Early Childhood Advising

Please see the table below to determine who is your advisor and their contact information.

If you have general questions about Early Childhood Studies (ECS) programs or you are not sure which advisor you should contact, please email Dr. Ayumi Nagase at nagasea@sonoma.edu or Giselle Perry at perryg@sonoma.edu.

If you have general questions about the ECE MA program, please email Dr. Chiara Bacigalupa at chiara.bacigalupa@sonoma.edu.

We recommend that you talk to your advisor about registration early in the semester. Scheduling a meeting within the two weeks before registration is likely to be impossible due to the volume of requests that are received then.

Early Childhood Advising
Program/Students	Student Sub-group	Advisor	Advisor Contact Information
ECS Major - incoming students who have not yet begun taking courses at SSU		Ayumi Nagase	nagasea@sonoma.edu U se this link to schedule an appointment with Ayumi
4-year ECS Majors with less than 60 units	No concentration yet	Ayumi Nagase	nagasea@sonoma.edu U se this link to schedule an appointment with Ayumi
	All other concentrations	Anya Kayne	kayne@sonoma.edu
4-year ECS Majors with 60 or more units	Early Childhood Education (students who entered the program in Spring 2023 or earlier): Student last name beginning with A-L	Lisel Murdock-Perriera	murdockper@sonoma.edu Use this link to schedule an appointment with Lisel.
	Early Childhood Education (students who entered the program in Spring 2023 or earlier): Student last name beginning with M -Z	Ayesha Rabadi-Raol	rabadiraol@sonoma.edu
	Early Childhood Development (students who entered the program in Spring 2023 or earlier)	Ayumi Nagase	nagasea@sonoma.edu U se this link to schedule an appointment with Ayumi
	Early Care and Education concentration (Fall 2023 or later)	Nanette (Sheri) Schonleber	schonleb@sonoma.edu
	Community, Health, and Social Services for Children (Fall 2023 or later)	Ayumi Nagase	nagasea@sonoma.edu U se this link to schedule an appointment with Ayumi
	Elementary Pre-Credential (Fall 2023 or later)	Yajuan (Vivian) Xiang	xiangy@sonoma.edu Use this link to schedule an appointment with Vivian.
Early Childhood Education Special Education Teaching (SET) Concentration		Chiara Bacigalupa (BA questions)	chiara.bacigalupa@sonoma.edu
		Jennifer Mahdavi (credential questions)	jennifer.mahdavi@sonoma.edu
ECS Minor		Giselle Perry	perryg@sonoma.edu
Education Minor		Giselle Perry	perryg@sonoma.edu
ECE MA		Chiara Bacigalupa	chiara.bacigalupa@sonoma.edu