Faculty

The HSD Ph.D. Program has a broad, interdisciplinary, faculty comprised of faculty members from across all four ASU campuses.

Program Steering Committee

Name Title Unit Research Interests
Clark Miller, HSD Chair Associate Professor Political Science International Science Policy
Elizabeth Corley Assistant Professor Public Affairs Science & Research Policy
Karin Ellison Associate Director Biology and Society History of Technology, Research Ethics
Gary Grossman Associate Professor
Technology Management
Technology & Institutional Change 
David Guston Professor Political Science US Science & Technology Policy
Joseph Herkert
 
Associate Professor
Humanities and Art
Engineering Ethics 
Paul Hirt Associate Professor History Environmental History
Ann Hibner Koblitz Professor Women and Gender Studies Gender & Science
Jane Maienschein Regents' Professor Life Sciences History & Philosophy of Biology
Jason Scott Robert Assistant Professor Life Sciences Ethics & Philosophy of Science
Daniel Sarewitz Professor Life Sciences Science & Technology Policy
Jameson Wetmore Assistant Professor Human Evolution and Social Change Technology Studies

Program Faculty

Name Title Unit Research Interests
Joni Adamson Associate Professor Humanities and Arts Environmental Literature
Patience Akpan-Obong Assistant Professor Social and Behavioral Sciences ICT and Development
Brad Allenby Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Earth Systems Engineering
J. Marty Anderies Assistant Professor Human Evolution and Social Change Institutions, Society, and Environment
Brad Armendt Associate Professor Philosophy Philosophy of Science
Daniel Barben Associate Research Professor Science, Policy and Outcomes Science & Technology Policy
Netra Chhetri Assistant Professor Science, Policy and Outcomes Climate Change & Vulnerability
Richard Creath Professor Philosophy Philosophy of Science
Maria Luz Cruz-Torres Associate Professor Women and Gender Studies Anthropology of Gender and the Environment
Greg Daneke Professor Management and Agribusiness Political Economy of Energy Transitions
Jill Fisher Assistant Professor Women and Gender Studies Sociology of Science & Medicine
Mary Margaret Fonow Professor Women and Gender Studies Feminist Methodology
Ed Hackett Professor Human Evolution and Social Change Sociology of Science
Andrew Hamilton Assistant Professor Life Sciences Philosophy of Classification
Randel Hanson Assistant Professor Social and Behavioral Sciences Environmental Policy & Justice
Steven Hoffman Associate Professor Life Sciences Philosophy of Neuroscience
Marco Janssen Assistant Professor Human Evolution and Social Change Institutions & Collective Action
David Kaye Regents' Professor Law Law, Science & Technology
Ann Kinzig Associate Professor Life Sciences Conservation Biology
Leslie Landrum Senior Research Scientist Life Sciences Plant Biodiversity
Manfred Laubichler Professor Life Sciences Theoretical Biology
Merlyna Lim Assistant Professor Justice and Social Inquiry Politics & Culture of Technology
John Lynch Senior Lecturer Honors History of (Anti)-Evolution
Tom Martin Honors Faculty Fellow Honors History of Science
Arthur Mason Assistant Professor Justice and Social Inquiry Anthropology of Technology
Torin Monahan Assistant Professor Justice and Social Inquiry Surveillance Studies
John Parker Honors Faculty Fellow Honors Scientific Collaboration
Mary Jane Parmentier Lecturer Technology Management Technology & Development
Charles Perrings Professor Life Sciences Ecological Economics
Kathleen Pigg Associate Professor Life Sciences Paleobotany
Steve Pyne Regent's Professor Life Sciences Environment, Writing Nonfiction
Duane Roen Professor and Director Humanities and Arts Writing & Critical Thinking
Cynthia Selin Assistant Research Professor Science, Policy and Outcomes Sciences of the Future
Andrew Smith Parent's Association Professor Life Sciences Biodiversity Conservation
Ed Sylvester Professor Journalism Science Journalism
Kim TallBear Assistant Professor American Indian Studies Genomics & Native Governance
Hoyt Tillman Professor History History of Chinese Medicine
Sander Van Der Leeuw Professor and Director Human Evolution and Social Change Human Technologies
J. Mcgregor Wise Associate Professor Communication Studies Technology & Culture
Marjorie Zatz Director Justice and Social Inquiry Race, Ethnicity & Gender