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Department of Anthropology

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT

John D. Wingard
(Ph.D. Pennsylvania S 1992; Associate Professor)
Ecological anthropology, resource management, applied anthropology, archaeology, GIS, tourism, capitalism; Mesoamerica, Oceania, North America.

Web Site: www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wingard/
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FULL TIME FACULTY

Karin Enstam Jaffe
(Ph.D. UC Davis 2002; Assistant Professor)
Physical anthropology, primate behavioral ecology, anti-predator behavior of primates, vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys; Africa.
 
Carolyn Epple
(Ph.D. Northwestern 1994; Assistant Professor)
Medical anthropology, cultural anthropology, gender/sexuality studies, critical theory, participatory research practices; Native North America, Navajo.
 
Adrian Praetzellis
(Ph.D. UCB 1991; Director, Anthropological Studies Center; Professor)
Local history, American material culture, historical archeology, cultural resource management
 Anthropological Studies Center (Building 29) phone 664-2820
 
 Margaret Purser
(Ph.D. UCB 1987; Professor)
Historical archaeology, gender studies, archeological theory, material culture studies; North America, Pacific Basin.
 
 Richard J. Senghas
(Ph.D. Rochester 1997; Associate Professor)
Linguistic anthropology, linguistics of signed and spoken languages, social anthropology, deaf studies; Nicaragua, North America.
 
John D. Wingard
(Ph.D. Pennsylvania S 1992; Associate Professor)
Ecological anthropology, resource management, applied anthropology, archaeology, GIS, tourism, capitalism; Mesoamerica, Oceania, North America.
 
 PART TIME FACULTY, Fall 2007
 
Birch Moonwomon
(Ph.D. UC Berkeley 1991; Lecturer) Linguistics, sociolinguistics, gender/sexuality and language, sound change in progresss, discourse analysis, English language study.
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.
Web Sites: Bruce Owen's Web Site course descriptions and information about archaeology in the Andes
Web site with archaelolgy research in Peru
Website for Museo Contisuyo
 
 
Emeritus

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://home.earthlink.net/~tomrosin/index.html

 
Office Staff
Ashley Wise
Administrative Assistant
Cindy Menghini
Administrative Support Coordinator
Julie Wood
Administrative Specialist
 
Stevenson 2054
Phone: (707) 664-2312
Fax: (707) 664-3920

 

 
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