Department Chair
Anthony Silvaggio
Associate Professor & Chair
- Anthony.Silvaggio@humboldt.edu
- BSS 518C
Environmental Sociology, Social Movements, Cannabis Studies, and Survey Research Methods
Office Hours: MW 11:00am-12:00PM and by appointment
Faculty
Karen August
Internship Coordinator & Lecturer
- Karen.August@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4558
- BSS 529
Marijuana, Prison Industrial Complex, Quantitative Research Methods
Currently Retired. Please email Anthony Silvaggio avs1@humboldt.edu for help with any incompletes.
Dominic Corva
Assistant Professor
- dominic.corva@humboldt.edu
- BSS 538
Cannabis Studies, Law and Society, Political Geography, Rural Development, Social Movements
Office Hours: MW 2:30-3:30 or by appointment
Caglar Dolek
Assistant Professor
- caglar.dolek@humboldt.edu
- BSS 532
Critical Criminology, Political Economy, Social History, Qualitative Methods, Urban Marginality & Contentious Politics
office Hours: MW 3:00-5:00pm or online by appointment.
Jennifer Eichstedt
Professor
- Jennifer.Eichstedt@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4949
- BSS 534
Sociology of Race/Ethnicity, Critical White Studies, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Social Movements, Stratification/Inequality, Gender Theory
On Leave Fall 2023
Catey Hoehn
MA Student - Teaching Associate
- cmh927@humboldt.edu
- BSS 518D
Office Hours: Email for appointment
Stefanie Israel de Souza
Assistant Professor
- sei14@humboldt.edu
- (BSS 530) Currently Telecommuting
Urban Marginality, Critical Criminology, Qualitative Methods, Cultural Sociology, Social Change
On Leave Fall 2023
Christina Martinek
Lecturer
- cam30@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4445
- BSS 548
Sociology of Aging/Social Gerontology, Senior Social Services, and Senior/ Community Needs Assessments
Office Hours: Email for Appointment
Josh Meisel
Professor
- Joshua.Meisel@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4446
- BSS 520C
Critical Drug Studies, Cannabis Studies, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Criminology, Deviance and Social Control
Recent Publications:
2023. With Amanda Reiman,Rielle Capler, and Darcey Paulding McCready. “Medical Cannabis
Identity and Public Health Paternalism.” Public Health in Practice 5:1-9.
2023. With Dominic Corva and Ara Pachmayer. “Cannabis, Communities, and Place: (Re)constructing Humboldt’s Post-Prohibition Present.” Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 45(1):152-168.
2023. With Daniel Bear. "A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments." Policy Options. October 17.
Office Hours: M 11:00am-12pm by Zoom and T 1:30-2:30pm or by appointment
James Ordner
Lecturer
- James.Ordner@humboldt.edu
- BSS 539A
Social Movements, Environmental Sociology, Social Theory, and Qualitative Methods
Office Hours: F 9:00am-11:00am or Email for appointment
Aaron Perez
MA Student - Teaching Associate
- agp51@humboldt.edu
- BSS 518D
Office Hours: Email for Appointment
Elizabeth Rienzi
Lecturer
- Elizabeth.Rienzi@humboldt.edu
- BSS 539C
Race/Ethnicity, Transracial and Transnational Adoption, Asian American Studies, Identity, Sociology of the Family, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Research Methods
Office Hours: Email for Appointment
Michihiro Clark Sugata
Associate Professor
- Michihiro.Sugata@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3148
- BSS 528
Social Inequalities, Financial Governance and Cartographies of Debt, International Human Rights, Critical Theory
Office Hours: MW 1:00-2:30pm and by appointment
Mary Virnoche
Graduate Coordinator & Professor
- Mary.Virnoche@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4569
- BSS 536
Technology and Society, Gender, Qualitative Methods and Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research
Office Hours: T 12:00pm -2:00pm/ W 3:00pm -4:00pm or Email for Appointment
Staff
Mireya Ortega
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Mireya.Ortega@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-5421
- BSS 518B
Students if you need a new advisor or have questions about forms for your success, email me and I will be happy to help. MA Public Sociology support.
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
