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School of Sustainability Faculty

Appointed Faculty

Named Professorships

These titles of distinction are awarded to faculty with extraordinary achievements.

Gary Dirks
Senior Director, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and LightWorks®
garydirks@asu.edu
480-889-4820
Michael Hanemann
Julie A. Wrigley Chair in Sustainability, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Michael.Hanemann@asu.edu
Rob Melnick
Director, International Programs, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Rob.Melnick@asu.edu
480-965-5233
Kathleen Merrigan
Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Kelly and Brian Swette Professor of Sustainable Food Systems
Kathleen.Merrigan@asu.edu
Charles Redman
Founding Director, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
charles.redman@asu.edu
480-965-2975
Osvaldo Sala
Founding Director, Global Drylands Center, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Osvaldo.Sala@asu.edu
480-965-4120
Peter Schlosser
Vice President, Vice Provost and Professor, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
schlosser@asu.edu
Billie Turner II
Regents Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Billie.L.Turner@asu.edu
480-965-1535
Sander van der Leeuw
Director, Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, Arizona State University-Sante Fe Institute
vanderle@asu.edu
480-965-6214

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Joshua Abbott
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Joshua.K.Abbott@asu.edu
480-965-5528
Rimjhim Aggarwal
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Rimjhim.Aggarwal@asu.edu
480-965-6680
Datu Buyung Agusdinata
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Datu.Buyung.Agusdinata@asu.edu
480-965-5738
Marty Anderies
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Marty.Anderies@asu.edu
480-965-8712
Sir Jonathan Bate
Regents Professor, College of Global Futures
Christopher Boone
Dean, College of Global Futures
Christopher.G.Boone@asu.edu
480-965-2236
Hanna Breetz
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Hanna.Breetz@asu.edu
480-727-0408
Craig Calhoun
University Professor of Social Sciences, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
craig.calhoun@asu.edu
480-727-7717
Arianne Cease
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
acease@asu.edu
Dan Childers
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
dan.childers@asu.edu
480-965-2320
Scott Cloutier
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
scott.cloutier@asu.edu
Nicole Darnall
Director and Co-founder, Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative
ndarnall@asu.edu
Tyler DesRoches
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
tyler.desroches@asu.edu
480-727-3273
Hallie Eakin
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
hallie.eakin@asu.edu
480 727 7764
Michael Hanemann
Julie A. Wrigley Chair in Sustainability, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Michael.Hanemann@asu.edu
Marco Janssen
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Marco.Janssen@asu.edu
480-727-7067
Sonja Klinsky
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Sonja.Klinsky@asu.edu
Kailin Kroetz
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
kkroetz@asu.edu
480-965-4164
Kelli Larson
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
kelli.larson@asu.edu
Bryan Leonard
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Bryan.Leonard@asu.edu
Chuan Liao
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
cliao29@asu.edu
David Manuel-Navarrete
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
davidmn@asu.edu
Melissa Nelson
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Melissa.K.Nelson@asu.edu
480-965-9622
Nathan Parker
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
ncparker@asu.edu
Theodore Pavlic
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
tpavlic@asu.edu
480-965-2899
Stephanie Pfirman
Professor, School of Ocean Futures, College of Global Futures
spfirman@asu.edu
Charles Redman
Founding Director, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
charles.redman@asu.edu
480-965-2975
Osvaldo Sala
Founding Director, Global Drylands Center, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Osvaldo.Sala@asu.edu
480-965-4120
Peter Schlosser
Vice President, Vice Provost and Professor, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
schlosser@asu.edu
Michael Schoon
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
michael.schoon@asu.edu
480-965-0919
Cynthia Selin
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Cynthia.Selin@asu.edu
480-965-4349
Billie Turner II
Regents Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Billie.L.Turner@asu.edu
480-965-1535
Sander van der Leeuw
Director, Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, Arizona State University-Sante Fe Institute
vanderle@asu.edu
480-965-6214
Jennifer Vanos
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jvanos@asu.edu
480-965-6380
Arnim Wiek
Professor, School of Sustainability Faculty, College of Global Futures
arnim.wiek@asu.edu
Jianguo Wu
Dean's Distinguished Professor, School of Life Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and School of Sustainabilty, College of Global Futures
Jingle.Wu@asu.edu
602-543-6240

Professors of Practice

George Basile
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
george.basile@asu.edu
480-965-7094
Katharine Batten
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Katharine.Batten@asu.edu
Peter Byck
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Peter.Byck@asu.edu
Alex Dehgan
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
alex.dehgan@asu.edu
Gary Dirks
Senior Director, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and LightWorks®
garydirks@asu.edu
480-889-4820
Rob Melnick
Director, International Programs, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Rob.Melnick@asu.edu
480-965-5233
Kathleen Merrigan
Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Kelly and Brian Swette Professor of Sustainable Food Systems
Kathleen.Merrigan@asu.edu
James Miller
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Jim.E.Miller@ASU.edu
Bruno Sarda
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
bruno.sarda@asu.edu
602-321-6037

Lecturers

Bjoern Hagen
Lecturer, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
bhagen1@asu.edu
480-727-5963
Milan Shrestha
Senior Lecturer, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Milan.Shrestha@asu.edu
480-965-7175

Research Professors

Ivan Ermanoski
Research Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
ivan.ermanoski@asu.edu
Melissa Guardaro
Assistant Research Professor, Healthy Urban Environments (HUE), Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Melissa.Guardaro@asu.edu
Jack Kittinger
Research Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jkittinger@conservation.org
Rob Melnick
Director, International Programs, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Rob.Melnick@asu.edu
480-965-5233

Clinical Professors

Katja Brundiers
Associate Clinical Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
katja.brundiers@asu.edu
480-965-1304
Candice Carr Kelman
Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Candice.Carr.Kelman@asu.edu
480-965-4460
Nalini Chhetri
Clinical Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Nalini.Chhetri@asu.edu
David Feary
Clinical Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
David.Feary@asu.edu
480-965-9292
Jose Lobo
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jose.lobo@asu.edu
480-965-3747

Faculty

Graduate Faculty

Faculty who are approved to be members and chairs of graduate students’ thesis and dissertation committees.

Braden Allenby
President's Professor and Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Braden.Allenby@asu.edu
480-727-8594
Daniel Bodansky
Foundation Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Daniel.Bodansky@asu.edu
480-727-8577
Alexandra Brewis
Regents Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
alex.brewis@asu.edu
480-727-9879
Harvey Bryan
Professor Emeritus, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
harvey.bryan@asu.edu
480-965-6094
Shauna BurnSilver
Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Shauna.BurnSilver@asu.edu
480-965-7671
Mikhail Chester
Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
mchester@asu.edu
480-965-9779
Netra Chhetri
Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
Netra.Chhetri@asu.edu
480-727 0747
Oswald Chong
Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Oswald.Chong@asu.edu
Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University
Michael.Crow@asu.edu
Maria Cruz-Torres
Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
maria.cruz-torres@asu.edu
480-965-8483
Kevin Dooley
Chief Research Scientist, The Sustainability Consortium, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Kevin.Dooley@asu.edu
480-965-6833
Peter Fox
Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
peter.fox@asu.edu
480-965-1734
Nancy Grimm
Regents Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
nbgrimm@asu.edu
480-965-4735
LaDawn Haglund
Associate Professor, Faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry, John Jay College (CUNY)
lhaglund@jjay.cuny.edu
480-965-7083
Arjun Heimsath
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arjun.Heimsath@asu.edu
480-965-5585
Mark Henderson
Emeritus, Barrett, The Honors College
Mark.Henderson@asu.edu
480-727-1062
Paul Hirt
Emeritus Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Paul.Hirt@asu.edu
480-727-9084
Kamil Kaloush
Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Kamil.Kaloush@asu.edu
480-965-5509
Darshan Karwat
Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
Darshan.Karwat@asu.edu
480-965-0077
Ann Kinzig
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ann.Kinzig@asu.edu
480-965-6838
Mark Klett
Regents Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
mklett@asu.edu
480-965-5367
Alex Mahalov
Dean's Distinguished Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Alex.Mahalov@asu.edu
480-965-0408
Joan McGregor
Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
joan.mcgregor@asu.edu
480-965-5028
Clark Miller
Associate Director for Faculty and Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
clark.miller@asu.edu
480-965-1778
Margaret Nelson
President's Professor Emeritus, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
mnelson@asu.edu
480-965-9520
Martin ("Mike") Pasqualetti
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
pasqualetti@asu.edu
480-965-4548
Charles Perrings
Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
charles.perrings@asu.edu
480-727-0472
Patrick Phelan
Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
phelan@asu.edu
480-965-1625
K. David Pijawka
Professor Emeritus, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
pijawka@asu.edu
480-727-7319
Beth Polidoro
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Beth.Polidoro@asu.edu
602-543-5686
T. Agami Reddy
SRP Professor of Energy and Environment Emeritus, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
reddyta@asu.edu
480-727-7417
Deborah Salon
Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Deborah.Salon@asu.edu
Daniel Sarewitz
Professor of Science and Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
Daniel.Sarewitz@asu.edu
202-446-0386
Thomas Seager
Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Thomas.Seager@asu.edu
R Shangraw, Jr.
President, Cintana Education
rick.shangraw@asu.edu
480-965-7393
Shade Shutters
Research Scientist, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, College of Global Futures
shade.shutters@asu.edu
Billie Turner II
Regents Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Billie.L.Turner@asu.edu
480-965-1535
Enrique Vivoni
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
vivoni@asu.edu
480-727-3575
Douglas Webster
Professor Emeritus, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Douglas.Webster@asu.edu
480-727-0737
Jameson Wetmore
Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
Jameson.Wetmore@asu.edu
480-727-0750
Christopher Wharton
Associate Professor of Nutrition, College of Health Solutions
christopher.wharton@asu.edu
602-496-1727
Dave White
Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Dave.White@asu.edu
480-727-9234
Philip White
Associate Professor, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
philip.white.1@asu.edu
602-349-6866
Abigail York
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Abigail.York@asu.edu
480-727-6889

Visiting Professors

Instructors

Brigitte Bavousett
Instructional Professional and Undergraduate Recruiter, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Brigitte.Bavousett@asu.edu
480-965-5133
Jay Beeks
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jcbeeks@asu.edu
Dorothy Broomall
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Dorothy.Trippel@asu.edu
Jaleila Brumand
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jaleila.brumand@asu.edu
Gillian Clark
Instructional Designer, School of Sustainability
Gillian.Clark@asu.edu
Ryan Cornell
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Ryan.Cornell@asu.edu
Susan Daluddung
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
sdaluddu@asu.edu
Alycia de Mesa
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
alyciademesa@asu.edu
Stevan Earl
Information Manager, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-term Ecological Research Project, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
stevan.earl@asu.edu
480-965-1851
Lisa Estrada
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
lisa.estrada@asu.edu
Daniel Fischer
Associate Professor for Consumer Communication and Sustainability, Wageningen University and Research
dfischer@uni.leuphana.de
Marsha Gonzaga
Career Management Associate, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Marsha.Gonzaga@asu.edu
480-727-6963
Annie Hale
Director, Research and Development, Pathfinder Center Biodesign Institute
anniehale@asu.edu
480-965-3968
Karina Hilton Spiegel
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
khiltonspiegel@asu.edu
Emily Holleran
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Claire Jeffries
Faculty Associate, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
claire.sullivan@asu.edu
Jennifer Johnson
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jenniferjohnson@thunderbird.asu.edu
Jonathan Kelman
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
jonathan.kelman@asu.edu
Monika Ketri
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
mkondura@asu.edu
781-288-2037
Auriane Koster
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
auriane.koster@asu.edu
Alec Linde
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Alec.Linde@asu.edu
Nancy Mancilla
Faculty Associate, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Nancy.Mancilla@asu.edu
Elizabeth Mayes
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Elizabeth.Mayes@asu.edu
Barbara McCutchan
Faculty Associate, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Barbara.McCutchan@asu.edu
Nuri Onat
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
nonat@asu.edu
Paul Prosser
Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Paul.Prosser@asu.edu
480-965-5040
Aaron Redman
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
aaron.redman@asu.edu
Caroline Savalle
Assistant Director, Internships & Experiential Education, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Caroline.Savalle@asu.edu
480-965-5487
Ganesh Shivakoti
Faculty Associate, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
ganesh.shivakoti@asu.edu
Michael Sieng
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Michael.Sieng@asu.edu
Michelle Stewart
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Michelle.Pulich.Stewart@asu.edu
Philip Tarrant
Research Data Management Officer, Knowledge Enterprise Development
philip.tarrant@asu.edu
480-727-7860
Beth Volker
Assistant Director, Undergraduate Academic Services, College of Global Futures
Beth.Volker@asu.edu
480-727-6963
Svenja Wagner
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
skwagne1@asu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Philip Allsopp
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
philip.allsopp@asu.edu
Matthias Barth
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
mbarth4@asu.edu
Charles Bayless
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
spfirman@asu.edu
Janine Benyus
Co-Founder, Biomimicry 3.8
Luis Bojórquez-Tapia
Investigador Titular "B", Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
bojorquez@ecologia.unam.mx
56-22-89-98
Ilan Chabay
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
ichabay@asu.edu
CaSondra Devine
Enterprise Sustainability Leader, Wells Fargo
Daniel Fischer
Associate Professor for Consumer Communication and Sustainability, Wageningen University and Research
dfischer@uni.leuphana.de
Colin Harrison
Distinguished Engineer Emeritus, IBM
Daniel Lang
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Daniel.J.Lang@asu.edu
Tischa Munoz-Erickson
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
tamunozerickson@fs.fed.us
928-600-1613
Meridel Rubenstein
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, c
Henrik von Wehrden
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
henrik.vonwehrden@asu.edu
Yongsheng Zhang
Adjunct Faculty, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures