Staff

Email is the most effective way to directly contact faculty and staff. 

School of Social Work Director

Peter Allen Lee
408-924-5850
peter.a.lee@sjsu.edu

BASW Program Director

Sadhna Diwan
408-924-5839
sadhna.diwan@sjsu.edu 

MSW Program Director

Soma Sen
408-924-5851
soma.sen@sjsu.edu 

School Coordinator and Advisor for the On-Campus MSW & BASW Programs, including Social Work Minors

Asha Thomas
408-924-5794
asha.thomas@sjsu.edu

School Coordinator and Advisor for the Online/Hybrid MSW Program

Timothy Nguyen
408-924-5793
timothy.nguyen@sjsu.edu

Field Education Director

Stephanie Ruiz
stephanie.ruiz@sjsu.edu

Assistant Field Education Director and BASW Program Internship Coordinator

Jennifer Chavez Buey
jennifer.buey@sjsu.edu

Internship Coordination Support

Deborah Boerbaitz
deborah.boerbaitz@sjsu.edu 

Joan Wong
joan.wong@sjsu.edu 

On-Campus Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) Program Coordinator

Lissette Moore-Guerra
408-924-5838
lissette.moore-guerra@sjsu.edu
Online-Hybrid Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) Program Coordinator

Jodi Barnum
jodi.barnum@sjsu.edu
Santa Clara County PPSC Stipend Program

Post-Masters Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PM-PPSC) Program Coordinator

Omar Zavalza
omar.zavalza@sjsu.edu

PM-PPSC Program Assistant Coordinator

Cynthia Figueroa
cynthia.n.figueroa@sjsu.edu

Spanish Language Counseling Certificate

Migdalia Reyes
migdalia.reyes@sjsu.edu

Gerontology Certificate

Sadhna Diwan
408-924-5846
sadhna.diwan@sjsu.edu

Title IV-E Child Welfare Training and Stipend Program Project Coordinator

Pnina Green
paulette.green@sjsu.edu

Title IV-E Assistant Project Coordinator

Sergio Serna
sergio.serna@sjsu.edu

Grant Project Coordinators

Erin Osanna Barba
erin.osanna-barba@sjsu.edu

Public Behavioral Health (PBH) Training and Stipend Program

Maria Ciriaco
maria.ciriaco@sjsu.edu

Adult Protective Services (APS) Training and Stipend Program

Matthew Breaux
matthew.breaux@sjsu.edu

Office Staff

Janis Wright
Department Resource Analyst
janis.wright@sjsu.edu

Hiba Ahmed
Administrative Analyst
hiba.ahmed@sjsu.edu

Evelynn Chan
Administrative Support Coordinator I
evelynn.chan@sjsu.edu

Sandy Amaral
Administrative Support Coordinator II - Field Education
sandy.amaral@sjsu.edu

Maria Zuniga Montejano
Title IV-E Administrative Assistant
maria.zunigamontejano@sjsu.edu

Student Assistants

Nicholas Do
nicholas.do@sjsu.edu

Kateleen Vang
kateleen.vang@sjsu.edu

Jonathan Luc
jonathan.luc@sjsu.edu

Ashley Paola Quintanilla - Social Media, Web & Communications
ashley.quintanilla@sjsu.edu