Profiles in "Transdisciplinary Studies" Expertise Area
- Barton is a complex systems scientist who combines anthropology, archaeology, earth science, and information technologies to study long-term dynamics and interactions of people and landscapes in the Anthropocene.
- Sha's research concerns ethico-aesthetic improvisation, and a topological approach to morphogenesis and process philosophy.
- Sterner uses methods from philosophy and social science to investigate how knowledge systems can better address wicked problems. His current projects focus on biodiversity data, modeling, governance, and philosophy.
- Helitzer's research has focused on health outcome improvements through interventions in communities and in clinical settings.
- Megan Mastro is a Spanish instructor/researcher. Her research serves Catholic bilingual families to promote the link between the well-being/harmony of families as an effective avenue for fostering bilingualism in the US.
- Paris Masek holds a PhD in Indigenous American Literatures and Cultures from Arizona State University where he is also an Associate Faculty member in the English Department.
- Lindsey Reymore is an assistant professor of Music Theory and co-director of the CACTUS Music Lab. Her research investigates the role of timbre—the perceptual qualities or characteristics of sound—in musical experience.