Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
Sabine Botha
Kate Anderson Bilingual and English Language Learners, Diverse Learners and Educational Equity, Educational Policy and Politics, Literacy and Writing, Qualitative Inquiry Kate Anderson is the Editor of the journal Linguistics and Education and teaches both graduate qualitative research methods courses and linguistics courses in educating multilingual learners.
Mario Galante
Jennifer Hackney Developmental Biology, Cell biology, Injury Response, Genetics Hackney received her PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2008.
Pengyao Jiang Genetics, Evolution, Genomics, Evolutionary and Population Genetics Jiang's general research interests span from understanding the genetic basis of natural mutation rate and spectrum variation to their phenotypic and fitness consequences.
Zilin Jiang Discrete Mathematics
Jose-Benito Ro… Community Development for Social Equity, Food Security, Global Health, Social Determinants of Health Rosales Chavez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. He studies the food environment with a focus on community development, access to food and social determinants of health.
Andrew McGuire
Meagan Ehlenz Planning, Urban Planning, Community Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, and Community Development, Neighborhoods, Urbanization Ehlenz, a certified planner with AICP, focuses research on urban revitalization and community development, with specializations in the role of anchor institutions in urban places and mechanisms for building community wealth.
Akheil Singla Local Community Influence, Public Finance Singla's research focuses on public financial management at the state and local level, with a specific focus on municipal debt markets as well as local government financial health.
Heather Williamson
Abdel Ra'ouf Mayyas Algorithm Development, Alternative Fuels, Alternative Vehicles, Energy Efficiency Technologies, Mathematical and System Dynamics Modeling, Renewable Energy Mayyas' current research interests include motion planning and motion control of automated drive system, shared mobility, vehicle automation & connectivity, and energy optimization of connected and automated electrified-vehicles.
Nicole Johannson French, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics Johannson exclusively works with the ASU Online program, teaching both intermediate and beginner French courses.
Keith Johnson Spanish, Second Language Acquisition, Portuguese Johnson teaches Spanish and coordinates first and second-year Spanish, including supervising Teaching Assistants.
Erin Lane Digital Humanities Erin is a third year Ph.D. student focusing on Peninsular literature where she also serves as a graduate teaching associate. Prior to coming to ASU, she spent many years as a high school Spanish instructor.
Ashley Lenz
Cornesha Tweede Tweede explores race, gender and the place of Africa in early modern cultural studies.
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Larissa FastHorse FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, award-winning writer, choreographer and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation’s leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences.
Alex Arreguin
Danielle Alfandre Linguistics, English Alfandre has been with ASU since 2012 and leads an annual, faculty-directed study abroad to Costa Rica.
Ty Defoe
Vincent Oliveri
Alma Arce
Jacob Affolter Philosophy, Immigration Affolter has taught classes on law and political philosophy.
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Cassie Bowman Education, Program Evaluation Cassie Bowman is an associate research professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, focusing on educational research and evaluation.
Duane DeVecchio Duane DeVecchio is a broad field-based geologist with a background in structural geology, tectonic stratigraphy, and geomorphology.
Christopher McDonald
Jacob Adler Geographic Information Science, Geological Processes, Earth Surface Processes, Planetary Sciences, Planetary Mineralogy
Drew Roberts
Kathleen Fries Nursing Education, Interprofessional Practice
Edward D. Varg… Vargas' research interests include the effects of poverty and inequality on the quality of life, focusing specifically on health, immigration, and social policy, and how these contribute to well-being of vulnerable families.
Analisa Dao
Molly Ott Higher and Postsecondary Education Molly Ott's scholarly interests include higher education administration, academic leadership, faculty careers and workplace experiences, and intercollegiate athletics.
Jan Schrage
Allen Morrison Morrison has authored or co-authored more than 60 articles and case studies and 11 books. Morrison has consulted with a wide range of companies around the world.
Cedric Burrows Civil Rights, African American Studies, Cultural Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Studies, Composition Studies Cedric Burrows researches Black rhetoric and its reception by mainstream audiences.
Hanyang Sun
Scot Smythe
Richard Greer
Leslie Bush
Heather Smith-Cannoy Gender, Human Rights, International Law Smith-Cannoy's work focuses on human rights, international law, women's rights, sex trafficking, and statelessness.
Stephanie Fitzgerald Environmental Humanities, Indigenous American Literatures, Bibliographic Studies, Drama, American Literature, Book History, Digital Humanities, Print Culture, Indigenous Studies Indigenous literatures and literary history, Indigenous print culture, environmental humanities.
Yuxuan Wang
Miriam Mara 20th Century Literature, Food Sovereignty, Health Law and Policy, Irish Studies Mara investigates Irish literature and film. Her second research stream includes research in health humanities and medical rhetoric.
Xiaozhen Li
Taha Belgas
Stanley Mirvis Jewish Studies Stanley Mirvis specializes in the social and cultural history of the Jewish people. His research on eighteenth-century Jamaica explores the evolution of Jewish ethnic identity within hybrid world of Atlantic Diasporas.
Martin Siegel