Faculty and Staff Contacts

School of Management
Business Tower 650
Phone: 408-924-3550
Fax: 408-924-3555
Zip: 0070

Staff Contacts

Dr. Susanna Khavul
School Director
Office: BT 650H
408-924-3551

Marisela Villarreal
School Analyst
Office: BT 650G
408-924-3552

Cristofer Cortez
School Coordinator
Office: BT 650
408-924-3557

Faculty Contacts & Short Biographies 

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Vivek Agarwal
Thomas Altura
Art Casey
Amy Carlson
Singmay Chou
Nancy Da Silva
Joseph Dworak
Walter Easter
Elizabeth Garcia
Monica Gavino
Larry Gee
Lucille Headrick
Mike Hill
Susanna Khavul
Yeonka Kim
Gretchen Vogelgesang Lester
Jingmei Li
Nancy Long
Matthew Maguire
Gita Mathur
Elisa Mattarelli
Brian Maxwell
Shari Moore
Elizabeth Mullen
Craig Nathanson
Yeonji No
Mariah Norell
Ash Padwal
Rolanda P. Farrington Pollard
Gary D. Radine
Sumita Raghuram
Alaka Rao
Simon Rodan
Ronald Roman
Neeraj Sahejpal
Ginevra Scherini
Mark Schwartz
Tyler Shewey
Thomas Shirley
Parker "Carlos" Singh
Janet Tan
Terry Thompson
Meg Virick
Chunlei Wang
Pamela Wells
Robert Wood
Jeng-Dau "James" Wu

Emeritus Faculty:
George Whaley

Vivek Agarwal, Lecturer
Office: BT 760
Email: vivek.agarwal01@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3506

Thomas Altura, Assistant Professor
Office: BT 665
Email: thomas.altura@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-7884

Tom Altura is an assist professor in the School of Management at San Jose State University. He received his Ph.D. and M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and holds a B.A. in Anthropology, also from UCLA. Tom’s research focuses on organizational and institutional change and has been published in the leading journal,  Business & Society . He teaches in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business’s undergraduate and M.B.A. programs, as well as the College of Engineering’s M.S. Engineering, Specialization in Business Leadership program. Tom currently teaches Developing and Managing People, Organization Theory, and Managing Organizational Change.

Amy Carlson, Lecturer
Office: BT 564
Email: amy.carlson@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-8037

Art Casey, Lecturer
Office: BT 552
Email: arthur.casey@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3535

Art Casey is a trial attorney at Casey Law Group in Los Gatos, California with a J.D. from Santa Clara University and a B.A. from University of San Diego. He has been an author and lecturer for California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) for several years, including Chapter Author for CEB Publication, California Civil Discovery Practice, 4th Ed. (2006). He is a member of DRI (a national organization of attorneys in the civil trial defense bar) and a longsding member of Northern California Association of Defense Counsel. Art has been teaching in the School of Management at San Jose State University for the past 12 years.

Singmay Chou, Lecturer
Office: BT 660
Email: singmay.chou@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-1172

Singmay Chou has lived and worked in the Asia region since 1996.  She spends part of the year in the San Jose area and teaches Strategic Management at San Jose State University.  She is the Director of Kapok Tree Limited, a consulting firm in change management, strategic planning and organizational effectiveness.  Singmay also teaches at The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Her prior business experience includes positions as Vice President of Marketing and Product for Luxottica Retail Greater China, General Manager of Marketing for Dragonair, and consult with Towers Perrin. She earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, BA in East Asian Studies from University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Nancy Da Silva, Professor
Office: BT 262
Email: nancy.dasilva@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-7798


Nancy Da Silva is a professor of Management, with a background in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a Ph.D. from the University of Houston. She conducts research in the area of positive psychology with a focus on employee creativity, innovation, and job engagement.  In addition, Nancy studies the impact of telecommuting on employee attitudes and behaviors. She has consulted for the following organizations: Sapience Group, Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University, the Vandaveer Group, Inc., and FSD Data Services, Inc. Her consulting primarily focuses on survey development, validation of assessment tools and statistical analysis.

Joseph Dworak, Lecturer
Office: BT 660
Email: joseph.dworak@sjsu.edu

Joseph Dworak, is a senior partner - a commercial litigation attorney at  Berliner Cohen in San Jose., CA.  He handles a broad range of complex commercial cases. He has obtained the largest settlement and longest jury trial in the law firm’s history. He fostered his law firm’s  expansion, opening several branches in California. He has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of California and acting Special Master for the State Bar of California.  He was selected  as “Super Lawyer”  by the San Francisco Magazine for his professional achievement.

Walter Easter, Lecturer 
Office: BT 552
Email: walter.easter@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-1056

Dr. Walter Easter has successfully owned and operated a small business for 34 years. He co-authored a book “The ABC’s of Marketing a Successful Business.” As Senior Advisor to the G.o.A.L. (Generation of Aspirational Leaders) team, Dr. Easter was instrumental in developing and implementing criteria for measuring student success. He recently presented a research paper "Creating Community for Students' Academic and Career Success" at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences in Las Vegas. Dr. Easter received his DDS in dentistry from the University of California, San Francisco, an MBA from Louisiana State University, Shreveport, and a BS from University of California, Davis. He is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists.

Elizabeth Garcia, Lecturer
Office: BT 564
Email: elizabeth.garcia@sjsu.edu



Elizabeth has held positions in Human Resources leadership at Harris Corporation, Laureate Education, Bayer Diabetes, and Canon USA. She holds a BS Degree in Business Administration concentration in Human Resources, MA Degree in Organizational Management and pursuing her Doctor of Business Administration. Elizabeth brings a wide variety of experience from M&A Integration, Strategic Business Partner, Talent Management, Employee Engagement and Development. Elizabeth is actively involved in Santa Clara Chapter of NCHRA  and SHRM  Supporting College Relation efforts.

Monica Gavino, Professor 
Office: BT 662
Email: monica.gavino@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3575

Monica Gavino teaches human resources management courses; and has taught diversity in organizations, strategic human resources, and the management experience to both undergraduate and MBA students.  She received her doctorate in Human Resources Management from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago.  She has over 25 years of experience in the HR field as a human resources executive and consultant.  Her areas of interest and research include studying employee engagement, human resource practices and employee and organizational outcomes, diversity and inclusion in organizations, Latino entrepreneurs and technology, and student success factors in Hispanic Serving Institutions.  She has published her research in Human Resource Management, The International Journal of Organizational Diversity, The Business Journal of Hispanic Research, and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: an International Journal, the Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, and Journal of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Education.  

Lucille Headrick, Assistant Professor
Office: BT 651
Email:lucy.headrick@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-1342

Lucille (Lucy) Headrick is an assistant professor in the School of Management at San José State University. She received her Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (H.R.I.R.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Saint Louis University. Her research examines psychological mechanisms of work stress on health-related behavior, recovery, and work-life boundary management within various temporal (e.g., daily, weekly) and social contexts (e.g., teachers, firefighters). Her research also focuses on identifying psychosocial factors that alleviate or aggravate these psychological mechanisms. Her research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Human Performance. She has been the recipient of many awards, including the Organizational Behavior division of the Academy of Management’s Best Dissertation-Based Paper (2021) and Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Award (2015) as well as earning teaching awards and distinctions for being at the top 10% of teachers at the University of Illinois (2017-2020).

Mike Hill, Lecturer
Office: BT 655
Email: mike.hill@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-2792

Mike is the Director of Integrated Talent Management at Applied Materials Company. He has over 30 years of experience in Human Resources and talent development. He holds a Masters in Education and MBA and Ph.D. in Human and Organization Development. His is currently focused on executive assessment and leadership development.  He has also held the position of Board President for a non-profit focused on grade school students keeping up with their classmates. He has consulted with a wide variety of organizations helping them to build leadership teams, set strategies and solve organization issues including organizational design. He has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia and lived abroad in Germany while building a new factory.

Susanna Khavul, Professor
Office: BT 359
Email: susanna.khavul@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3502

Yeonka Kim, Assistant Professor
Office: BT 554
Email: yeonka.kim@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-1486

Gretchen Vogelgesang Lester, Associate Professor
 Office: BT 661
 Email: gretchen.lester@sjsu.edu
 Phone:  408-924-3579*
 (*Please note that I do not typically answer this phone.)

Jingmei Li, Lecturer
 Office: BT 560
 Email: jingmei.li@sjsu.edu
 Phone: 408-924-6213

Nancy Long, Lecturer
Office: BT 552
Email: nancy.long@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-8045

Nancy Long is a highly accomplished global human resources executive who was most recently part of the executive leadership team at Hitachi Data Systems, where she held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief HR Officer.  Prior to joining Hitachi Data Systems in 2006, she was Senior VP of HR at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, CA. She also worked at HP for 24 years where her most recent role was Vice President of Human Resources for Global Marketing. She is the recipient of several industry awards such as HR Executive of the Year (HR Symposium, Silicon Valley) and Mentor of the Year (Stevie Awards) during her tenure as an HR leader. Her unique background brings a business acumen that is unusual among Human Resources professionals.

Matthew Maguire, Assistant Professor 
Office: BT 658
Email: matthew.maguire@sjsu.edu

Matthew Maguire is an assistant professor in the Management School at San José State University, with a background in comparative political economy, business-government relations, and corporate social responsibility. Matt has a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University, an M.Sc. in comparative politics from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in history from Cornell University. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe for fieldwork and has held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. His current work examines the relationship between public policy and CSR in the case of corporate non-financial reporting.

Gita Mathur, Professor
Office: BT 358
Email: gita.mathur@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3553

Gita Mathur teaches strategic management, operations management, project management, product development, and management of innovation.  She has several years of industry and consulting experience with technology-based companies. Gita held engineering and management positions in the semiconductor industry with Harris Corporation (1985-1991). She was a Principal with the management consulting firm PRTM (1996-2000). Gita holds B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1978, 1981), a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1985), an MBA from UC Berkeley (1991), and a DBA in Technology and Operations Management from Harvard Business School (1996).

Elisa Mattarelli, Professor
Office: BT 654
Email: elisa.mattarelli@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3569

Elisa Mattarelli is a Professor at the School of Management of SJSU. Previously, she was Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy. She did a post doc at the University of Arizona in 2005 and was a Fulbright visiting professor at Stanford University in 2016-2017. Her research interests include team dynamics, identity processes, and collaborative technology use, with a focus on distributed and knowledge intensive organizational contexts.

Brian Maxwell, Lecturer
 Office: BT 560
 Email: brian.maxwell@sjsu.edu
 Phone: 408-924-8027

 Shari Moore, Lecturer
Email: shari.moore@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-2254

Shari Moore is an established and experienced HR leader with an extensive track record as an HR executive. Currently, Shari is the HR Director/Head of HR for Advocates for Life Skills & Opportunity in Portland, Oregon. In her previous roles she has been Senior Associate Director of HR at Stanford University, Vice President and CPO at the Institute on Aging in San Francisco, Vice President, HR Business Partners at RMS, SVP and CHRO for Jasper, VP of HR for Product Operations at NetApp, VP of HR for Global Sales, Support and Services at Hitachi Data Systems and VP of HR and Administration for Performant Financial Corporation. She served for seven years on the Dean's Advisory Council at Cal Poly and five years on the Board of the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative. She has also taught part-time at Golden Gate University in the MS in HR program. Shari earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, concentrating in Accounting, from Cal Poly and an MBA from Yale University. She holds multiple certifications in HR including SHRM–SCP, Senior Professional in Human Resources and Prosci Change Management. 

Elizabeth Mullen, Assistant Professor
Office: BT 659
Email: elizabeth.mullen@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-7883

Elizabeth Mullen researches the roles that people’s emotions, values, and moral convictions play in shaping their perceptions of fairness and reactions to transgressions. In addition, she investigates how individuals regulate and evaluate their own and others’ ethical behavior.  Her work has appeared in numerous scholarly journals and has been funded by the National Science Foundation. She serves on the editorial boards at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, and Social Justice Research. Prior to joining SJSU, she held faculty positions at George Washington University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  

Craig Nathanson, Lecturer
Email: craig.nathanson@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-6203

Dr. Craig Nathanson is an Educator, Author, speaker, and coach for mid-life development. Dr. Nathanson has been an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University since 2020. Dr. Nathanson has been teaching online graduate and undergraduate programs since 2001 at several universities in North America and Europe. He is also a visiting lecturer in Vietnam in partnership with Solvay Brussels School of Economics, Brussels, Belgium. Additionally, Dr. Nathanson is an adjunct faculty for the University Of San Francisco, Johnson and Wales University, San Francisco State University, and coordinator for the HR certificate program at Sonoma State University.

Yeonji No, Lecturer
Office: BT 656
Email: yeonji.no@sjsu.edu

Yeonji No received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Georgia Institute of Technology and her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was the recipient of the Ivan Allen Dean’s Fellowship at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2011. She teaches Strategic Management and Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.

Mariah Norell, Lecturer
Office: BT 656
Email: mariah.norell@sjsu.edu


Mariah Norell is a scientist-practitioner in the People Analytics space with over 5 years of consulting and data science experience at companies like Aon (Radford), Amazon Web Services, and Atlassian. She received her MS in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from San Jose State University and her BA in Psychology from CSU, Sacramento where she graduated with honors.

Ash Padwal, Lecturer
Office: BT 555
Email: ashit.padwal@sjsu.edu

Rolanda Pollard, Lecturer
Office: BT 664
Email: rolanda.pollard@sjsu.edu

Rolanda P. Farrington Pollard, Ph.D. holds graduate degrees in Business Administration (MBA) and Organizational Psychology (MA and Ph.D.) and has over 15 years of teaching and consulting experience. She teaches a wide range of Organizational Theory and Management courses, in three departments, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a consultant, she has facilitated strategic planning, team-building, and leadership development processes for companies such as The Gap, Sun Microsystems, 3COM, Via Rehabilitation, San Jose State University, and the American Red Cross. Research areas include policy work for the City of San Jose, organizational communication, online teaching, pedagogy, women entrepreneurs, organizational culture, organizational change, the innovation-leadership relationship, family business, and succession planning.

Gary D. Radine, Lecturer
Office: BT 652
Email: gary.radine@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3554

Gary D. Radine joined SJSU’s Lucas College and Graduate School of Business after 37 years in Chief Executive Officer roles with Delta Dental, a dental insurance enterprise.  He built a mid-Atlantic operation from $6 million in annual revenue to $500 million, merged that entity to create a 15-state operation headquartered in California and brought that entity from $3 billion in annual revenue to $8 billion in “zero sum game” markets. With 97% renewal rates, the entity grew to cover 35 million enrollees across 25,000 purchasers plus started a new company in Mexico, covering 1 million there. He spearheaded a multi-vendor technology turnover without loss of market position. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from San José State University and his Master’s degree from CSU-Dominguez Hills.

Sumita Raghuram, Professor
Office: BT 652
Email: sumita.raghuram@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3567

Sumita Raghuram is the Alan and Lori Kessler Endowed Professor in Human Resource Management.

Sumita Raghuram received her Ph.D. from University of Minnesota in Human Resource Management. She then was a faculty member at Fordham University, New York and at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania. With over 30 years of teaching and research experience, she teaches subject areas in Human Resource Management at SJSU. Her primary research areas are in virtual work, international human resource management and tech workers. Topics such as employee identity, employee turnover and engagement, well-being and impact of tech work on human resource management are of particular interest to her. She has published her research in journals such as the Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology and Journal of Organization Behavior. Sumita has also been a visiting faculty at international business schools such as Copenhagen Business School, Bologna Business School, and Indian School of Business.

Alaka Rao, Associate Professor
Office: BT 663
Email: alaka.rao@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3417

Alaka N. Rao received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine and her Bachelor Degree in Economics from UC Berkeley. Dr. Rao’s research centers on the management of complex collaborations across geographical and cultural divides. Her current research examines the critical role of culture, employee cognition, and trust in the management of teams. Dr. Rao has also conducted research on how managers exchange and build trust in countries lacking institutional support. Her work has been published in management journals, such as the Journal of International Business Studies. Dr. Rao has also been the recipient of various grants, including the California State University Research Grant and the Junior Faculty Career Development Grant.

Simon Rodan, Professor
Office: BT 457
Email: simon.rodan@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3415

Simon Rodan has an MBA and a Ph.D. from INSEAD, France. Prior to joining the Lucas College in 2002, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University (1999-2002), worked as a research Associate at INSEAD (1991-1994), as a Systems Engineer (1982-1986) and as a Marketing Representative (1986-1989) at IBM(UK). His research focuses on social networks, knowledge exchange and innovativeness.

Ronald Roman, Lecturer
Office: BT 560
Email: ronald.roman@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-8051

Ronald M. Roman teaches and conducts research in the areas of corporate responsibility, sustainability, and business ethics. His research has received awards of excellence including ‘Best Case of the Year’ award given by the Case Research Journal. Ron is a member of the advisory board for SJSU’s Green Ninja Project, which educates young people about our changing climate. Additionally, he is an active impact investor who uses the power of the shareholder proposal to effect change in organizations. Ron received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., Ron worked in corporate finance and also co-founded a computer education and consulting firm.

Neeraj Sahejpal, Lecturer
Office: BT 656
Email: neeraj.sahejpal@sjsu.edu

Ginevra Scherini, Lecturer
Office: BT 660
Email: ginevra.schenrini@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-5658

Mark Schwartz, Lecturer
Office: BT 660
Email: mark.schwartz@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-5705


Mark Schwartz is a biotechnology executive, having been CEO of several private and public biotechnology companies. His experience ranges from private and public company financings, strategic planning and transactions, clinical and product development, regulatory affairs, business development, sales and marketing, and career development. He has worked in a wide range of life science businesses, including genomics, diagnostics, instrumentation, services and drug development. Dr. Schwartz serves on the Board of Directors for Targazyme, Inc., and as an advisor to Genterac and NeoLight. An adjunct professor for the Masters of Biotechnology program at San Jose State since 2010, and has previously served on the board of the Biotechnology Industry Association. He received his B.A. from Grinnell College and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Arizona State University.

Tyler Shewey, Lecturer
Office: BT 564
Email: tyler.shewey@sjsu.edu

Thomas Shirley, Lecturer
Office: BT 656
Email: thomas.shirley@sjsu.edu

Thomas Shirley earned his Ph.D. at UC Davis and his Masters of Business Administration in International Business and a Master’s of Science in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.  Prior to his role at SJSU, he served as a mergers and acquisitions advisor and an executive with McKinsey, KPMG, and General Electric. He teaches strategic management, international business, and global leadership.

Parker "Carlos" Singh, Lecturer
Office: BT 564
Email: carlos.singh@sjsu.edu

Janet Tan, Lecturer
Office: BT 452
Email: janet.tan@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3123

Dr. Janet Tan earned her PhD in International Political Economy from National Chengchi University of Taiwan, her Masters of Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, and BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from San Jose State University. She holds a patent in Speech Input and Database System. She started a company marketing speech recognition dictation system in the medical industry partnering with Philips Electronics, and she has been coaching many entrepreneurs in their startup businesses. Dr. Tan is currently a member of Microeconomic of Competitiveness faculty network headed by Professor Michael Porter at Harvard Business School focusing on her research in strategy and competitiveness. She teaches strategic management, operations management, and global leadership and innovation.

Terry Thompson, Lecturer
Office: BT 553
Email: terry.thompson@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-2615

Meg Virick, Associate Dean
Office: BT 950
Email: m.virick@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-3411

Chunlei Wang, Associate Professor 
Office: BT 653 
Email: chunlei.wang@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-2775


Chunlei Wang teaches strategic management courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research interests include social network analysis, knowledge networks, innovation generation and diffusion, and economic sociology. He published a paper with his collaborators on exploratory innovation in the Academy of Management Journal. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Peking University, a Master of Arts in Sociology from the Ohio State University, a Master of Arts in Sociology and a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University. He is married and has a daughter. He enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, and church family.

Pamela Wells, Lecturer
Office: BT 656 
Email: pamela.wells@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-8054


Pamela Wells received her M.S. from San Jose State in 2005. She is a Managing Partner of Critical Moments Safety Training, LLC, and serves as a mediator for the Santa Clara County Office of Human Relations and consultant for the Destiny Re-Entry Program. Her activities on campus include Faculty Advisor for the Latino Business Student Association and Passport Program Coordinator for the Global Leadership Advancement Center. She is a recipient of San Jose State University’s Master Teacher Award.

Robert Wood, Professor
 Office: BT 664 
 Email: robert.wood@sjsu.edu
 Phone: 408-924-3573

Jeng-Dau "James" Wu, Lecturer
Office: BT 552
Email: jeng-dau.wu02@sjsu.edu
 

In Memoriam

Larry Gee was a former lecturer at San Jose State University. He received his Masters of Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from California State University, Chico, and a Masters in Business Administration from Golden Gate University.  He also completed the advance project management program at Stanford University, and George Washington University. He was Certified as a Project Management Professional. Larry worked for a Fortune 50 Information Technology Services industry company for over 32 years. During which time he has held various positions in programming, line management, strategic management, business development, marketing, computing infrastructure services, information systems and technology, and as a certified executive project manager. He served as a consultant managing Information Systems and Information Technology health care strategic programs. 

Emeritus Faculty

George Whaley, Emeritus  
Office: BT 560
Email: george.whaley@sjsu.edu