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Field Representative: Mario Fernandez
Office Manager: Althea Santos Galicia
San Francisco State University Website
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1600 Holloway Ave
HSS 331
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (415) 338-6232
Email: cfa_sf@calfac.org

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Executive Board

Meet your CFA San Francisco Chapter Executive Board members and get in touch with them for more information.

Brad Erickson

President

Jaimy Mann

Lecturer Faculty Vice president

Race and Resistance Studies | College of Ethnic Studies | APIDA Caucus, Tri-Chair | PAM Caucus

Kurt Nutting

Faculty Rights Chair

Philosophy | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Chair de facto of Elections Committee | Faculty Rights Committee Representative

Mark Allan Davis

Council for Racial and Social Justice Representative

Africana Studies | College of Ethnic Studies | CDBS Committee | PAM Caucus

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James Martel

Tenure/Tenure-Track faculty Vice President

Political Science | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Faculty Rights Committee Representative

Robert Allen

at-large lecturer faculty representative

Public Health | College of Health and Social Sciences | Equity for Lecturer Faculty, ELF Committee | Lecturer Faculty Representative

Anthony Pahnke

political action chair

International Relations | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Department Representative

Rose Lacy

Membership and organizing Chair

Chemistry and Biochemistry | College of Science and Engineering | Department Representative | Equity for Lecturer Faculty, ELF Committee

Constance Gordon

College of liberal and creative arts representative

Communication Studies | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | College Representative

Constance Gordon as CFA SFSU Executive Board, Liberal and Creative Arts College Representative

Charli Sakari

College of science and engineering representative

Physics and Astronomy | College of Science and Engineering | College Representative

Ann Robertson

Lecturer faculty Retiree Representative

Philosophy | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Equity for Lecturer Faculty, ELF Committee

Marie Drennan

tenure/tenure-track faculty retiree representative

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts | College of Liberal and Creative Arts

Abdur Sikder

secretary

Computer Science and Information Systems | College of Science and Engineering | Department Representative

Regula Dhedhi

Treasurer

Kinesiology | College of Health and Social Sciences | Faculty Rights Committee Representative

Omar Zahzah

At-Large Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative

Race and Resistance Studies | College of Ethnic Studies | PAM Caucus | Tenure/Tenure-Track Representative

Zia Davidian

Librarian Representative

J. Paul Leonard Library | Library Representative

Karla Castillo

counselor representative

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) | Student Health Center | Counselors Committee, Co-Chair | Immigration Task Force Committee

Michael Villegas

College of ethnic Studies representative

Metro Academy, All College | College of Ethnic Studies | College Representative

Angela Fillingim

College of health and social sciences representative

Sociology | College of Health and Social Sciences, Co-Representative | College Representative

Supriya Misra

College of health and social sciences representative

Public Health | College of Health and Social Sciences, Co-Representative | College Representative

Executive Board Minutes

Below you will find minutes from the CFA San Francisco Chapter Executive Board meetings.

2026 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

2025 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

2024 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

News and Resolutions

Below you will find the news, resolutions, and statements by CFA San Francisco Chapter Executive Board Members and the faculty community.

2026

2024

2023

CFA SFSU PAM Palestine Resolution

CFA-SFSU Chapter Open Letter: The State of Racial Politics at SFSU

CFA-SFSU Chapter Executive Board Statement on the Campus Climate Statement, Posted March 6, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Statement: Trans Students, Staff, and Faculty Deserve Safety and Support, Posted April 10, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Message: Academic Freedom in Crisis at SFSU, Posted April 14, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Resolution: To Eliminate Quantitative Ranking of Faculty, Posted April 28, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Resolution on Academic Freedom, Breach of Contract and Faculty Self Governance , Posted May 12, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Statement in Support of the Oakland Education Association Strike Posted May 12, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Statement in Support of the Writers Guild of America Strike , Posted May 12, 2023

CFA-SFSU Chapter Statement about Rabab Abdulhadi, Posted September 8, 2023

2022

CFA-SFSU Chapter Resolution in Support of the SFSU AMED Department and Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, Posted January 24, 2022

CFA-SFSU Chapter Solidarity Statement with the People of Ukraine, and with All Peoples Oppressed by Militarism & Imperialism, Posted March 9, 2022

CFA-SFSU Resolution for Equity and Efficacy In Teaching Effectiveness Assessment (TEA) Posted on March 18, 2022

CFA-SFSU Chapter Message on CSU’s Title IX Assessment Process, Posted July 11, 2022

CFA-SFSU Chapter Resolution: In Support of Proposed JEDI TEA Model (Justice Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in TEA), Passed and posted on September 23, 2022

Message from CFA SFSU’s Executive Board in support of UC-UAW Strike, Posted on November 16, 2022

CFA-SFSU Chapter Open Letter to President Lynn Mahoney, Posted on November 18, 2022

2021

Department Representatives

Meet your CFA San Francisco Chapter Faculty Department Representatives. Have questions in your department and about the union? Inform your Department Representative with the information below.

College of Ethnic Studies | CoES

Africana Studies
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

American Indian Studies
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Asian American Studies
Tenure/Tenure-Track Representative: Valerie Soe and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Latina/Latino Studies
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Race and Resistance Studies
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Vacant and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Jaimy Mann

College of Health and Social Sciences | CHSS

Clinical Lab Science
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Child and Adolescent Development
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Miguel Abad and Molly McManus and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Counseling
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Molly Strear and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Criminal Justice
Tri-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Dilara Yarbrough, Navi Kaur, and Armin Fardis and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Family Interiors Nutrition and Apparel
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Kinesiology
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Maria Veri and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Regula Dhedhi

Physical Therapy
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE)
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Raquel Pinderhughes and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Public Health
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Supriya Misra and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Robert Allen

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

School of Nursing
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

School of Social Work
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Sociology & Sexuality Studies
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Angela Fillingim and Valerie Francisco Menchavez

Lam Family College of Business | CoB

Accounting
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Decision Sciences
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Leyla Ozsen

Economics
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Maxine Lee

Finance
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Hospitality and Tourism Management
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Information Systems
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Lutfus Sayeed and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Daniel Ciomek

International Business
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Labor and Employment Studies
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Management
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Marketing
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

College of Science and Engineering | CoSE

Biology
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Vacant and Co-Lecturer Faculty Representatives: Aaron Sullivan and Bradley Bowser

Chemistry Biochemistry
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Vacant and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Rose Lacy

Computer Science
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Vacant and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Abdur Sikder

Engineering
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Mathematics
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Dusty Ross and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Physics & Astronomy
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Vacant and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Chris McCarthy

Psychology
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Melissa Hagan and Shasta Ihorn and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

School of Environment
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Jennifer Blecha and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Graduate College of Education | GCoE

Elementary Education
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Stephanie Sisk-Hilton and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT)
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Irina Okhremtchouk and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Secondary Education
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Alexander Mejia and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Special Education
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

College of Liberal and Creative Arts | LCA

Anthropology
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Martha Lincoln

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA)
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Classics
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Communication Studies
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Anne Linton and Samuel McCormick and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Suzanne Pullen

Creative Writing
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Andrew Joron and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Matthew Davison

English Language and Literature
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Teresa Pratt and Kathleen De Guzman

History
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Sarah Crabtree

Humanities
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

International Relations
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Anthony Pahnke and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Jewish Studies Program
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Rachel Gross

Journalism
Co-Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representatives: Josh Davis and Ana Lourdes Cardenas and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Philosophy
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Macy Salzberger and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Political Science
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Katherine Gordy and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

School of Art
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

School of Cinema
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Martha Gorzycki and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

School of Design
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

School of Music
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

School of Theatre & Dance
Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative: Michael Schweikardt and Lecturer Faculty Representative: Vacant

Women and Gender Studies
Vacant for both Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturer Faculty

Counseling & Psychological Services | CAPS

Athletics

J. Paul Leonard Library

Elections Committee

Meet your CFA San Francisco Elections Committee. Interested in calling an election in your department or becoming a Department Representative? Contact your elections committee with the information below.

Kurt Nutting

Elections committee chair

Philosophy | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Chair de facto | Faculty Rights Chair

Mario Fernandez

Field Representative

CFA Staff

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Upcoming Elections

Please reach out at cfa_sf@calfac.org, if you’d consider playing a role in chapter leadership. If you’re not ready or not sure, as serving as a Department Representative is the best place to start.

Please check your preferred email address inbox and possibly your spam folder for all CFA Updates and CFA Chapter Upcoming Elections either within your department or the chapter. Your participation is important! WE are the union, your voice matters.

If you may have any questions regarding elections and/or would like to call for an election in your department to become a Department Representative, please contact the CFA SFSU Office at cfa_sf@calfac.org.

Faculty Rights Committee Panel

Meet your CFA San Francisco Faculty Rights Committee. Any questions related to workload, retirement, or different articles of the current CBA. Contact a Faculty Rights Committee Representative with the information below.

Kurt Nutting

faculty rights chair

Philosophy | College of Liberal and Creative Arts | Chair de facto of Elections Committee

Maureen Loughran

field representative

CFA Staff

Mario Fernandez

field representative

CFA Staff

View Full Committee List

James Martel

faculty rights committee representative

Political Science | College of Liberal and Creative Arts

Shawn Heiser

faculty rights committee representative

J. Paul Leonard Library | Library

Matthias Beck

faculty rights committee representative

Mathematics | College of Science and Engineering

Regula Dhedhi

faculty rights committee representative

Kinesiology | College of Health and Social Sciences

Faculty Rights Committee Panel FAQ

Faculty Rights Workshop on 10/19/2026 | Preference for Available Temporary Work for Lecturer Faculty & More Information on Article 12.29

CFA Faculty Rights Resources of Grievances and Additional Information to Know

CFA Faculty Rights Resource: Workload Worksheet

CFA Grievance and Discipline Appeal Filing Guide

2022-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement Contract

Grievance Form (PDF version)

Grievance Intake Form (PDF version)

Upcoming Events

Below are announcements of upcoming events co-hosted and by CFA San Francisco chapter leadership. Stay up to date here! Join us in building connection and solidarity with the union, from faculty to students, campus and local community.

CFA SFSU Fall 2026 Calendar: Ongoing Events and Actions

Current Events

United to Defend Public Education Organizing Conference at SF State | February 2025

Learn more about defending public higher education: HERE.

Blanca Mísse (SFSU Chapter Executive Board Member) opens the United to Defend Public Education Organizing Conference on February 22, 2025.

Blanca Mísse (left, SFSU Chapter Executive Board Member), Brad Erickson (middle, SFSU Chapter President), and Meghan O’Donnell (right, CFA Statewide Board Member, CSU Monterey Bay) snap a photo together at the conference.

Brad Erickson (SFSU Chapter President) and Charles Toombs (SDSU Chapter and CFA Statewide President) share words to amplify the energy at the conference.

CFA Statewide Board of Directors share with the conference attendees the initial proposals, ongoing organizing, and support towards public higher education.

James Martel (SFSU Chapter Tenured/Tenure-Track Vice President) in an interview with ABC7’s Channel 2 News regarding the United to Defend Public Ed. Organizing Conference.

Invited guest speaker, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (U.S. Congress Representative of the 12th District of CA) speaks to the students, faculty, and community whom attended the United to Defend Public Education Organizing Conference.

The United to Defend Public Education Organizers close out the conference with energy in continuing to organize, speak up, and be in solidarity. (From left to right, Blanca Mísse (Chapter Executive Board member), Brad Erickson (Chapter President), Constance Gordon (Chapter LCA College Representative), Maci Tolleson (UAW-4123), and James Martel (Chapter T-TT Faculty Vice President).

National Day of Action at SFSU | April 2025

CFA SFSU Chapter Day of Action on April 17, 2025 (On-campus and Civic Center)

National Day of Action at SFSU and SF Civic Center Plaza. April 17, 2025

National Day of Action at SF Civic Center Plaza | April 2025

National Day of Action on April 17, 2025 at SF Civic Center Plaza with SFSU Chapter and Student Organizations.

CFA Collective Bargaining Committee Members at SFSU

Tendai Chitewere

bargaining team member

School of the Environment | Geography | College of Science and Engineering | Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Representative

Karla Castillo

bargaining team member

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) | Student Health Center | Counselors Committee, Co-Chair | Immigration Task Force Committee

Brad Erickson

bargaining team member

More Information on Collective Bargaining

Stay up to date with Bargaining Updates and join in on CFA Bargaining Article Committees by signing up and participating in Article committee meetings.

Collective Bargaining Agreement Resources

CFA Current Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2025

CFA Where Did The Money Go: CSU Summary

CFA Re-Opener Bargaining Impasse Updates

CFA Bargaining Proposals

CFA Commit Cards

CFA Strike Ready Syllabi

Posted August 14, 2023

As reported last week, contract bargaining between our union and CSU management has reached “impasse,” the first step toward a possible strike.

Because of potential impact to students, we encourage inclusion of the following paragraph in all syllabi:

The California Faculty Association (the labor union of Tenure/Tenure line Faculty, Lecturer Faculty, Coaches, Counselors, and Librarians across the 23 CSU campuses) is in a difficult contract dispute with California State University management. It is possible that we will call a strike or other work stoppage this semester. I promise to promptly inform you of any schedule disruption. Our working conditions are your learning conditions; we seek to protect both. For further information go to www.calfac.org.

Please talk to your students about this on the first day of class. We don’t yet know when we might strike or how long it might last. Last year we all took a large pay cut relative to inflation; management expects us to absorb this loss. In short, management has rejected our proposals for:

A 12% General Salary Increase to recover from high inflation
An increase in the minimum salary of our lowest paid faculty
Expanded parental leave
Workload improvements for Counselors and Lecturer Faculty
Faculty health and safety enhancements

I’m sure you have many questions. You can find some answers here. I will share more about the process and what’s at stake this coming Friday.

In solidarity,

Brad Erickson

Chapter President

CFA Strike Ready for Faculty FAQ

CFA Strike Ready for Students FAQ

Useful Resources

CFA Academic Freedom Pamphlet

CFA San Francisco Constitution & Bylaws

Get in Touch

Become A CFA Member

Executive Board

Brad Erickson

President

Jaimy Mann

Lecturer Faculty Vice president

Kurt Nutting

Faculty Rights Chair

Mark Allan Davis

Council for Racial and Social Justice Representative

Executive Board Minutes

News and Resolutions

Department Representatives

Elections Committee

Kurt Nutting

Elections committee chair

Mario Fernandez

Field Representative

Faculty Rights Committee Panel

Kurt Nutting

faculty rights chair

Maureen Loughran

field representative

Mario Fernandez

field representative

Faculty Rights Committee Panel FAQ

Upcoming Events

United to Defend Public Education Organizing Conference at SF State | February 2025

National Day of Action at SFSU | April 2025

National Day of Action at SF Civic Center Plaza | April 2025

CFA Collective Bargaining Committee Members at SFSU

Tendai Chitewere

bargaining team member

Karla Castillo

bargaining team member

Brad Erickson

bargaining team member

More Information on Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining Agreement Resources

Useful Resources

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