Contact Us

Current & Prospetive Students

Who to Contact when you have Questions about:

Your Major & Course Substitutions
Contact your Major Advisors (BA studio practice - contact a coordinator in your ‘home department' where you are taking the most classes)


Registration, Change of Major, adding a Minor or Transfer Credits: 

  • Email Bill Alley: bill.alley@sjsu.edu 

  • Zoom with Bill Alley: 1:00 - 4:00 PM, Mon - Fri (email him for Zoom link)

  • In-person drop-ins in the Art Office (Room 116 in the Art Building) Tues - Thurs 8-5 (on break for lunch 12-1). 

 

GE Classes: 
Contact an Advisor in the H&A Student Success Center (contact info at the bottom of the page)


Graduate Student Applications, Forms, Deadlines, ATC, Thesis and other administrative questions:
Contact the Graduate Coordinator, Chelsea Thompto: chelsea.thompto@sjsu.edu

 

Art Department Office Hours

The Art and Art History Department Office is open Mondays to Thursdays between 8:00 AM—5:00 PM. The office is closed for lunch from 12:00PM—1:00PM. Fridays the office is closed, but the staff is working remotely.  Please contact Bill Alley (bill.alley@sjsu.edu) for any concerns.

General  Contact

Art Dept. Email: art@sjsu.edu
Art Dept. Phone: 408-924-4353

Mailing Address

Department of Art and Art History: Art 116
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José California, USA, 95192-0080

People

 

Art Office

Prof. Virginia San Fratello – Interim Chair
virginia.sanfratello@sjsu.edu

Marcia Block – Administrative Analyst
marcia.block@sjsu.edu

Bill Alley – Administrative Assistant
bill.alley@sjsu.edu

 

Graduate Program Coordinators

The graduate coordinators are available during regular academic sessions (they are on break during winter and summer intersessions).

MFA (Digital Media Art, Photography, Pictorial, & Spatial Art): Prof. Chelsea Thompto, chelsea.thompto@sjsu.edu

MA Art History & Visual Culture:  Prof. Elizabeth Carroll,
elizabeth.carroll@sjsu.edu

Program Coordinators

The program coordinators are available during regular academic sessions (they are on break during winter and summer intersessions).

Prof. Elizabeth Carroll

Coordinator of Art History and Visual Culture 
Coordinator of Architectural Studies
elizabeth.carroll@sjsu.edu

Prof. Rhonda Holberton

Coordinator of Digital Media Art (DMA)
rhonda.holberton@sjsu.edu

Prof. Binh Danh

Coordinator of Photography
binh.danh@sjsu.edu

Prof. Shaun O’Dell

Coordinator of Pictorial Art
shaun.odell@sjsu.edu

Prof. Shannon Wright

Coordinator of Spatial Art
shannon.wright@sjsu.edu

 

Art Galleries

Dr. Alena Sauzade

Curator and Gallery Director
Natalie and James Thompson Gallery
alena.sauzade@sjsu.edu

 

Facilities Coordinators

Steven Davis – Art Foundry
steve.davis@sjsu.edu

Jordan Shepard – Central Shops
jordan.shepard@sjsu.edu

Lydia Black – Central Shops and Pictorial
lydia.black@sjsu.edu

Tim Straubing – Ceramics and Glass
tim.straubing@sjsu.edu

James Morgan – Digital Media Art Labs
james.morgan@sjsu.edu

Alena Sauzade – Student Galleries
alena.sauzade@sjsu.edu

Kathleen McDonald – Photography Labs
kathleen.McDonald@sjsu.edu

Bob Rose – Visual Resource Library (VRL)
robert.rose@sjsu.edu