Experts Guide
Adjunct Professor
XARTS 007
Matthew Peek studied architecture, urban design, and fine art at Berkeley, Columbia, and Yale, with a Fulbright at the University of Venice. Principal of Studio Peek Ancona, a research and design firm combining architecture, planning, and interiors, he is a licensed architect, member of the AIA, and contributor to international journals of architecture. Peek’s work investigates the use of cutting edge natural and composite materials, ranging from new uses for renewable materials to the most…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Executive Coaching,
Psychopathology,
Doctor-Patient Communication,
Addiction
Dr. Peltier is Professor of Psychology and Ethics at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific and is a regular lecturer in the Counseling Psychology department at USF. He has won the distinguished teaching award at both universities. Dr. Peltier is a licensed psychologist and executive coach in San Francisco, California and has served as President of the San Francisco Academy of Hypnosis.
Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall G47
John Pérez received his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Yale University and completed his postdoctoral research fellowship at UCSF. His research focuses on exploring how diverse people use religious and spiritual resources (e.g., prayer, support from religious communities) to cope with stressful life events and chronic illnesses. In addition, he studies health promotion interventions among low-income, underserved Latinos, especially depression prevention and cancer prevention via faith-based…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Traditional Mexican Folklórico,
Queer People of Color,
Community Organizing
Dr. Manuel Alejandro Pérez received his EdD in international and multicultural education from the University of San Francisco. He is one of the original founders and co-director for Grupo Folklórico Los Alteños, a traditional Mexican folklórico company in Sacramento.
With 25 years of experience in traditional danza, Manuel enjoys connecting his research on identity, artful resistance, and radical imagination to social justice spaces of performance. In recent years, he has traveled to various…
Associate Professor
Dr. Leyla Pérez-Gualdrón is an associate professor of the Department of Counseling Psychology at USF. She holds a licensure in psychology from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela. During her training in Venezuela, she provided mental health services and counseling in a variety of settings, including inner city schools K-12. She has a master's degree and a PhD in counseling psychology from Boston College. She has conducted group interventions in school settings such as a…
Adjunct Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 202
Lynn C. Perkins has taught public speaking, composition, and English as a Second Language in higher education since 1990. Midway through her USF teaching career, she decided to become a registered nurse. Her distinctive academic and professional experiences in communications and nursing integrate well into USF’s social justice mission and allow her a unique perspective on teaching diverse learners on varying topics.
Adjunct Professor
Harney Science Center 363
Expertise: Undergraduate Chemistry education
Raffaele Perrotta received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2012 and his BS in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003. Dr. Perrotta worked as a Post-Doc in Dr. Daniel E. Falvey's research group from 2012-2013 at the University of Maryland. Prior to coming to USF, Dr. Perrotta was an Adjunct Chemistry Instructor at Holy Names University in 2022, a Chemistry Lecturer at UC Berkeley in the summer of 2023, a Chemistry Lecturer at UC…
Term Instructor
During Phil's career in Silicon Valley, he helped build software and hardware products at Borland, Netscape, Motorola, Apple, and a number of startups. He has served in a variety of software engineering, management, and board roles, in businesses spanning packaged software, web browsers, mobile devices, and Internet services. At USF, Phil teaches courses in the Systems track.
Adjunct Professor
Sasha Petrenko has a BA in Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters in Fine Arts from Mills College in Oakland, CA. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and institutions including Robert Wilson's Watermill Center for Performance, New York, Bay Area Now 4 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Headlands Center for the Arts where she was an artist-in-residence, San Jose Museum of Art, Southern Exposure and Kala Art Institute where Sasha was…