Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
Jake Patten Aesthetics, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis K. Jake Patten teaches courses within the SHS area, as well as Biostatistics and the SAMBA seminar. Patten's research focuses on natural regularities in timbre, language, memory, and the links between speech and musical speech surrogates.
Roy Levy Bayesian Statistics, Measurement and Statistics in Education, Quantitative Psychology Levy specializes in measurement and statistical analysis. His interests include methodological investigations and applications in psychometrics and statistical modeling.
Chantel Solomon
Dean Reynolds Art
Anthony Pessler Drawing and Painting Pessler is an artist, working primarily in painting and drawing.
Mark Pomilio Pomilio’s current research has focused on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning and single cell manipulation.
Randall Cerveny Geography, Earth Systems, Climate Science Cerveny, professor of geographical sciences, also serves as Rapporteur on Extreme Records for the United Nations/World Meteorological Organization with the responsibility for researching and verifying global weather records.
Yujin Park Plant Physiology, Plants Park research focuses on horticultural crop physiology and controlled environment agriculture.
Christina Shepard Nutrition
Melinda Johnson Johnson is a Registered Dietitian with specialties in nutrition communications and nutrition in the media. Her interests include health literacy, health marketing, and professional use of social media.
Christy Alexon Dr. Christy Alexon serves as director of the MS Medical Nutrition program.
Michelle Miller Cardiovascular, Health Outcomes, Nutrition
Shauna Grant Nutrition
Kurt Glaesemann
Nnenna Agu Dr. Agu is a medical studies lecturer. She received her doctorate in pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Kim Ruggiero Sales
Suzanne Dietrich Query Languages, Database Education, Interdisciplinarity Dietrich is the program lead for the applied computing program at ASU’s West campus. Dietrich's current research focuses on computer science education, especially databases, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Katrina Garcia
Maria Di Grande Arts Entrepreneurship
Sharmarke Shirwa
Megan Kniskern Nutrition
Danah Henriksen Creativity, Design and Design Thinking in Education, Educational Technology, Teaching and Teacher Education Danah Henriksen researches creativity across multiple areas of education, with a focus on creative teaching practices and skills, as well as creative thinking.
Bramble Morris Drawing and Painting, Computation and Digital Media, Digital Media, Creativity, Viola, Logic
Philip Drake Accounting, Economic Valuation, Financial Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions Phil Drake is a Clinical Professor of Accountancy. He has thirty plus years in business management, teaching and research. He serves as the Faculty Director for the Master of Accountancy and Master of Taxation programs.
Miral Mahgoub Arabic, Comparative Literature, Creativity, Interactive Media, Digital Humanities, Classics, Cultural Studies, Feminism and Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Mahgoub al-Tahawy is an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer, and affiliated member of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU.
John Zicarelli Zicarelli is a professor of practice in actuarial science. He was an actuary for over 30 years, and served as vice president of strategy and risk management of Scottsdale Insurance Company.
Michelle Saunders Health, Innovation and Success, Marijuana Legalization, Medieval Period, Mental Health: Adults, Music, Parenting, Photography, Piano, Psychology, Religious Studies, Science Fiction, Social Responsibility, Substance Abuse, Technology, Veterinary
Jeremy Muller 20th Century Music, Computation and Digital Media, Digital Sound and Interactive Media, Interactive Arts, Interactive Performance, Intermedia, Music, Music Composition, Percussion, Performance
Baruch Meir Music, Piano Currently an artist/teacher professor of piano at ASU, Meir maintains a busy teaching schedule in addition to his international concert career.
Danwen Jiang Music, String Instruments An internationally acclaimed performer and string pedagogue, Jiang is a Professor of Violin and recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award and Professor of the Year Special Recognition Award at Arizona State University.
Mitchell Berrios Music
Carole Fitzpatrick Music, Voice FitzPatrick's 2015 CD "Occident Meets Orient" (Albany Records) explores societal attitudes and misconceptions about life in Eastern cultures through Western classical and popular music of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Bryon Ruth Music, Jazz, Saxophone
Lewis Nash Jazz, Music Nash is a highly sought after jazz educator and is the drummer of choice for an incredible array of artists – from jazz masters to the hottest young players of today.
Charles Lynch Music, String Instruments
Catalin Rotaru Music, String Instruments Rotaru, double bass, performs on a modern instrument made in Italy by Luciano Golia and a bow made by Marco Pasquino, and is a Pirastro Strings endorsing artist.
Emily Schwartz Music, Music Education Before coming to ASU, Schwartz taught band and general music in the Mesa Public School district where she also worked on curriculum design and technology in the band classroom.
Albie Micklich Music, Woodwind Instruments Micklich has performed throughout Europe, Bermuda, Brazil, Australia, Japan, and the U.S. and presented master classes at numerous conservatories and U.S. universities. He performs on a custom-built red maple 680 bassoon.
Jonathan Swartz Music, String Instruments Swartz is the founder and artistic director of the Visiting Quartet Residency Program at ASU.
Mary Davis Chronic Disease, Clinical Psychology, Health, Health Psychology, Resilience, Stress Davis examines how social and emotional risk and resilience factors shape adaptation to stress.
Holly Aguila Health and Well-Being, Healthy Lifestyles, Hispanic Population, Language and Culture, Secondary Education, Spanish Aguila is an Exercise and Wellness instructor with an interest in health coaching, worksite wellness, and the Hispanic community.
Karl Sieradzki The Sieradzki research group examines fundamental issues in electrochemical surface science and fracture of solids.
Nanette Schuster Schuster loves teaching English courses, including composition, writing across the curriculum and reflective essays. Her research interests include composition pedagogy, rhetoric and African American literature.
Robin Nelson Biology and Society, Health Disparities, Health Outcomes With a focus on critical periods of growth and development, Nelson investigates the relationship between familial dynamics, culturally salient forms of social and financial capital and the health of Black Caribbean families.
Michel Kinsy Kinsy focuses his research on microelectronics security, secure processors and systems design, hardware security, and efficient hardware design and implementation of post-quantum cryptography systems.
Mark Holl
Jennifer Patience Patience is professor of astrophysics who uses large, ground-based and space-based telescopes to investigate a range of topics in star and planet formation.
David Lynch
Addison Beer
Edwin Camas