Jada Ach
Associate Teaching Professor,
CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts
Other ASU affiliations
Lincoln Center Affiliated Faculty,
Lincoln Center Applied Ethics
Affiliated Faculty,
Humanities for the Environment Global Network, North American Observatory
Senior Global Futures Scholar,
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
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Phone: 602-496-6347
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USE # 254 Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 0604Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Jada Ach is an Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Applied Sciences and Arts where she teaches courses in literature, film, and interdisciplinary studies. Her research often combines insights from literary studies, the desert humanities, infrastructure studies, and land management history. She is the author of Sand, Water, Salt: Managing the Elements in Literature of the American West, 1880-1925 (Texas Tech UP, 2021) and co-editor of Reading Aridity in Western American Literature (Lexington Books, 2020). Jada is currently co-editing an essay collection with Kristen Brown titled Land Management in North American Literature and Culture: From Resource to Reciprocity (Routledge, under contract).
Education
Ph.D. American Literature, University of South Carolina (2019)
M.A. Creative Writing-Poetry, Northern Arizona University (2007)
B.A. English and Spanish, Ball State University (2003)
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Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 316 | Integration:Humanities Context |
| ENG 336 | Women, Film and Culture |
| ENG 334 | Am Southwest Literature & Film |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 316 | Integration:Humanities Context |
| ENG 336 | Women, Film and Culture |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| MLS 512 | Exploring and Expressing Ideas |
| MLS 512 | Exploring and Expressing Ideas |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| MLS 593 | Applied Project |
| MLS 593 | Applied Project |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 316 | Integration:Humanities Context |
| MLS 512 | Exploring and Expressing Ideas |
| MLS 512 | Exploring and Expressing Ideas |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 321 | Interdisciplinary Issues |
| IDS 321 | Interdisciplinary Issues |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 316 | Integration:Humanities Context |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| IDS 302 | Integration Skills |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |
| IDS 312 | Integrative Perspect on Change |