Advisors
![image of Bill Lester](/urbanplanning/pics/imgs-advisors/img_Lester450pi150p.png)
Summer 2024 Advising for:
- Undergraduate Advisor for URBP.
- Undergraduate Advisor for GEOG.
- Professor
- Department Chair
PhD, UC Berkeley
WSQ 216D | 408-924-5589
thomas.lester@sjsu.edu
![headshot of R. Kos](/urbanplanning/pics/imgs-advisors/img_KosSQ450pi2.png)
- Graduate Advisor (MUP & MPA programs)
- Advanced Certificates Advisor (except GIS and CRED)
- Practitioner in Residence
- Senior Lecturer
- Admissions Director
- Faculty Advisor, Urban Planning Coalition
MRP Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
408-924-5854 | WSQ 218C
richard.kos@sjsu.edu
![headshot of K.Snider](/urbanplanning/pics/imgs-advisors/img_SniderSQ450pi2.png)
- Advanced Certificates Advisor, Real Estate Development (CRED)
- CRED Director
CREDMCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WSQ 218C
kelly.snider@sjsu.edu
![headshot of A. Zandiatashbar](/urbanplanning/pics/imgs-advisors/img_ZandiatashbarSQ450pi2.png)
- GEOG Graduate Advisor
- Geographic Information Science (GIS) Graduate Degree & Advanced Certificate Advisor
Ph.D in Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of Texas at Arlington
ahoura.zandiatashbar@sjsu.edu
408-924-5434 | CL 406
![headshot of G. Douglas](/urbanplanning/pics/imgs-advisors/img_DouglasSQ450pi2.png)
- Faculty Advisor, TRANSITion Student Group
PhD, University of Chicago
Not teaching Spring 2024
408-924-5852
gordon.douglas@sjsu.edu
General Advising
The College of Social Sciences Student Success Center provides advising for undergraduate students majoring or intent to major in any of the departments within the College of Social Sciences.
Web: www.sjsu.edu/socsci-ssc
Phone: 408-924-5363
Email: socsci-success@sjsu.edu
Location: Clark Hall 240