
Interwork Institute
SDSU’s Interwork Institute includes Department of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education (ARPE) faculty & staff, Creative Support Alternatives (CSA), and Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC). Multiple centers support projects that are administered through Interwork, including the Center for Distance Learning (CDL) and the Center for Pacific Studies (CPS). Current projects include the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM) and the National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute (NRLI). Other project staff listed without specific designations work with multiple projects.


Charles Edmund Degeneffe, Ph.D., MSSW, CRC
Department Chair & ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-6115LH 246C
Wendy Bracken, Ed.D.
Director, CCLEAD & LecturerDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-5871LH 246D
Lisa Gates, Ph.D.
Director & Advisor, SDSU Leadership Minor & LecturerDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]LH 223
Mark Tucker, Ph.D.
RCP Program Coordinator & Associate ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-3498LH 221A
Frank Harris, Ed.D.
ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-1551LH 231
Felisha Herrera Villarreal, Ph.D.
ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]4-1956LH 225A
Eric Felix, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]LH 229A
Marissa Vasquez, Ed.D.
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL)Department of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]LH 227
Tanya Gaxiola Serrano, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-6675LH 211A
Mari Guillermo, Ed.D., CRC
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-4054LH 225
Toni Saia, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-3427LH 227A
Ron Jacobs, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus & Senate Distinguished ProfessorDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]
Marjorie Olney, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritaDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-6883LH 229
William Piland, Ed.D.
Professor EmeritusDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]
Caren Sax, Ed.D.
Director, Interwork Institute & Professor EmeritaDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-7183
Rachel Anderson, M.S., CRC, LVRC, CPM, WIP, Y-WIP
Program Director, VRTAC-QMInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Mary Baker-Ericzén, Ph.D.
Operations Director and Research Scientist, CASRC & LecturerDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]
Joshua Bellfy
Director, CSA (San Diego)Interwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Sarah Clardy
Program Director, VRTAC-QMInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Joyce Clark
Co-Director, EFRCInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Chaz Compton, Ed.D., CRC
Director, VRTAC-QM & LecturerDepartment of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-7935
Melissa Hough, M.S., CRC
Training Director, CSAInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Chip Kenney, M.S.
Co-Project Director, VRTAC-QMInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Theresa Lally, Ed.D.
Director, Center for Pacific StudiesInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Minah Oh
Director, Center for Distance LearningInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]619-594-7231
Lupe Rojas-Sanchez
Co-Director, EFRCInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Mary Ellen Sousa-Hiner, M.Ed.
Director, CSA (North)Interwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]
Derly Castillo
Coordinator, CSAInterwork InstituteSDSU[email protected]