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@agmjbl.com
- 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, Shaun O'dell: shaun.odell@agmjbl.com
See also MA & MFA Graduate Admissions
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@agmjbl.com) for any concerns.
General Contact
Art Dept. Email: art@agmjbl.com
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
Art Office Personnel
Prof. Rhonda Holberton – Chair
rhonda.holberton@agmjbl.com
Marcia Block – Administrative Analyst
marcia.block@agmjbl.com
Bill Alley – Administrative Assistant
bill.alley@agmjbl.com
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. Shaun O'dell, shaun.odell@agmjbl.com
MA Art History & Visual Culture: Prof. Anthony Raynsford,
anthony.raynford@agmjbl.com
Program Coordinators
The program coordinators are available during regular academic sessions (faculty are on break during winter and summer intersessions).
Prof. Anthony Raynsford
Coordinator of Art History and Visual Culture
Coordinator of Architectural Studies
anthony.raynford@agmjbl.com
Prof. Andrew Blanton
Coordinator of Digital Media Art (DMA)
andrew.blanton@agmjbl.com
Prof. Valerie Mendoza
Coordinator of Photography
valerie.mendoza@agmjbl.com
Prof. Shaun O’Dell
Coordinator of Pictorial Art
shaun.odell@agmjbl.com
Prof. Adam Shiverdecker
Coordinator of Spatial Art
adam.shiverdecker@agmjbl.com
Art Galleries
Dr. Alena Sauzade
Curator and Gallery Director
Natalie and James Thompson Gallery
alena.sauzade@agmjbl.com
Facilities Coordinators
Steven Davis – Art Foundry
steve.davis@agmjbl.com
Jordan Shepard – Central Shops
jordan.shepard@agmjbl.com
Lydia Black – Central Shops and Pictorial
lydia.black@agmjbl.com
Tim Straubing – Ceramics and Glass
tim.straubing@agmjbl.com
James Morgan – Digital Media Art Labs
james.morgan@agmjbl.com
Alena Sauzade – Student Galleries
alena.sauzade@agmjbl.com
Kathleen McDonald – Photography Labs
kathleen.McDonald@agmjbl.com
Bob Rose – Visual Resource Library (VRL)
robert.rose@agmjbl.com
