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Department of Anthropology

Stevenson Hall 2054
Phone: (707) 664-2312
Fax: (707) 664-3920

OFFICE STAFF
Jill Martin
Administrative Support Coordinator
Julie Wood
Administrative Specialist

DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Karin Enstam Jaffe
(Ph.D. UC Davis 2002; Professor)
Physical anthropology, primate behavioral ecology, anti-predator behavior of primates, vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys; Africa.Website: www.sonoma.edu/users/e/enstam
Office: Stevenson 2054G
Phone (707) 664-2944
e-mail karin.jaffe@sonoma.edu

FULL TIME FACULTY

Alexis T. Boutin
(Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2008; Assistant Professor)
Biological Anthropology, human skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology,
narrative interpretations of gender and identity; ancient
Near East, eastern Mediterranean, Persian gulf
website: https://www.sonoma.edu/users/b/boutin/
Office: Stevenson 2054A
Phone (707) 664-2729
e-mail: alexis.boutin@sonoma.edu

Carolyn Epple (ON LEAVE)
(Ph.D. Northwestern 1994; Assistant Professor)
Medical anthropology, cultural anthropology, gender/sexuality studies, critical theory, participatory research practices; Native North America, Navajo.
e-mail: carolyn.epple@sonoma.edu

Adrian Praetzellis
(Ph.D. UCB 1991; Director, Anthropological Studies Center; Professor)
Local history, American material culture, historical archeology, cultural resource management
Offices: Anthropological Studies Center (Building 29) and Stevenson Hall 2056
Phone: Building 29; (707) 664-2820;
Stev. 2056; (707) 664-3950
e-mail adrian.praetzellis@sonoma.edu
website: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/p/praetzel/

Margaret Purser
(Ph.D. UCB 1987; Professor)
Historical archaeology, gender studies,
archeological theory, material culture studies;
North America, Pacific Basin.
Office: Stevenson 2054G
Phone: (707) 664-3164
e-mail margaret.purser@sonoma.edu
Link to: Anth 341 Emergence of Civilizations

Richard J. Senghas
(Ph.D. Rochester 1997; Associate Professor)
Linguistic anthropology, linguistics of signed and spoken languages, social anthropology, deaf studies; Nicaragua, North America.
Office: Stevenson 2054C
Phone (707) 664-2307
e-mail richard.senghas@sonoma.edu

John D. Wingard
(Ph.D. Pennsylvania S 1992; Associate Professor)
Ecological anthropology, resource management, applied anthropology, archaeology, GIS, tourism, capitalism; Mesoamerica, Oceania, North America.
Office: Stevenson 2054E
Phone: (707) 664-2319
e-mail john.wingard@sonoma.edu
websiite: www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wingard/
Ethnographic Field School Belize.

PART TIME FACULTY

Bruce Owen
(PhD UCLA 1993; Lecturer) Archaeology, Andean prehistory, formation and collapse of complex societies, multiethnic settlement and relations, precolumbian metalurgy, method and theory of anthropological archaeology, computer and statistical methods.
Office: Stevenson 2054H
e-mail bruce.owen@sonoma.edu
Web Sites: Bruce Owen's website course descriptions and information about archaeology in the Andes
website with archaelolgy research in Peru
website for Museo Contisuyo

EMERITUS

	Sue Parker Sue Taylor Parker (Ph.D. UCB 1973, Professor) Biological Anthropology, human development, infant development in humans and non-human primates, evolution of intelligence, macaques, chimpanzees, gorillas See Sue Parker's website http://www.sonoma.edu/users/p/parker
	Albert Wahrhaftig (Ph.D. U Chicago 1975; Professor) Anthropological theory and method, applied anthropology, psychological anthropology, sacred processes and ritual systems, identity and cultural persistence; North America, Middle America, American culture. See Albert Wahrhaftig's website http://www.sonoma.edu/anthropology/wahrhaftig/
	R. Thomas Rosin (Ph.D. UCB 1968; Professor) Social anthropology, applications in indigenous knowledge and common pool resources, human ecology; South Asia, Rajasthan. See Tom Rosin's website: http://web.me.com/rthomasrosin/Site/Welcome.html