Arnim Wiek conducts research in sustainability science, with a focus on sustainable food businesses and economies in the U.S. and in Germany. He directs the Sustainable Food Economy Lab.

Gray leads the Child Language and Literacy Laboratory which focuses on how children learn to talk, read and write.

DePinto's primary professional experience has been in school social work and he has more than 30 years of experience working with chemically-dependent adolescents.

Diana Jacobson designed the graduate pediatric curriculum for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner with more than 25 years of primary care and community experience.

Jackson is a sports historian. She explores the intersection of sport and society, showing how the games we play (and watch) tell us much about the communities--local, national, and global--in which we live.

Schugurensky has published on a variety of topics, including adult education, community development, participatory democracy, citizenship education, social economy, civic engagement, and volunteer work.

Spiro Maroulis is a computational social scientist with a particular focus on public administration, public policy, innovation, and social networks.

Johnny Saldaña is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. He instructed theatre education courses in the School of Theatre from 1981 to 2014.