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CHRM Faculty and Staff

CHRM core faculty members teach, advise and serve as chairs of Culminating Experience committees.  

There are also CHRM affiliated faculty members who are SSU faculty in other departments on campus, are retired from SSU, or teach at neighboring institutions. They teach core and supporting courses and/or have expertise relevant to CHRM. They can serve as Culminating Experience committee members for CHRM students.

CHRM Faculty

Alexis Boutin wearing teal sweater and smiling
Alexis Boutin
Professor; Graduate Coordinator
alexis.boutin@sonoma.edu
Stevenson Hall 3725
Thomas Whitley
Thomas Whitley
Professor; Director of the Anthropological Studies Center
whitley@sonoma.edu
Stevenson Hall 3726

CHRM Affiliated

Dr. Steve Estes smiling at camera
Steve Estes
Professor of History
steve.estes@sonoma.edu
Allison Ford
Allison Ford
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Geography, Envrionment, and Planning
allison.ford@sonoma.edu
Stevenson Hall 3727
Sharon Fuller
Adjunct Professor of Geography, Environment, and Planning
fullersh@sonoma.edu
James Mestaz
Assistant Professor of History
mestazj@sonoma.edu
Adrian Praetzellis
Adrian Praetzellis
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology; Emeritus Director of the Anthropological Studies Center
adrian.praetzellis@sonoma.edu
Margaret Purser
Margaret Purser
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
margaret.purser@sonoma.edu
Erica Tom
English/Ethnic Literature faculty, Santa Rosa Junior College
etom@santarosa.edu
Laura Watt
Laura Watt
Professor Emerita of Geography, Environment & Planning
laura.watt@sonoma.edu
707-664-2722

CHRM Staff

Kimbelry Kaido-Alvarez
Kimberly Kaido-Alvarez
Administrative Analyst
kaidoalv@sonoma.edu
Stevenson Hall 3715
707-664-2194