Business Administration

Department Office
Stevenson Hall 2042
(707) 664-2377
www.sonoma.edu/sbe

Department Chair
Doug Jordan

Administrative Analyst
Jen Aaseth

Administrative Coordinator
Laura Shepherd

Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Tracy Navas

Internship Director
Kyuho Lee

Executive Director of Graduate and Executive Programs
John Stayton

Executive Director of Wine Business Institute
Ray Johnson

Faculty

Thomas Atkin
Richard Campbell
Sergio Canavati
Kathryn Chang
Kirsten Ely
Armand Gilinsky
David Horowitz
Aidong Hu
Jinglin Jiang
Douglas Jordan
Kyuho Lee
Sandra Newton
Janeen Olsen
Vincent Richman
Adele Santana
Michael Santos
Elizabeth Stanny
Janejira Sutanonpaiboon
Elizabeth Thach
Karen Thompson
John Urbanski
Damien Wilson
Zachary Wong

Department Mission

The Department of Business Administration at Sonoma State University offers high-quality, relevant education in business to aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs in the private and public sectors. It does this in a liberal arts and sciences environment in which faculty emphasize the development and continuous improvement of the skills of critical thinking, effective communication, ethical reasoning, maintaining a global perspective, and applying disciplinary tools.

Careers in Business Administration

The Department of Business Administration offers a wide selection of specialized courses designed to meet a variety of career objectives. These career objectives include, but are not limited to, management-level accounting positions in business, government, or public accounting; financial management, financial analysis and planning, investment banking, and insurance; general management, personnel, labor relations, public relations, wage and salary administration, training, and international business; advertising and promotion, product development, marketing research, and sales management; and positions in sales and management within the wine industry.