Faculty, Department of Business Administration

Full-time Faculty

Tom Atkin, Production Operations Management
Phone: (707) 664-3333
Office: Stev. 2026Q
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Richard Campbell, Marketing
Phone: (707) 664-2549
Office: Stev. 2026B
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T. K. Clarke, Marketing
Phone: (707) 664-3071
Office: Stev. 2015
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Duane Dove, Human Resources
Phone: (707) 664-2954
Office: Stev. 2017
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Kirsten Ely, Accounting
Phone: (707) 664-2185
Office: Stev. 2026L
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Kirsten Ely received her BA from UC Berkeley in Anthropology in 1979 and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Business, specializing in Economics and Accounting in 1988. She has taught at UCLA, Emory University, and Georgia Tech. Her teaching ranges from all levels of financial accounting to accounting information systems. She likes to explore teaching methods that reach all types of learning styles. Her research examines the way companies disclose information to shareholders as well as the way this information is incorporated into prices. Specific areas have included earnings, leases, and intangible assets. She is currently researching the way firms disclose information concerning environmental sustainability. She enjoys the synergistic way teaching and research blend to continually challenge her intellectually and stimulate growth.

Armand Gilinsky, Strategy, Wine Business
Phone: (707) 664-2709
Office: Stev. 2026F
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Armand Gilinsky, Jr. is Professor of Business at Sonoma State University, where he teaches Strategy and Entrepreneurship. In recent years he has served as Director of SSU's Entrepreneurship Center, Wine Business Program, and Small Business Institute. He previously held teaching appointments at the Harvard Business School, CSU Hayward, and Northeastern University.
He holds the Ph.D. in Business Policy from Henley Management College/Brunel University (London), and M.B.A. in Finance from Golden Gate University, an A.M. in Education Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University and an A.B. (honors) in English from Stanford University.
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Robert Girling, International Business
Phone: (707) 664-2228
Office: Stev. 2026H
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Previous professional experience includes consulting with the World Bank,
USAID, the United Nations, and the International Center for Research on
Women. He has served as Director of Regional Development for the
Government of Jamaica, president of the faculty union, as an elected
representative to the California State University Senate, and on the
boards of non-governmental organizations. He has taught and consulted in
20 different countries and recently has served as a consultant to the
Caribbean Development Bank on development strategies for Dominica,
International project director at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil,
and faculty member on the University at Sea. Professor Girling is
currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2005-2010). He is the author of
over 50 articles and books. Professor Girling is the author of
Multinational Institutions and the Third World (1985); Structures of
Dependency (1973) Education; Management and Participation(1990) A Escola
Participativa (1998) over 50 articles and monographs. He holds a Ph.D.
from Stanford University.
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David Horowitz, Marketing
Phone: (707) 664-2387
Office: Stev. 2026E
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David received his Ph.D. from Florida State University in Business Administration and recently completed his dissertation that examined how the cultural consensus model can be applied to consumer culture, organizational culture, and cross-cultural research in Marketing. David received his Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University in 2000, and received an M.B.A. from San Diego State University in 2003. He worked for two years at STMicroelectronics as both a Manufacturing Supervisor and as an Industrial Engineer. David’s research has been published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Interactive Advertising, and in the proceedings of a number of conferences.

Aidong Hu, Finance
Phone: (707) 664-2096
Office: Stev. 2026D
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Douglas Jordan, Finance
Phone: (707) 664-2012
Office: Stev. 2068
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Doug Jordan earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Following graduation, he served for four years as a U.S. Navy officer.
After retiring from the Navy, Doug worked in the aerospace industry for General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, and Boeing in Seattle, Washington. In 1997, he left Boeing and returned to school at the University of Texas at Arlington. He graduated in 2001 with a Ph.D. in Business Administration, and joined SSU in September 2002. His teaching and research interests are corporate finance and investments. Doug resides in
Santa Rosa with his wife, Ann, and twin sons.

Terry Lease, Accounting
Department Chair
Phone: (707) 664-2377
Office: Stev. 2042D
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Sandra Newton, MIS, Production Operations Management
MBA Coordinator
Phone: (707) 664-3296
Office: Stev. 2021
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Sandra Newton is Assistant Professor in the Business Department of the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University. Dr. Newton’s major research interests include organizational impacts and behaviors of information technology (IT) professionals and information technology, e-commerce, and customer service related issues in the wine industry. She has published research articles in Information Resource Management Journal, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, International Journal of Wine Marketing, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Journal of Internet Commerce. Dr. Newton teaches Introduction to Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Business Statistics, as well as the graduate Management Information Systems course. She received her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida in 2006.

Linda Nowak, Marketing
Director of the Wine Business Program
Phone: (707) 664-3954
Office: Stev. 2026J
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Janeen Olsen, Marketing
Phone: (707) 664-3194
Office: Stev. 2010C
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Vincent Richman, Accounting
Phone: (707) 664-2025
Office: Stev. 2010D
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James Robertson, Accounting
Phone: (707) 664-2532
Office: Stev. 2058
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Michael Santos, Finance
Phone: (707) 664-2647
Office: Stev. 2026D
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Michael Santos is an assistant professor of finance in the business administration department. He taught previously at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, and at Merrimack College, Andover, Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D. from Boston College.
His research interests are in corporate and international finance. His currently published papers use the Capital Asset Pricing Models to measure firm stock price reactions to firm specific or external global events. He believes that teaching in finance can be enhanced with inter-disciplinary approach with the focus on corporate governance.

Sam Seward, MIS
Phone: (707) 664-2160
Office: Stev. 2058
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Elizabeth Stanny, Accounting
Phone: (707) 664-4287
Office: Stev. 2060
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Janejira Sutanonpaiboon, MIS, Production Operations Management
Phone: (707) 664-3128
Office: Stev. 2010B
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Liz Thach, Management
Phone: (707) 664-4212
Office: Stev. 2010B
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Elizabeth "Liz" Thach, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management and an instructor in the Wine Business Program at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. Her areas of expertise include Human Resource Management, Leadership Development, Wine Business Strategy, Training & Organization Development and Change Management. She started teaching as a full-time professor at SSU in the Fall of 2000. Prior to coming to SSU, Liz worked for 18 years in management and executive positions with Compaq, AT&T Broadband (MediaOne Group & USWest), Amoco, and Texas Instruments. Her work included global leadership, organizational development and human resource work in more than 15 countries. Today she maintains her connections to the business community with part-time consulting in the wine, telecomm, high tech, and banking industries. Liz holds a doctorate in Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University (1994); an M.A. in Organizational Communication and Management from Texas Tech University (1987), and a B.A. in English from College of Notre Dame in Belmont, CA (1983). She has published more than 50 articles; 3 book chapters, and 2 books.
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Karen Thompson, Management
Office: Stev. 2026K
Phone: (707) 664-2626
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Carl Torben Thomsen, Accounting
Office: Stev. 2068
Phone: (707) 664-3489
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John Urbanski, Management
Phone: (707) 664-2702
Office: Stev. 3004B
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Zachary Wong, Management Information Systems
Phone: (707) 664-2828
Office: Stev. 2010E
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Lecturers

Paul Bernstein
Office: Stev. 2021
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Kristen Decker
Office: Stev. 3049
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Sarah Dove
Phone: (707) 664-2185
Office: Stev. 2014
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Nicholas Gurney
Office: Stev. 3006A
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Kenneth Heinzel
Office: Stev. 3006A
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Mark Levine
Office: Stev. 2026C
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Linda Moran
Phone: (707) 664-4112
Office: Stev. 2021
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Jim Robison
Phone: (707) 869-2395
Office: Stev. 2019
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Joe Standridge
Phone: (707) 664-3073
Office: Stev. 3006A
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Henry Taylor
Phone: (707) 664-2685
Office: Stev. 2023
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Kris Wright
Office: Stev. 2023
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