Experts Guide

Adjunct Professor
Masonic 203
Michelle is an actress with over 20 years experience performing in traditional and experimental theater. She has appeared internationally, regionally and in NYC at numerous Off Broadway venues including Cherry Lane, Culture Project, INTAR and EST. She developed original work at HERE Arts Space and Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, as well as acting in developmental workshops and readings with New York Theatre Workshop, The Lark, and American Repertory Theatre. In the Bay Area, she…
Associate Professor
Expertise: Healthcare Simulation, Leadership, Psychological Safety
Juli Maxworthy, DNP, PhD(c), MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, FNAP, FSSH is an academic, innovator, and collaborator in the field of nursing practice, with the goal to use innovative practices and technology to improve health care delivery. She has been a nurse for over 30 years in healthcare and began her career as a critical care nurse in an open heart and trauma unit. After her last clinical position as VP of Quality and Risk at a District hospital, she made the leap into academia…
Adjunct Professor
Chelsie May is a scholar of how race, gender, and intersectional analytics illuminate Jewish lives in Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). Her research and teaching interests include histories of Jews and racialization in SWANA and relations between SWANA Jews and other communities of color that stem from social justice movements and solidarity activism. Her award-winning published articles have discussed the racialization of Jewish women in Iraq. Dr. May's current book project surfaces how…
Adjunct Professor
Masonic 203
Judith May, educator, vocalist, and songwriter has been using music to promote community building, change, activism, and healing since 1985. An instructor and vocal coach, she teaches voice lessons, songwriting, and is an ensembles coach at the University of San Francisco and in her private studio. She has adapted psychotherapy principles, learned while earning her master’s degree in somatic psychology, to enhance the effectiveness of her teaching style and help performers overcome performance…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Accounting, Credit ratings, Financial markets, Valuation
Steven Mayorga has a wealth of experience encompassing areas of banking, credit ratings, entrepreneurship, public accounting, public finance, private equity, and venture capital. He successfully founded and operated one of the largest companies in Eastern Washington, eventually selling it and making a career switch to academia. His previous experience also includes auditing private equity and venture capital firms at Ernst & Young, performing valuations at a middle-market investment bank,…
Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 279
Expertise: Social change and revolution, European Politics, Political Economy
Keally McBride is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and is interested in issues of power and social change. Her recent research has focused on the dynamics of information technology within contemporary capitalism, but she has published books on punishment and policing, movements of decolonization, and colonialism and the rule of law. She teaches a broad array of courses that investigate local public policy, European politics, political economy, peace and conflict, and…
Assistant Professor
Harney Science Center 116
Expertise: Disability justice, Health equity
Kae McCarty, PhD (she/hers) is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology. She has experience working in rehabilitation, health education programming, biomechanics, policy, and personal training. Her research focuses on disability justice within Kinesiology, specifically related to adaptive sports. She is passionate about how disability paradigms intersect with health and fitness, and advocating for health equity. She also plays roller derby for Peninsula Roller Derby.
Associate Professor
Education 130
Nicola McClung was a teacher in San Francisco public schools for eight years prior to receiving her doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on critical literacy and multiliteracies during early childhood, and she examines children’s literature and identity development for students who are often marginalized in print.  She is also interested in critical quantitative research and the use of statistics to promote equity and social change. She is cofounder…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Conservatorship law, Guardianship law, Probate and trust administration
Zachary T. McCoy is an associate attorney at the Law Offices of G. Franchesca Callejo. His areas of practice include Conservatorships, Guardianships, Probate and Trust administration, and Estate Planning. Zach is also a member of the Court Appointments Panel in San Francisco County, Marin County, and Alameda County, where he provides representation to those who are subject to a conservatorship and need an attorney but cannot afford, or ask for one. Zach is also currently a tutor for the…