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Department of Anthropology

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT

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.

Office: Stevenson 2054G

Phone (707) 664-2944
e-mail karin.jaffe@sonoma.edu

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.

Office: Stevenson 2054D

Phone (707) 664-2944
e-mail karin.jaffe@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.

Office: Stevenson 2054H

Phone: (707) 664-2181
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

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


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
Web Site: 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 3007


Phone: (707) 664-2912
e-mail bruce.owen@sonoma.edu

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.

Office Staff

Shannon Fields
Administrative Assistant

Julie Wood
Administrative Specialist

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

 
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