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Academic Affairs
Confucius Institute promotes understanding
of the Chinese language and culture through facilitating
instruction; provides professional Chinese language
training to the community, as well as training
to teachers of Chinese as a foreign language;
develops teaching materials and curriculum, and
promotes educational exchange, research, and cooperation
between the United States and the People's Republic
of China.
Director: Jiaxin Xie, (415) 405-2868, Burk Hall,
Room 325, http://www.sfsu.edu/~ci/
Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
(ICCE) provides opportunities for civic engagement
and leadership development at San Francisco State
University for students, faculty, and community
members. Through innovative courses, experiential
learning, political engagement, participatory
action research, and direct services, we partner
the resources and expertise of the urban university
with the knowledge and assets of diverse communities.
Working locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally,
we cultivate strong leaders who will effectively
advocate for social, economic and education inclusion,
and fully participate in the civic life and political
processes of their communities.
Director: Gerald Eisman, (415) 338-6419, Pacific
Plaza, 2001 Junipero Serra Blvd., Suite 750, Daly
City, http://www.sfsu.edu/~icce/
Institute for Next Generation Internet
works toward revolutionizing the educational learning
environment by evolving internet communications
through public-private partnerships; fostering
economic development and investments in San Francisco;
and establishing strategic international partnerships
to enhance San Francisco's leadership in knowledge
economies in the global arena.
INGI is also an active member of the Chancellor's
Industry Initiative for the Digital Media and
Entertainment sector.
Director: Joaquin Alvarado, (415) 405-4059, San
Francisco State University, Downtown Campus, 6th
Floor, http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/institute/
Whirlwind Wheelchair International (WWI)
is a focus for University activities in the area
of wheeled assistive technology including "real
world" education and training, applied research
and service.
Director: Marc Krizack, (415) 338-6277, Science
Building, Room 251, http://www.whirlwindwheelchair.org
College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences
Center for US-China Policy Studies is
a research unit aimed to promote research, teaching,
training, and outreach on US-China domestic and
international policy issues. It also provides
policy research, data collection, analysis, and
consultation to interested government agencies,
non-profit organizations, community groups and
businesses. It promotes academic exchange and
serves as a bridge and a base for collaboration
between the college, the University, other institutions
or organizations, particularly in China.
Director: Sujian Guo, (415) 338-7523, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Room 264, http://cuscps.sfsu.edu
Institute for Geographic Information Science
provides software site licenses, a training
program, and most importantly a structure for
intercampus dialogue on issues confronting faculty
attempting to apply GIS technology in their educational
and research programs.
Director: Jerry Davis, (415) 338-6332, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Room 272, http://gis.sfsu.edu
Institute for Sexuality, Social Inequality
and Health initiates basic research, educational
and social policy initiatives regarding the effects
of social inequality on sexuality and health.
Director: Gilbert Herdt, (415) 817-4525, Downtown
Campus, 835 Market Street, Suite 517, S.F., http://nsrc.sfsu.edu
and http://crgs.sfsu.edu
Institute on Disability advances research
on the nature of disability while also introducing
the topic into the curriculum campus-wide.
Director: Paul Longmore, (415) 338-3382, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Room 249, http://bss.sfsu.edu/disability
Public Research Institute offers students
and faculty opportunities to conduct applied social
research and advanced public policy studies with
the potential for direct benefit to the public.
Director: Jim Wiley, (415) 338-2978, Pacific Plaza,
2001 Junipero Serra Blvd., Suite 750, Daly City,
http://pri.sfsu.edu/
College of Business
Center for Business Solutions works toward
enhancing the value and quality of information
technology college graduates to assume effective
and responsible careers in information technology.
Its objectives are: to augment education with
“real world” experience; to meet the
demands of industry for development and applied
research using academic resources; and to support
industry in improving the value and quality of
information technology solutions.
Director: Sam Gill, (415) 338-1311, Business Building,
Room 301
Center for Electronic Business promotes
and disseminates applied research that leads to
tangible improvements in the development, management,
and use of electronic business by faculty and
students.
Director: Robert Nickerson, (415) 338-7477, Business
Building, Room 206D, http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ceb
Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship
supports graduate students who either: create
ventures that have a sustainable, profitable,
competitive advantage; or return to a family business
to successfully manage and grow that business;
or provide expert support services for new venture
creation and thereby improve the infrastructure
and general environment for entrepreneurship.
Director: Connie Marie Gaglio, (415) 817-4354,
Downtown Campus, 835 Market Street, Suite 590,
S.F., http://www.sfsu.edu/~cfe/
College of Education
California Research Institute on the Inclusion
of Students with Significant Disabilities enhances the education
of students with moderate to severe disabilities through teacher
preparation, technical assistance, and research.
Directors: Pam Hunt and Lori Goetz, (415) 338-7848,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Room 106
Center for Adult Education presents adult
education theories, principles and practices to
those who are interested in developing traditional
and non-traditional programs, who are planning
and administering human resources development
training programs, and who are interested in teaching.
Directors: Doris Flowers and Ming-Yeh Lee, (415)
338-2614, Burk Hall, Room 269
College of Ethnic Studies
Cesar E. Chavez Institute (CCI) studies
and documents the impact of social oppression
on the health, education, and well-being of disenfranchised
communities in the U.S. CCI aims to bridge academic
research and the practice of community empowerment
through multiple approaches, including participatory
action research, that make the Institute's studies
and research findings accessible and useful to
policy makers, service providers, educators, and
community advocates.
Director: Rafael Diaz, (415) 522-5808, 3004 16th
Street, #301, S.F., http://cci.sfsu.edu
College of Health & Human Services
Health, Mobility & Safety Lab ameliorates
the health, mobility and safety of interested
members of the campus community and its environs,
with an emphasis upon state, regional and national
dissemination through education, research, service
and training activities.
Director: Darlene Yee, (415) 338-3558, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Room 242
Institute for Holistic Healing Studies is involved in education, research, service and training in health promotion focusing on holistic and integrative perspectives of health, healing, and human well-being.
Director: Adam Burke, (415) 338-1774, Health and Social Sciences (HSS), Room 327, http://www.sfsu.edu/~ihhs/.
Institute on Gerontology coordinates the
University's efforts in gerontology-related research,
academic programs and services.
Director: Anabel Pelham, (415) 338-3557, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Room 242
Marian Wright Edelman Institute develops
and implements an interdisciplinary cross-professional
degree program(s) in Child Development with studies
in children, youth, and families that incorporates
research, community outreach and training components.
Director: Charlotte Ferretti, (415) 405-3564,
Science Building, Room 394, http://edelman.sfsu.edu
Pacific Leadership Institute (PLI) provides a menu of programs centered on learn-by-doing opportunities using the value of challenge, the power of play, and the great outdoors as teaching tools for building life skills such as self-esteem, leadership, and the ability to work as a team. The PLI offers a wide-range of community-based programs serving youth, schools and university programs at SF State and other institutions around the Bay Area. Beyond our innovative programs, the core of the PLI is centered on a youth empowerment and leadership development model dedicated to training, preparing, and researching the impacts of experiential education on young people. The PLI reaches out to the broader community regarding building leadership skills, embracing recreation education and civic engagement, and fostering healthy lifestyles. The PLI has opportunities for student interns (college and high school), volunteers, and both graduate student and faculty research. Director: Nina S. Roberts, (415) 338-7576; Chief of Programs: Drew McAdams, (415) 405-3737; http://www.pliprograms.org.
College of Humanities
Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives
presents readings by poets, novelists, and other
writers in accord with the highest standards of
literary excellence and houses a collection of
over 2,000 original recordings of poets and writers
reading from their works.
Director: Steve Dickison, (415) 338-3401, Humanities
Building, Room 511, http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/
Center for Integration & Improvement of
Journalism develops a means of increasing
the recruitment, retention, graduation and placement
of ethnic minority journalists with the intent
to bring diversity to the country's newsrooms
while promoting an improved and balanced coverage
of our multicultural society.
Director: Cristina Azocar, (415) 338-2083, Humanities
Building, Room 307, http://www.ciij.org
Center for Modern Greek Studies promotes
the study of modern Greek language, literature,
history and culture of contemporary Greece in
relation to its Byzantine and earlier Hellenic
history and cultural achievements.
Director: Martha Klironomos, (415) 338-1892, Humanities
Building, Room 577, http://www.sfsu.edu/~modgreek/
College of Science & Engineering
Center for Computing for Life Sciences
is a multidisciplinary center addressing a wide
range of scientific, technological and application
problems in computing for life sciences that span
the intersection of Biology, Biochemistry, and
Biophysics with Computer Sciences and Mathematics.
Director: Dragutin Petkovic, (415) 338-2156, Hensill
Hall, Room 301-306, http://cs.sfsu.edu/ccls/
Engineering Design Center provides selected
students in Engineering and Science with pratical
design experience, offers faculty members with
state of the art consulting experience and makes
available the expertise of students and faculty
to the engineering community in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
Director: David Calkins, (415) 338-6203, Science
Building, Room 170A, http://engineering.sfsu.edu/centers_of_excellence/engineering_design_center/
Industrial Assessment Center serves the
needs of small and medium-sized manufacturers
in Northern California by providing cost free
engineering assessments related to energy, waste
and productivity.
Director: Ahmad Ganji, (415) 338-7736, Science
Building, Room 151, http://engineering.sfsu.edu/centers_of_excellence/industrial_assessment_center/
Romberg Tiburon Center is a marine research
field station that focuses on gaining a fundamental
understanding of the physical, chemical and biological
processes of the San Francisco Bay, the adjacent
coastal environments and marine ecosystems world-wide.
Director: Toby Garfield, (415) 338-6063, Romberg
Tiburon Center, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon,
http://rtc.sfsu.edu/index.htm
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