Dr. Fatima Alaoui - Board Chair
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Professor Alaoui (Ph.D., University of Denver) is a professor of rhetoric, social media, social movements and social change and coordinator of graduate studies in the department of communication studies at San Francisco State University. Her research engages critical rhetoric, political communication, digital technology and emerging media, gender and sexuality studies, transnational feminism and social change in a variety of contexts, including social movements, new media, political discourse and pop culture. More particularly, Dr. Alaoui’s scholarship considers how the often non-normative, un-institutionalized voices of resistance work to change their communities and how normative or institutionalized discourses reinforce their ability to maintain power.
Dr. Kira Donnell
Lecturer Faculty, Asian American Studies
Dr. Kira Donnell is Lecturer Faculty in the Asian American Studies department and the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Faculty Director at CEETL. She holds an MA in Asian American Studies from SFSU and an MA and PhD in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on Korean adoptees as individuals with agency and the development of an individual and collective Korean adoptee identity particularly as expressed through analysis of cultural productions. As a Lecturer Faculty member at SFSU, she is particularly interested in advocating for the support and recognition of Lecturer Faculty as well as exploring and implementing teaching practices and pedagogies that promote equitable and accessible learning experiences for students.
Dr. Brad Erickson
Lecturer Faculty, Department of Liberal Studies
Dr. Brad Erickson is a lecturer Faculty in Liberal Studies since 2015. Chapter President California Faculty Association SFSU, At-Large Senator of the Academic Senate. Chair of the CEETL advisory board. I've worked intensively with CEETL staff as co-chair of the AS Teaching Effectiveness Assessment (TEA) Task Force and participated in CEETL programs and courses. Campus policies and programs are often created around tenure and tenure track faculty as the norm in spite of lecturer faculty doing the majority of teaching. I hope to center the lecturer faculty experience in all considerations of teaching and learning.
Dr. Talía Guzmán-González
Senior Assistant Librarian
Dr. Talía Guzmán-González is a Research and Instruction Librarian and the liaison for the Graduate College of Education and the College of Ethnic Studies. She has been a member of the Advisory Board since 2022 and was on the committee for the recent search for the new CEETL Director. She hopes to bring a strong skillset in research, information literacy, and instruction expertise. She is also deeply interested in issues of equity, diversity, transparency, and fairness in hiring practices in Higher Education.
Dr. Savita Kumari Malik
Director of Curriculum & Faculty Development
Experienced Faculty Director with a demonstrated history of working in both higher education and K-12. Skilled in Nonprofit Management, Program Evaluation, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Faculty Training and Curriculum Development. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) focused in Educational Leadership from San Francisco State University.
Dr. Pavlína Látková
Professor, Department of Recreation, Parks & Tourism
Dr. Pavlína Látková, a Professor at San Francisco State University's Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism, has dedicated 20 years to researching sustainable community-based tourism development. An advocate for socially responsible travel, she emphasizes cultural understanding, personal fulfillment and transformation, and community participatory engagement in sustainable development. Through her courses, blending experiential and service learning, Dr. Látková prepares students for careers in recreation, parks, and tourism. Collaborating with the San Francisco Bay Area community, she creates field-based experiences and leads impactful study abroad programs described by students as "life-changing”.
Dr. Smita Trivedi
Associate Professor
Dr. Smita K. Trivedi, Ph.D., Ed.M. is Associate Professor of Business and Society/Sustainable Business in the management department at the Lam Family College of Business. She is also the Director for the Student Engagement Initiative at the LFCoB, where she runs the student ambassador program as well as the Leadership Edge program. She teaches BUS 682 (Seminar in Business and Society), BUS 440 (Ethics at Work,) BUS 884 (Business Ethics, Society, and Sustainability), and has taught undergraduate strategy as well. She taught high school social studies for several years before working as the senior program officer for education and youth programs at global humanitarian aid agency Mercy Corps and starting her own social justice education non-profit project. During her doctoral studies, Dr. Trivedi worked on urban policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and she was the graduate teaching assistant for a special class taught at the George Washington School of Business by Dr. Ben Bernanke, the then-Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Dr. Kimberly D Tanner
Professor; Director of SEPAL
Biology education research, equity and diversity in science, science education research, science teaching methods for scientists, partnerships with K-12 schools, development of novel assessment tools, community college biology teaching, cognitive psychology research
Yiwen Chen
Dr. Yiwen Chen
Professor; Marketing
Yiwen Chen is currently an Assistant Professor of Marketing. She received a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Missouri and joined SFSFU in 2022. Her research interests lie in social media marketing and influencer marketing. Yiwen teaches marketing research and marketing management and has developed two new courses in social media marketing and content marketing since joining SFSU.
Chrissy Yee Lau
Professor, Asian American Studies
Chrissy Yee Lau is an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. Her research and teaching interests include Asian American History, U.S. Women's History, California History, and Public History. She is co-editor of The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice and author of New Women of Empire: Gendered Politics and Racial Uplift in Interwar Japanese America.
Sheldon Gen
Professor, Public Administration
Sheldon Gen is the interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development, and professor of public policy in the School of Public Affairs & Civic Engagement. He researches public participation in policy making.
Carrie Holschuh
Professor, School of Nursing
Carrie Holschuh is an associate professor in the San Francisco State University School of Nursing, a Certified Nurse Midwife, and a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the SFSU Academic Senate. Her research centers on the intersection of shared decision making, digital technology and compassion in reproductive healthcare and nursing education. She earned her PhD at the University of California, San Francisco.
Eileene Tejada
Lecturer Faculty, Department of Latina/Latino Studies
Faculty Director, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum
Dr. Tejada is an anthropological researcher, ethnographic writer, and poet dedicated to decolonizing knowledge. Her current work focuses on Bomba, a cultural form from Puerto Rico that resists colonization and slavery, framed within the context of globalism. With over 30 years of teaching experience in English Composition, Literature, and Critical Thinking at Napa Valley College, and as a lecturer at San Francisco State's College of Ethnic Studies, she integrates Global South epistemologies to enrich students' cultural understanding. Dr. Tejada has also served as Academic Senate President, a commissioner for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, and in various roles within faculty unions. Balancing her academic career with raising two daughters, she remains deeply committed to educational access and decolonization to promote equity in academia and beyond.
Jennifer Trainor
Professor, Department of English
Faculty Director, Multimodal in Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Jennifer Trainor is a professor in the English department, where she teaches graduate courses on writing pedagogy, as well as undergraduate writing courses. She is the author of a book and several articles on critical pedagogy and antiracism. More recently, her research has focused on disability justice, assessment, student engagement, and technology, including the impact of AI on writing pedagogy. Her book, Rethinking Racism: Emotion, Persuasion, and Literacy Education won the MLA’s Mina Shaughnessy Prize for scholarship in composition. Other publications include "Charting a New Course: Organic Writing Assessment" and "Literacy in the Age of the Machine."
Yikuan Lee
Professor, International Business
Professor Yikuan Lee is an associate professor in the International Business department at San Francisco State University. Her research covers new product innovation, innovation adoption, strategic marketing management in high-tech arenas, decision making, psychology and behavioral economics. She has published in Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing Theory, and Journal of Business Research.
Frederick Smith
Associate Vice President, Equity and Community Inclusion
Dr. Frederick Smith is SF State's Associate Vice President for Equity & Community Inclusion. Previously, he served as the Director of the Cross Cultural Centers at Cal State LA from 2006 - 2019. Dr. Smith's research and professional interests focus on higher education and include: co-curricular learning experiences; the role of ethnic studies and cultural centers in student identity development and confidence building; campus climate experiences of historically marginalized and minoritized communities; retention and graduation of students of color in higher education; and collaborations between student affairs and academic affairs units for student success. Fred has a strong professional background developing collaborative programs, events, services, dialogues, and celebrations that bring the campus community together.
Zhaoshuo Jiang
Professor, Civil Engineering
Dr. Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as a structural engineer in multiple firms (e.g., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), before joining San Francisco State University as a faculty member. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects, including office towers, retails, hotels, courthouses, and theatre according to the U.S. and international building codes. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).
Jennifer Shea
Professor, Public Administration
Jennifer Shea is a Professor of Public Administration and Director of the School of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement. She is a community-engaged scholar whose work lies at the nexus of public policy and nonprofit studies, with research focused on public engagement and innovation in policymaking and implementation, organizational and policy learning, nonprofit finance, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Much of her research is applied, engages community members, and incorporates equity concerns from critical theoretical and practical perspectives. She is a co-founder and faculty affiliate of the Applied Housing Research Initiative (AHRI) and co-director of the Willie L. Brown, Jr., Fellowship at SF State University.