Graduate Program Advising
College of Education
Most academic advising at the graduate level is done through the department of the program.
Advanced Certificates
- Behavior Analysis: Laura Hall
- Bilingual (Spanish) Special Education: Yasemin Turan-Qian
- Cognitive Disabilities: Chuck Degeneffe
- Dual Language for Academic Literacy Potential: Tamara Collins-Parks
- EC-TEaMH: Early Childhood Transdisciplinary Education and Mental Health: Sarah Rieth
- English Language for Academic Literacy: Tamara Collins-Parks
- Mental Health Recovery and Trauma Informed Care: Margaret Slaska
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Chuck Degeneffe
- Reading and Literacy: Katie Sciurba
- Rehabilitation Technology: Toni Saia
- Spanglish Decolonial Healing: marcela polanco
Credentials
Info Sessions for Prospective Students
In-person, group info sessions give a general overview of our Preliminary Credential programs and admissions process. With our Virtual Advising Session, watch from the comfort of your own home, at anytime you'd like.
More about Group Info Sessions View Virtual Advising Session
Individual Advising
For general questions, please e-mail [email protected]
We offer advising for admission to SDSU's Preliminary Teaching Credential programs in the following areas:
- Multiple Subject (Elementary, grades PreK-6): Emily Watson
- Single Subject (Middle/High School, grades 7-12): Adrienne Nicodemus
- Bilingual (Multiple and Single Subject): Mary Waldron
- Music, Art, Theatre, or Dance/PE: Liz Buffington
- Special Education (Mild/Moderate Support Needs): Regina Brandon
- Special Education (Extensive Support Needs): Bonnie Kraemer
- Special Education (Early Childhood): Janice Chan
Clear & Other Advanced Credentials
- Administrative Services Clear Credential: Nancy Frey
- Special Education Clear Credential (Induction Program): Christie Wohlwend-Pearson
- Reading & Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential: Katie Sciurba
Master's Degrees
- Child Development: Alyson Shapiro
- Child Development with a Concentration in Early Childhood Mental Health and LPCC: Rebecca Koo
- Counseling (Online): Selam Gebrekristos
- Dual Language and English Learner Ed. Critical Literacy and Social Justice Specialization: Tamara Collins-Parks
- Educational Leadership and a Specialization in PreK-12: Doug Fisher
- Marriage and Family Therapy: marcela polanco & Navid Zamani
- Multicultural Community Counseling (CBB): Nola Butler-Byrd
- Postsecondary Educational Leadership and Student Affairs: Marissa Vasquez
- Reading Education: Katie Sciurba
- Rehabilitation Counseling: Mark Tucker
- School Counseling plus Pupil Personnel Services Credential: Joey Nuñez Estrada Jr.
- School Psychology: Samuel Song
- Special Education, Behavior Analysis and Autism Concentration: Ana Dueñas & Yasemin Turan-Qian
- Special Education, Early Childhood, Mild/Moderate, and Extensive Support Needs Concentrations: Yasemin Turan-Qian
- Teaching, Elementary and Secondary Education (Online): Luke Duesbery & Eric Ginsberg
- Teaching, K-12 Language Arts: Marva Cappello
- Teaching, K-8 Mathematics: Meredith Vaughn
- Teacher Leadership: Jim Marshall
- Teaching, Science Education: Meredith Vaughn
Doctoral & Educational Specialist Degrees
- Doctor in Education, Joint Ph.D. Program with Claremont Graduate University: Marva Cappello
- Community College/Postsecondary Education Leadership: Wendy Bracken
- PK-12 School Leadership: Jim Marshall & Greg Ottinger
- School Psychology: Samuel Song
