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 [email protected] or Giselle Perry at [email protected].

If you have general questions about the ECE MA program, please email Dr. Chiara Bacigalupa at [email protected].

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
Incoming students who have not yet begun taking courses at SSU		Giselle Perry	[email protected]
4-year ECS Majors with less than 60 units	Early Childhood Education Special Education Teaching (SET)	Chiara Bacigalupa	[email protected]
	All other concentrations/ no concentrations yet	Giselle Perry	[email protected]
4-year ECS Majors with 60 or more units	Early Childhood Education: Student last name beginning with A-L	Lisel Murdock-Perriera	[email protected] Use this link to schedule an appointment with Lisel.
	Early Childhood Education: Student last name beginning with M -Z	Ayesha Rabadi-Raol	[email protected]
	Early Childhood Development/ Community, Health & Social Services for Children	Ayumi Nagase (until March 25, 2025)	[email protected] U se this link to schedule an appointment with Ayumi
	Early Childhood Development/ Community, Health & Social Services for Children	Anya Kayne (from March 26, 2025 to April 23, 2025)	[email protected]
	Early Care and Education concentration	Nanette (Sheri) Schonleber	[email protected]
	Elementary Pre-Credential	Yajuan (Vivian) Xiang	[email protected] Use this link to schedule an appointment with Vivian.
Early Childhood Education Special Education Teaching (SET) Concentration		Chiara Bacigalupa (BA questions)	[email protected]
		Jennifer Mahdavi (credential questions)	[email protected]
ECS Minor		Giselle Perry	[email protected]
Education Minor		Giselle Perry	[email protected]
ECE MA		Chiara Bacigalupa	[email protected]