CSUSB Anthropology Professor Wesley Niewoehner Dies at 68

In CSUSB NEWS Nov 05, 2026 By Elycia Young 833 Views 0 Comments Wesley Niewoehner, Chair, Anthropology, California State University, San Bernardino— Morongo Tribal Historical Preservation Officers and Cultural Committee (THPO) visit to Cal State San Bernardino at SMSU South 217/218 on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Photo Courtesy of CSUSB Paige WynneCSUSB Wesley Niewoehner joined the university in 2001 and served as anthropology department chair and interim ethnic studies department chair. CSUSB Anthropology Professor and former Department Chair Wesley Niewoehner died unexpectedly of natural causes on Nov. 3. He was 68. Christina Hassija, dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS), emailed students in Niewoehner’s classes to let them know of his death. “I know this news is especially difficult and shocking given how sudden it is,” she wrote.

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