Lam Family College of Business
Dean Eugene Sivadas
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Eugene Sivadas was appointed Dean of the Lam Family College of Business in August 2020. He spent 15 years on the faculty of the Milgard School of Business at the University of Washington, Tacoma where he held appointments as Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Director of the MBA Program, Coordinator of the Masters’ Program in Cybersecurity & Leadership and Professor of Marketing. He also served on the University of Washington Faculty Senate, on the executive council of UW Tacoma’s Faculty Assembly, as Chair of Milgard School’s faculty council and as Chair of UW Tacoma’s Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee.
The Lam FamilyCollege of Business is home to more than 300 faculty and staff members, including 111 tenure-track faculty and more than 4,000 students in numerous departments ranging from accounting to business administration, the largest undergraduate major at SF State.
Sivadas holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Cincinnati and has held faculty appointments at Rutgers Business School, the University of Cincinnati and Emerson College. He received an M.A. degree in Marketing Communications from Emerson College and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Delhi in Delhi, India.
Graduate College of Education
Dean Cynthia Grutzik
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Cynthia Grutzik was appointed dean of the Graduate College of Education in August 2018 . Since 2012 Grutzik has served as the associate dean of the College of Education at Long Beach State University, where she supported credential and undergraduate programs, accreditation and assessment, curriculum, outreach, recruitment and district partnerships. A former elementary school teacher and past president of the California Council on Teacher Education, she researches and publishes on the educator preparation pathway and how to support students in the transfer process. Grutzik says she is dedicated to the creation of educational institutions that “build and model democratic learning environments where everyone has a voice and an equal opportunity to succeed.”
The Graduate College of Education is home to more than 100 faculty and staff members, including 50 tenure-track faculty with more than 1,000 students in elementary, secondary and special education -- as well as a bachelor's degree and two doctoral programs.
Grutzik received a bachelor’s degree in diversified studies from Westmont College, a teaching credential from Fullerton State University, a master’s degree in language, reading and culture from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in education and information studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.
College of Ethnic Studies
Dean Amy Sueyoshi
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Dean Amy Sueyoshi was appointed dean of the College of Ethnic Studies in January 2018. She has been an SF State faculty member since 2002 and the Associate Dean of the college since 2012.
Amy’s research interests lie primarily at the intersection of Asian American and queer studies. She is a founding co-curator of the GLBT History Museum, the first queer history museum in the United States, and the recipient of the Willie Walker Award for service to the GLBT Historical Society. She also initiated the Dragon Fruit Project, a community oral history project for API Equality Northern California, a queer Asian Pacific Islander advocacy group in San Francisco Chinatown. In 2017, Amy was a Community Grand Marshal for San Francisco Pride.
The College of Ethnic Studies is home to more than 100 faculty and staff members, including 42 tenure-track faculty and more than 1,000 students in departments ranging from Africana Studies to Race and Resistance Studies.
Sueyoshi holds a Ph.D. in history from University of California, Los Angeles and a B.A. from Barnard College of Columbia University.
College of Health and Social Sciences
Dean Alvin Alvarez
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Alvin Alvarez was appointed dean of the College of Health & Social Sciences in December 2015. He has been an SF State faculty member since 1997 and was previously the interim dean.
Dean Alvarez has been a national leader in ensuring individuals from underrepresented backgrounds have a voice in the health and social science fields, and he leads the College's efforts to develop a diverse, talented and critically thinking student body. His academic work is focused on Asian-Americans, racial identity and the psychological impact of racism
The College of Health and Social Sciences is home to more than 300 faculty and staff members, including 121 tenure-track faculty and more than 4,000 students in departments ranging from nursing to recreation, parks and tourism.
Alvarez received bachelor's degrees in psychology and biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, and recieved his master's degree and doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland.
College of Liberal and Creative Arts
Dean Andrew Harris
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Andrew Harris is the newly appointed dean of College of Liberal & Creative Arts as of July, 2016. Previously, Harris was the dean of Arts and Humanities at Keene State College in New Hampshire, overseeing 12 academic departments, a performing arts center, the college art gallery and the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The College of Liberal and Creative Arts is home to more than 500 faculty and staff members, including 280 tenure-track faculty and more than 9,000 students in departments ranging from english to women & gender studies.
It is one of largest and most comprehensive academic programs devoted to the humanities, social sciences and creative arts in Northern California.
Harris received his bachelor’s degree in history from Pomona College. He earned both a master's degree and a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University.
College of Science and Engineering
Dean Carmen Domingo
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Carmen Domingo was appointed Dean in March 2019 after serving as interim dean since 2017. Dr. Domingo has been a faculty member at SF State since 1997. A full time professor in the biology department, her research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanism that drives morphogenetic processes. Her career and research also focuses on efforts to increase the representation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.
The College of Science & Engineering is home to more than 400 faculty and staff members, including 182 tenured and tenure-track faculty and more than 6,000 students in departments ranging from biology and chemistry to computer science and engineering.
Domingo holds a bachelor's degree from UC Irvine in biological sciences with a Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley.