esselmann
Axel Ancona Esselmann
Lecturer
aanconae@mail.sfsu.edu
Brian Parra
Brian Parra
Lecturer
brianparra@sfsu.edu
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Corey Carito
Lecturer
ccarito@sfsu.edu
Daniel Tomasevich
Daniel Tomasevich
Lecturer
dtomas@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2168
Duc Ta
Duc Ta
Lecturer
dta@sfsu.edu
Henry Villar
Henry Villar
Lecturer
jvillar@mail.sfsu.edu
Hugh Hui
Hugh Hui
Lecturer
hhui@sfsu.edu
Ivan
Ivan Corneillet
Lecturer
ivan@sfsu.edu
Jennifer
Jennifer Nelson
Lecturer
kerekesj@sfsu.edu
John Roberts
John Roberts
Lecturer
jrob@sfsu.edu
Jose Ortiz-Costa
Jose Ortiz-Costa
Lecturer
jortizco@sfsu.edu
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Joseph Hui
Lecturer
jhui@sfsu.edu
Karun Mehta
Karun Mehta
Lecturer
kmehta@sfsu.edu
Kimbrough Moore
Kimbrough Moore
Lecturer
amoore8@sfsu.edu
Mark Davis
Mark Davis
Lecturer
markkdavis@sfsu.edu
Matt Pico
Matt Pico
Lecturer
mpico@sfsu.edu
michael savvides
Michael Savvides
Lecturer
msavvides@sfsu.edu
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Nina Mir
Lecturer
nina@sfsu.edu
Robert Bierman
Robert Bierman
Lecturer
bierman@sfsu.edu
Oliveira
Rodrigo Oliveira
Lecturer
didigo@sfsu.edu
yuting
Yuting Gao
Lecturer
ygao9@sfsu.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Barry Levine
Barry Levine
Professor
levine@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1661
James Wong
James Wong
Professor
jwong@sfsu.edu
Lawrence Kroll
Lawrence Kroll
Professor
kroll@sfsu.edu
Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas
Professor
rdouglas@sfsu.edu
William Hsu
William Hsu
Professor
whsu@sfsu.edu

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Jonathan Jacobson
Jonathan Jacobson
Graduate Teaching Assistant
jacobsonj@sfsu.edu
Shubh
Shubh Pachchigar
Graduate Teaching Assistant
spachchigar@sfsu.edu

Spring 2025 Instructional Student Assistants (ISAs)

Abhinaya Reddy
Aditya Kochle
Aishwarya Magar
Aneesh Kumar
Anshaj Vats
Atharva Shrivastava
Binrong Zhu
Bryan J Shen Lee
Daivik Manishkumar Purani
Deven Young
Ethan Zheng
Ethan Magalong 
Fabian Weiland
Fatimah  Abdolcader
Gabriela Pires
Guiran Liu
Hayden Coke
Ishit  Patel
Issac Nicholas Moreno
Ivan Wu
Jaideep Reddy Gade
Jeffrey Gao
Katy Lam
 

Khalid Khan
Khushvi Amit Patel
Luis Miguel Aguilar
Lylia Melahi
Malavya Raval
Matt Stoffel
Mohammad Vazeer Shah Abul Fazl
Naisarg Halvadiya
Nishi Rushirajsinh Suratia
Paramkumar Hirenbhai Charnanand
Parth Panchal
Phuong Nguyen
Rangani Abhishek 
Ryan Raphael Algazi
Sai Saketh Bavisetti
Shail Patel
Shivani Bokka
Steven Kalani Makoa Brandt
Thomas Brock
Tyler Baxter
Varun Narravula
Xiaoxuan Wang
Xu Gu

Note: ISAs do not have an office location or office hours.