Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
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Ashish Gulati
Jessica Viñas-Nelson Viñas-Nelson is writing a history of black debates and activism over interracial marriage and the related concepts of assimilation, extermination and emigration.
Raphael Charro… Racism, Inequality, Economic Justice, Quantitative Analysis Charron-Chénier is a sociologist who studies racial inequality in the context of consumer markets.
Louise Clark
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Benjamin Yunker
Hamidreza Marvi Marvi would like to develop bio-inspired robotic systems and programmable interfacial structures for search and rescue, exploratory and medical applications.
Heather Throop Biogeochemistry, Climate Change, Deserts, Ecosystem Ecology Heather Throop is an ecosystem scientist who studies how global-scale changes influence dryland ecosystems.
Pak Poon
Robert Bowser
Hong Lei Ecology, Neurobiology
Paul Coleman Alzheimer's, Neuroimaging, Stroke
Simona Kraberger
Monica Tsethlikai Cognitive Development Dr. Tsethlikai’s research focuses on the role children’s experiences and activities play in shaping their cognitive development and well-being.
Kylie Nunn
Elizabeth Meloy Modern European History, Cultural and Intellectual History, Irish Studies, Russian Studies Elizabeth Meloy holds a PhD in European history from Brown University. She is a Faculty Fellow in Barrett, Honors College. In 2016, after two years on the Tempe campus, she joined Dr. Tom Martin at Barrett Poly.
Kimberlee D'Ardenne Neuroscience, Scholarly and Professional Writing D'Ardenne works in ASU's Decision Neuroscience Lab, where she focuses on using neuroimaging methods to non-invasively study human brainstem nuclei.
Michael Barlev Barlev takes an adaptationist approach to his research, which combines foundational insights from the theory of evolution by natural selection and the computational theory of mind.
Anjalee Sadhwani
Marylyn Veliz
Larry Copeland
David Kilcullen
Kim Day Acute Care, Health Communication, Interprofessional Practice, Nursing Kimberly Day teaches in the undergraduate pre-licensure nursing program. She has experience in the ICU, med/surg, tele, oncology, and the operating room. She also worked for Donor Network and as a paramedic prior to nursing.
Timothy Langille Jewish Studies Langille specializes in Hebrew Bible, Jewish history, memory studies, trauma studies, genocide studies, and religion and violence. He teaches courses on Hebrew Bible, Jewish history, genocide, and religion and violence.
Cynthia Storm
Haiwei Gu Metabolomics research in the Gu Lab has focused on the development of advanced analytical tools and statistical methodologies for profiling metabolites and metabolic pathways in complex biological systems.
Joseph Blattman Cancer, Diseases, Immunology, Modeling, Vaccines, Viruses Blattman is an immunologist who studies how the immune system responds to vaccination and viral infection.
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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Vincent Oliveri
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.
Danielle Alfandre Linguistics, English Alfandre has been with ASU since 2012 and leads an annual, faculty-directed study abroad to Costa Rica.
Alma Arce