Experts Guide
Adjunct Professor
Zeyda is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Raza Studies and Sociology from San Francisco State University. She received her Master's of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco and focused on the School Counseling and Clinical Counseling dual track. Zeyda was trained as a community organizer through Center for Third World Organizing in Oakland and has utilized those skills to support youth and families to navigate systemic…
Associate Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 486
Christina Garcia Lopez holds a PhD in American Studies with a portfolio in Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her BA in English Literature at the University of North Texas and an MA in American Literature and Culture at the University of Leeds. Previous to joining USF, she held a lectureship at the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research interests include: Latinx and Chicanx literature; Ethnic…
Faculty Emeritus
Adjunct Professor
Masonic 203
Suzanne Garramone has played piano as an accompanist and chamber musician for more than 40 years. She earned her Master's Degree in piano performance from the University of Iowa. Since then, Suzanne has musical-directed and performed hundreds of productions staged by middle schools, colleges and community theatre groups. She co-founded oboe/piano duo Classical Trash with Brenda Schuman-Post. Suzanne is also an original member of squeezebox rock band Those Darn Accordions. She has performed…
Program Assistant
KA 302 (MFA) KA 487 (English)
Expertise: Administrative support,
Event planning,
Creative & administrative technology
Kimberly Garrett has worked for over 24 years at the University of San Francisco. She has worked as a Program Assistant in the Department of English, the Honors Program in the Humanities, the Peace Review Journal, the MFA in Writing Program, and the Comparative Literature and Culture. From 2021-2024 she served as a Program Assistant Lead, ably managing 2 diverse teams of fellow PAs and creating a professional development training and retreat calendar. She is an USF alumna, having graduated with…
Associate Professor
Dr. J Garrett-Walker is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of San Francisco. Dr. J Garrett-Walker is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on mental health and multiple identity development for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) emerging adults with a focus on Black and other racialized communities. Prof. Garrett-Walker teaches courses in research design, developmental psychology, and privilege, power, and…
Assistant Dean of Credentialing and School Partnerships
Education 108B
Dr. Whitneé L. Garrett-Walker (she/her) is the Assistant Dean of Credentialing and Partnerships in the School of Education. Dr. W. Garrett-Walker is a Black, Indigenous (Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana, enrolled member) and Queer wife, mother and scholar born and raised on Raymaytush Ohlone Land. Whitneé has extensive experience loving, living and working in the field of public education and spent over a decade as a middle and high school teacher, instructional coach and school administrator in…
Faculty Emeritus
Expertise: Business - International,
International Law,
International Trade and Arbitration
Professor Emeritus Jack I. Garvey joined USF School of Law in 1976 and specializes in public and private international law. His work can be found in numerous domestic and foreign law journals including The Yale Law Journal and the Oxford Journal of Conflict and Security Law, and principal peer–reviewed international law journals, such as the American Journal of International Law and the American Journal of Comparative Law. Garvey’s book, A New Grand Bargain for the Counter–Proliferation of…
Adjunct Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 333
Joel Gelburd is a professor of American Sign Language at the City College of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco. He has presented at University of San Francisco, Columbia University, Zambian National Deaf Leadership Conference. He implemented the American Sign Language program at Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy.
