Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
Elizabeth Swadener Childhood Studies, Child Welfare, Education Leadership and Policy, Policy and Society Swadener 's research focuses on internationally comparative social policy, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa, impacts of neoliberal policy on local communities, and children's rights and voices.
Jane Hook
Julian Cashman
Elliott Goldstein Cancer, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology Goldstein studies genes involved in developmental processes and in learning and memory. His focus is communication of this information and other educational material in molecular biology and molecular genetics.
Ebenezer Nana … Geographic Information Science
Lynn Stoner
James Beckman
Katerina Raleva
Joseph Chao
Elisabeth Graffy
John Martin Diabetes, Global Health and Medical Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology Martin's research interests focus on medical anthropology, the interrelations of power and economics with biology and Type II Diabetes.
James Glover
William Lewis Lewis' area of expertise is analytical modeling of information systems.
Robert Hinks
Russell Biekert
Jaden Petree
Beth Tobin
Olaf Dahl
Richard Ashley International Relations, Political Science Ashley's studies include critical international theory, with primary attention to questions of statecraft, law, sovereignty, territoriality, production of rights-bearing citizen subjects and the modern university.
Linda Essig Theatre Essig's research interests include value creation by and evaluation of arts incubators; the relationship between art, money, and entrepreneurial action; and factors affecting individual artist success.
Melissa Pritchard
Thomas Cole
Jorge Sefair Sefair's research interests include network optimization, robust optimization, integer programming, applications of optimization in environment, public policy, urban planning and finance.
Fengbo Ren Fengbo Ren directs the Parallel Systems and Computing Laboratory (PSCLab) at ASU. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM and a receipt of NSF CAREER award, Google Faculty Research Award, and Top 5 percent Best Teacher Award.
Otto Sankey Sankey’s techniques have been highly influential in theoretical materials physics research around the world.
Francis Pierce… Archaeology, Database Education McManamon is the executive director of the Center for Digital Antiquity (Digital Antiquity). He's conducted archeological investigations in eastern North America, western Europe, and Micronesia.
Paul Miller Coping with Stressful Events in Children and Adults, Developmental Psychology, Stress and Emotion Miller has conducted research on the socialization of empathy and coping in children and the relation of empathy to moral reasoning in children. He joined the ASU faculty in 1988.
Julia Hammons
Roger Schvaneveldt
Gennady Gildenblat
Nelma Shearer
Alan Jackson Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics, Physics, Planet Formation, Planetary Sciences Astronomer and planetary scientist working on the formation and evolution of planetary systems. SESE Exploration Fellow
Joseph Russomanno Media Law Dr. Russomanno has been at ASU and the Cronkite School since 1994. He teaches and conducts research in mass communication law. Before that, he had a decade-long career in broadcast journalism.
Steve Crane Crane runs the Washington, D.C., bureau for Cronkite News/Arizona PBS.
Joshua Murray
Christopher Callahan
Sherry Ahrentzen
Teri Pipe Health and Well-Being Dr.Teri Pipe is an expert on mindfulness and nursing leadership with focus on interprofessionalism. She was ASU's first Chief Well-Being Officer and is founding director of Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience.
Bradford Kirkm…
Manuel Barrera Clinical Psychology, Hispanic Population Barrera's research interests include prevention and behavioral treatment for type 2 diabetes, social support interventions, and behavioral health interventions for Latino families.
H. Fernando Fernando is an Emeritus Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering from the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy.
Sarah Stage Women Studies Stage was a pioneer in women and gender studies. She authored Female Complaints, co-edited Rethinking Home Economics and The Moral Panics of Sexuality, and wrote for the best-selling textbook The American Promise.
David Wetsel
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Suzanne Lewenstein
James Eder Sociocultural Anthropology, Natural Resource Management, South Asian Studies Eder's interests center on sociocultural anthropology in Palawan, Philippines and natural resource management.
Yu Hui Hui's areas of expertise include wireless networks, gigabit wireless communications, ATM switching and routing.
Pori Park East Asian Studies, Religious Studies Park teaches religious traditions of Korea. Her research has focused on the interplay among Buddhism, modernity, gender, and globalization.
John Holloway
Pearse O'Grady