Amy Sueyoshi is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at San Francisco State University. She previously served as dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at the same institution, the first and longest standing college of its kind. She is a historian by training with an undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from University of California at Los Angeles. Her research area lies at the intersection of Asian American Studies and Sexuality Studies.
Denise Kleinrichert, PhD, Professor, College of Business. Dr. K has been with the College of Business since Fall 2007. She is a fulltime faculty member of the Management Dept., teaching ethics (business and AI management), corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. She is also the General Business majors/minors faculty Coordinator. She previously served as the Interim Associate Dean, LFCoB from Aug. 2018 - 2020.
Bruce Paton currently serves as Faculty Director of Graduate Programs for the College of Business. Previously, he served as Chair of the Management Department, from 2011-14.
Bruce teaches courses on business in society, sustainable business, business and poverty, and creativity and innovation. His teaching includes courses at the undergraduate, graduate and executive level.
Serie McDougal, III is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies, in the School of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. He received his B.S. in Sociology from Loras College in Dubuque, IA, an M.A. in Africana Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, NY, and a Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. His research areas of interest consist of African Psychology, Afrocentric Education, and Afrocentric Social\ Political Theory.
Dawn-Elissa Fischer, also known as the “DEF Professor,” is a Professor at San Francisco State University, where she teaches courses on black popular culture, information technology and virtual ethnography.
Chris Bettinger, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been at San Francisco State since 1996. His work focuses on racial conflict in the United States and civil society in the Pacific Rim. His latest projects focus on immigrant health in California and the use of statistics in the construction of racial knowledge. He is currently completing a book manuscript, tentatively entitled The Color of Numbers.
Sameer Verma, Ph.D. is professor and chair of Information Systems at San Francisco State University.
His research focuses on the diffusion and adoption of innovative technologies. He is currently working on several academic research projects which include the diffusion of open source software, sustainable IT in rural and remote environments, and the impact of offline networks. In addition to his academic work, Professor Verma has worked with companies in consulting capacity in the areas of content analysis, management and delivery.
