Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

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Nico Martinez
Ruben Espinosa Ruben Espinosa is the Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and specializes in Shakespeare and early modern literature.
Steven Ferris
Shea Obrien
Mat Wright
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Kenny Galloway
Logan Baird
Matthew Anastasi
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Heather Riggio
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Jewel Cowan
Rodney Joseph Health Disparities, Physical Activity, Chronic Disease, Cultural Studies and Technology, Public and Community Health, Women's Health Rodney Joseph is a behavioral scientist with a program of research focused on the development and implementation of community-based, theory-driven, culturally and individually tailored, physical activity interventions.
Rachel Koffer Aging, Cardiovascular, Chronic Disease, Coping with Stressful Events in Children and Adults, Data Analytics, Data Mining, Developmental Psychology, Diverse Populations, Health and Well-Being, Health Disparities, Health Equity, Healthy Aging, Human Development, Mixed Models, Mobile Technology, Population Health, Quantitative Psychology, Stress, Stress and Emotion, Transdisciplinary, Wearable Technologies, Women's Health Koffer uses innovative methodologies to link stress (e.g., everyday hassles, major life events) to health and well-being across adulthood and aging.
Carlos Espinosa
Bri Fornes
Kim Hennis
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Keenan Pituch
Joseph Daniels Developing social and behavioral digital interventions to support thriving communities
Janet Pohl Aging, Caregivers, Nursing Dr. Pohl is a Nurse Scientist investigating the health implications of social connectedness across multiple caregiver generations and various aspects of isolation.
Karly Woodbridge
Omar Alkhatib
Hannah Giasson Aging, Developmental Psychology, Emotion, Health and Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Lifelong Learning, Social and Emotional Development Giasson's research considers the complex interplay between views of aging and individuals’ health and well-being as they grow older.
Pencie Culiver
Michelle Rodriguez
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Jasmine Countiss
DeAnnah Byrd Byrd studies risk and protective factors for cognitive decline and dementia; biological mechanisms (e.g., cardiometabolic risk factors, HPA axis dysregulation, stress-sensitive biomarkers) of healthy cognitive aging.
Jeremiah Poirier
Jordyn Gaffney
Priyanka Koganti
Alyssa Robillard Robillard studies health equity using a social-ecological framework to understand and address inequalities, with a focus on HIV.
Sunny Kim Behavior Processes, Cancer, Caregivers, Digital Storytelling, Emotion, Health and Well-Being, Health Communication, Patient Outcomes Kim’s research interests include cancer patient/caregiver supportive care, quality of life, and psychosocial well-being, with a particular emphasis on digital storytelling as a therapeutic intervention.
Mario Salinas
Shelby Langer Cancer, Communication, Emotion Interests include close relationships and health, couple dynamics in cancer, caregiving, dyad-based health behavior interventions, ecological momentary assessment, natural language processing, and the gut microbiome.
Peach Mckenzie Art, Arts, Media and Engineering
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Felipe Castro Hispanic Population, Coping with Stressful Events in Children and Adults, Health Psychology, Diabetes, Statistical Modeling Castro's research interests include health promotion and relapse prevention in Hispanic populations, with focus on motivational aspects in HIV prevention, drug abuse, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases.
Zachary Baker Aging, Alzheimer's, Caregivers, Clinical Trials, Dementia, Public and Community Health, Social Psychology, Interpersonal Relationships, Motivation, Health and Well-Being Dr. Baker works to understand former caregivers of those with dementia so he can help them garner the psychosocial resources and technological tools to thrive.
Thomas Parsons Human Dimensions of Science and Technology, Aging, Dementia, Clinical Psychology, Philosophy of Religion and Applied Ethics, Autism, Human Computer Interactions, Artificial Intelligence, Sports medicine Dr. Parsons is the Grace Center Professor of Innovation in Clinical Education, Simulation Science, & Immersive Technology (tenured) and Director of the Computational Neuropsychology & Simulation (CNS) Lab at ASU.
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Aidan Tenkhoff
Joseph Saenz Aging, Climate Change, Dementia, Environment, Family and Couple Relationships, Food Security, Health Disparities, Latin America, Quantitative Analysis, Resilience, Statistical Analysis
Ronald Milsom
Angel Algarin Hispanic Population, Sexuality, Global Health, Stigmatization and Discrimination, LGBTQ Health Algarin is an assistant professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Broadly, he studies the impact of social stigma on HIV care and prevention.
Jose Pena Galvez
Robert Oldt Genetics, Evolution, Forensic DNA