Nelson's research focuses on cycles of social complexity and connectivity among the ancient cultures of northwestern Mexico and the American Southwest and on human roles in and responses to the desertification of grasslands.

Chance studies sociocultural anthropology, including race and class in Colonial Mexico.

Rush is a historian of Southeast Asia who explores themes of colonialism, religion, biography, and current affairs. His latest books are Hamka's Great Story and Southeast Asia: a very short introduction.

Thomas’s research and teaching focus on world cultural processes and their constitutive effects on authority, agency, and identity. He studies how these processes affect religions and how religions engage them.

Haines co-directs the Center of Muslim Experience in the U.S. As assoc. prof. of religious studies and cultural anthropologist, he studies marginal communities, Islamic values of peace, community well-being and lived ethics.

Sivak's interests include the politics of secession and self-determination, cultural globalization, and global cities.

Mary Jane Parmentier's research and curriculum development have focused on the role of technology in economic, social and political development, and the regions of North Africa and Latin American development.

Serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor for the Information Technology Program at the ASU Polytechnic Campus for Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

Gil-Osle's interests include Spanish literature, golden age, Cervantes, Tirso de Molina, Celestina, Basque Studies, theater, comparative literature, friendship theory, networking theory, gender studies, and ekphrasis.

Tracy Lea directs Innovation2Market at ASU’s Edson E+I Institute, leading programs that help 1,300+ ventures grow. A Navy Chief Petty Officer, she champions inclusive innovation and ASU IP commercialization.