Return to the main page.
Les Adler
Position: Provost. Department: Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
Email address: les.adler@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: PhD and MA UC Berkeley. BA University of New Mexico.
Chester Allen
Position: Professor. Department: Business
Email Address: chester.allen@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: DBA Texas Tech Univ. MBA Texas A&I Univ. BBA Univ. of Texas at Austin.
Ruben Arminana
Position: President. Department: Political Science.
Email Address: ruben.arminana@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Latin America.
Background: Ph.D Univ. of New Orleans. BA, MA Univ. of Texas at Austin. AA Hill College.
William Babula
Position: Dean. Department: Arts and Humanities
Email Address: william.babul@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: PhD, MA UC Berkeley. BA Rutgers Univ.
Bryan Baker
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: Geography
Email Address: bryan.baker@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: Ph.D Univ. of Minnesota. MA San Diego State Univ. MA Fuller Technological Seminary. BA Southern California College
Michael Baldigo
Position: Professor. Department: Business
Email Address: michael.baldigo@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: CMA, CPIA, CSP. PhD California Coast Univ. CPA, BA, BS State University of New Jersey. CDP, MBA Indiana University. MBA Univ. of Chicago
Melinda Barnard
Position:Assoc. professor Department: Communication
Email Address:
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: PhD Stanford Univ. MA Harvard Univ. BA Stanford Univ.
Philip Beard
Position: Professor. Department: Foreign Language.
Email Address: philip.beard@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest: alternative currency systems, peace/justice/sustainable development work.
Geographic Area(s): Nicaragua.
Background: BA,MA, PhD Stanford Univ.
Jan Beaulyn
Position: Coordinator. Department: International Students.
Email Address: jan.beaulyn@sonoma.edu
Area(s) Of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background : BA Sonoma State Univ.
Tim Bell
Position: Professor. Department: Geography
Email Address: tim.bell@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Geography of the South Pacific.
Geographic Area(s): Tahiti
Background: BA Stanford Univ. MA, PhD University of Oregon.
Carlos Benito
Position: Chair. Department: Economics
Email Address: carlos.benito@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Comparative study of the wine-grape.
Geographic Area(s): California and Chile.
Background: CPA Licenciado Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina. MA, Ph.D Univ. of California Davis
Sterling Bennett
Position: Professor Department: Foreign Language (German)
Email Address:
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Harvard Univ. MA, Ph.D Univ. of California, Berkeley
William Bryant
Position: Department: Business
Email Address:
Area(s) of interest: International Business; interest in Pacific mining industry marketing, organizational theory, strategy and policy international marketing, global trends and strategic alliances, international risk management.
Geographic Area(s): Southeast Asia, South Asia and Latin America.
Background: Ph.D international relations, Colombia University; 13 years with Utah International/BHP Minerals.
Jean Chan
Position: Professor. Department: Mathematics
Email Address: jean.chan@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS, MS Univ. of Chicago. Ph.D Univ. of California, L.A.
Joyce Chong
Position: Coordinator. Department: Career Development Prog.
Email Address: joyce.chong@Sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA City College of N.Y. MA Sonoma State Univ.
Lawrence Clark
Position: Dean. Department: Business and Economics
Email Address: lawrence.clark@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: International business.
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS Knox College. JD John Marshall Law School. LLM DePaul Univ.
Craig Collins
Position: Lecturer. Department: Political Science
Email Address: ccollins@igc.apc.org
Area of interest(s): Pan-Pacific trade and the environment, especially Central American trade with Pacific rim partners.
Geographic Area(s): Central America, Pan-Pacific.
Disciplinary background: Political science, international relations, environmental studies.
Background:
Katharyn Crabbe
Position: Vice President. Department: Academic programs
Email Address: katharyn.crabbe@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA, MA, Ph.D University of Oregon, Eugene
William Crowley
Position: Professor. Department: Geography
Email Address: william.crowley@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Latin America.
Background: BA Univ. of California, Riverside. MA University of Cincinnati. Ph.D University of Oregon
Hall Cushman
Position: Professor. Department: Biology
Email Address: hall.cushman@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Island Pacific.
Background:
Don Dixon
Position: Chair. Department: Political Science.
Email Address: don.dixon@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA, Sonoma State College. Ph.D University of California, Santa Barbara
Randall Dodgen
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: History.
Email Address: randall.dodgen@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Late Imperial China, technology, bureaucracy, the Yellow River, environment and local culture, Pacific history and intercultural contact.
Geographic Area(s): China and Japan.
Background: BA San Francisco State Univ. MA Univ. of California, Davis. Ph.D Yale University.
Donald Farish
Position: Provost/ Vice President. Department: Academic Affairs
Email Address: don.farish@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BSc University of British Columbia, MS North Carolina State Univ. Ph.D Harvard Univ. JD University of Missouri
Karen Frayne
Position: Learning Skills Specialist Department: Library
Email Address: karen.frayne@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA University of California, San Diego.
Dennis Harris
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: dennis.harris@Sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): California, Pacific North America.
Background: BA, MA, Ph.D University of California, Santa Barbara
Sue Eileen Hayes
Position: Professor. Department: Economics
Email Address: sue.eileen.hayes@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: agricultural economics
Geographic Area(s): Latin America.
Background: BA Stanford University. MS, Ph.D University of California, Berkeley.
Mike Hearty
Position: Instructional Support Asst. Department: Geography
Email Address: mike.hearty@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background:
Susan Herring
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: Mathematics
Email Address: susan.herring@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interes: international case studies, projects applicable to the statistical consulting program.
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA, MA California State University, Fullerton. Ph.D Claremont Graduate School.
Le Vell Holmes
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: levell.holmes@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): China, Pacific North America.
Background: BA, MA San Francisco State College. Ph.D University of California, Berkeley.
Phil Huang
Position: System Coordinator. Department: Library
Email Address: phil.huang@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Fudan University, China. MLS State Univ. of N.Y., Buffalo.
Miriam Hutchins
Position: Director. Department: North Bay International Studies Project
Email Address: miriam.hutchins@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: K-12 curriculum development and teacher training in international perspectives
Geographic Area(s): Island Pacific, Pan Pacific.
See Also North Bay International Studies Project.
Background:
Matt James
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Geology
Email Address: matt.james@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Galapagos Coalition
Geographic Area(s): Island Pacific.
See also Galapagos Hotline.
Background: BS University of Hawaii, Manoa. Ph.D University of California, Berkeley.
Brian Jersky
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: Mathematics
Email Address: brian.jersky@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of Interest: international case studies, projects applicable to the statistical consulting program
Geographic Area(s):
See also Statistical Consulting Program
Background: BS Univ. of Witwatersrand, South Africa. MS, Ph.D Cornell Univ.
Robert Karlsrud
Position: Dean. Department: School of Social Sciences.
Email Address: robert.karlsrud@sonoma.edu.
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Pacific North America, Pan Pacific.
Background: BA Univ. of California, Berkeley. MA, Ph.D Univ. of California, L.A.
Nelson Kellogg
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
Email Address: nelson.kellogg@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Brigham Young Univ. Ph.D Johns Hopkins Univ.
Perry Marker
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: Education
Email Address: perry.marker@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of Interest: Educational reform and innovation.
Geographic Area(s): Vietnam
Background: BS Bowling Green State Univ. Ph.D Indiana Univ., Bloomington
Dan Markwyn
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: daniel.markwyn@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Colonial and post-colonial history of California, Pacific maritime trade
Geographic Area(s): Pacific North America.
Background: BA Univ. of Colorado, MA San Jose State Univ. Ph.D Cornell Univ.
Jeffry McIllwain
Position: Ass. professor Department: Criminal Justice
Email Address: jeffrey.mcillwain@Sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: The history and policy implications of organized, white-collar, and transnational crime with particular emphasis on their impact on the national security of the U.S. Comparative criminal justice systems, particularly in the area of policing.
Geographic Area(s):United States and Pacific rim countries.
Background: Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Univ. M.A. Contemporary History Institute. B.A. University of Southern California.
See also Jeffry Mcillwain's home page.
Lynn McIntyre:
Position: Assoc. Vice President. Department:University Affairs
Email Address: lynn.mcintyre@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background:
Robert McNamara:
Position: Lecturer. Department: Political Science
Email Address: robert.mcnamara@Sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: comparative studies of public policy and prevention education for HIV/AIDS
Geographic Area(s): Latin America and Southeast Asia.
See also Viral Bridges: Conference on HIV and Public Policy in the Pacific.
Background:
Andy Merrifield:
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Political Science
Email Address: andy.merrifield@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Oregon State University. MA Portland State Univ. MA Sonoma State Univ. Ph.D University of California, Davis.
Jamal Munshi:
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Business and Admin.
Email Address: jamal.munshi@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS San Jose State Univ. MS Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D University of Arkansas.
Stephen Norwick:
Position: Professor. Department: ENSP
Email Address: stephen.norwick@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Pomona College. MA Dartmouth College. Ph.D Univ. of Montana.
Sue Parker:
Position: Chair. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: sue.parker@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:Fossil humans, Primate social orgainization
Geographic Area(s): South east Asia.
Background: AB, MA, Ph.D Univ. of California Berkeley.
David Peri:
Position: Professor. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: david.peri@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Native American cultures of California, ethnobotany, cultural heritage and cultural preservation movements
Geographic Area(s): California, USA.
Background: BA San Francisco State College.
William Poe:
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: william.poe@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Archaeology
Geographic Area(s): Pacific Guatemala.
Background: BA Duke Univ. BD Princeton Theological Seminary. MA, Ph.D Brandeis Univ.
Jorge Porras:
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Foreign Language
Email Address: jorge.porras@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Bilingualism, multiculturalism, foreign language teaching and English-only movement in Northern California, Future of Spanish in the US
Geographic Area(s): North America.
Background: Bachiller Colegio Miguel Jimenez Lopez, Colombia. Liceciado Universidad Pedagogica de Colombia. MA Ohio State Univ. Ph.D Univ. of Texas.
Adrian Praetzellis
Position: Ass. Professor. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: adrian.praetzellis@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:historical archaeology of California, cultural resources management.
Geographic Area(s): California, Pacific North America.
Background: BA Sonoma State Univ. MA, PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Margaret Purser:
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: margaret purser@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:Archaeology and cultural history of the post-colonial Pacific
Geographic Area(s): Pacific North America, Central America, Australia.
Background: BA College of William and Mary. PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Arthur Ramirez:
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: MAMS
Email Address: arthur.ramirez@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA, MA, PhD Univ. of Texas, Austin.
Rocky Rohwedder
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: ENSP
Email Address: rocky.rohwedder@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Eco-cultural tourism
Geographic Area(s): Indonesia.
See also the link to his home page.
See also Ecocultural Tourism in Bali and Lombok.
Background: BA Univ of California, Irvine. MS Univ. of Michigan. PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Tom Rosin
Position: Professor. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: tom.rosin@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:Indigenous system of water management, ethnoscience and ethnomathematics, landreform administration, the commons, traffic.
Geographic Area(s): India.
Background: BA Reed College. MA, PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Virginia Samuda
Position: Lecturer. Department: Linguistics
Email Address: virginia.samuda@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Japan and East Asia.
Background:
Gene Schaumberg
Position: Chair. Department: Chemistry
Email Address: gene.schaumberg@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS Pacific Lutheran University. PhD Washington State Univ.
Brian Shears
Position: Chair. Department: Education
Email Address: brian.shears@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: international perspectives in education
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Univ of Wales. MA, PhD Univ. of Minnesota.
Larry Shinagawa
Position: Asst. Professor. Department: AMCS
Email Address: larry.shinagawa@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA, MA, PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Robert Smith
Position: Professor. Department: Political Science
Email Address: robert.smith@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Yale University. MA, PhD Univ. of California, Berkeley.
James Stewart
Position: Professor. Department: ENSP
Email Address: jim.stewart@sonoma.edu.
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s): Asia, Southeast Asia.
Background: BA Wesleyan Univ. MA, PhD Univ. of Hawaii.
Anne Swanson
Position: Dean. Department: Natural Sciences
Email Address: anne.swanson@Sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS Northern Illinois Univ. Ph.D Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.
Robert Tellander
Position: Professor. Department: Sociology
Email Address: bob.tellander@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: Minority politics: the Tamils. Peace options in the civil war in Sri Lanka, inquiries into the history of Asian migration focusing on the reasons, the means and the consequences of south Asian migrations into Indonesia and beyond.
Geographic Area(s): India, Sri Lanka, Malasia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Background: BA Princetone Univ. MA Univ. of California, Berkeley.
Sue Thomas
Position: Professor. Department: Nursing
Email Address: sue.thomas@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BS Univ. of California, San Francisco, MS Boston Univ. EdD Univ. of San Francisco.
Manuel Vargas
Position: Assoc. Professor. Department: Education
Email Address: manuel.vargas@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA La Salle Normal School, Mexico City. BA Univ. of Americas, Mexico City. MA, PhD Univ. of Alabama.
Joan Wagele
Position: Director. Department: SSALI
Email Address: joan.wagele@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background:
Albert Wahrhaftig
Position: Professor. Department: Anthropology
Email Address: albert.wahrhaftig@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):
Background: BA Stanford Univ. MA, PhD Univ. of Chicago.
David Walls
Position: Dean. Department: Extended Education
Email Address: david.walls@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:Cultural revitalization
Geographic Area(s):New Zealand and Australia.
Background: AB Univ. California, Berkeley. MA, PhD Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.
Steve Watrous
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: steve.watrous@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest:
Geographic Area(s):Russian Siberia
Background: BA, MA Univ. of Wisconcin. PhD Univ. of Washington
Tony White
Position: Professor. Department: History
Email Address: tony.white@sonoma.edu
Area(s) of interest: political and social history
Geographic Area(s):Latin America.
Background: BA Stanford Univ. MBA Univ. California, Berkeley. Ph.D Univ. of California, Santa Barbara.
Return to the main page.