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Adjunct Professor
Masonic 201
Rick has over 30 years of experience as an educator in academic and professional contexts. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco since 1993. During that time he has been recognized for his teaching, including receiving USF’s Outstanding Lecturer Award and for his other work for the University and its students, the College of Arts and Sciences Service Award, and Student Organization Advisor of the Year. Additionally, he has provided workshops and seminars…
Emeritus Faculty
Adjunct Professor
Danae Robinson is an attorney with Pirkey Barber PLLC, a trademark and copyright firm. Danae focuses her practice on trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law, with a primary focus on trademark enforcement and prosecution for some of the most well-known brands in the world. Danae regularly advises clients on the management and protection of their domestic and international portfolios. Danae conducts global trademark clearance searches and oversees trademark application filings. She…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Branding,
Web design & development,
Print design,
Sustainability,
Inclusivity
Richard Roche is a multi-disciplinary creative, small business owner, and educator. He has spent most of his career creating brands and websites for companies that are doing positive things for society. As a co-owner of a small studio that did "everything but advertising" he also has experience with packaging, books, photography, and copywriting. Aside from his creative output, his main passions are to empower underrepresented folks in the creative industry, and promote a more inclusive and…
Adjunct Professor
Peter C. Rock is an Acting Director Western Compliance within the Large Business and International Division of the IRS. Mr. Rock has extensive and broad experience within the IRS and its Office of Chief Counsel. Prior to his current position, he was an Assistant Director in the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program; Branch Chief with the Advance Pricing Program of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International); Team Leader with the Advance Pricing Program; and an attorney in the…
Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 389
Stephen Roddy is a professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, received his PhD in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, and specializes in the fiction and other prose genres of 18th and 19th century China and Japan. His current interests focus on the influences of Chinese fiction on late-Tokugawa writers, and of Meiji-period thinkers on essayists of the late-Qing. He teaches courses in Japanese and Chinese literature, culture, and language. He is also Chair Professor at the…
Associate Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 257
Evelyn I. Rodriguez is a second-generation Pinay, who was born in Honolulu, raised in San Diego, and is now an Associate Professor for the University of San Francisco's Department of Sociology. She also is a faculty member in Critical Diversity Studies, Asian American Studies, and the Maria Elena Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from UC San Diego as a Sociology major/Ethnic Studies minor; and received her MA and PhD from UC Berkeley's…
Adjunct Professor
Malloy Hall, Room 244
Expertise: Accounting and entrepreneurial finance,
Business ethics,
Social entrepreneurship
Professor Roehl's engagement style is to distill often complex-appearing financial and business topics into understandable concepts through real-world examples. In addition to teaching and mentoring, Prof. Roehl is a founding member and former director of various accelerated graduate programs, including those in MBA, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Professor Roehl has started and continues to be active with non-profit organizations that focus on community engagement, women in the field of…
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Decadent literature,
Representations of feminine sexuality in late-nineteenth-century fiction
Ana Raquel Rojas specializes in Decadent and Victorian Literature, with an emphasis on feminist, gender, and sexuality studies.