Pulitzer Prize winner
Read moreRita Dove holds an honorary degree from Arizona State University and is a former ASU Department of English faculty member.
MacArthur fellow
Read moreMacArthur Fellowship recipient Stephen Pyne has written 15 books on the history and management of wild land and rural fire, including big-screen surveys for the U.S., Canada, Australia and Europe.
Pulitzer Prize winner
Read moreLeonard Downie’s 17-year tenure as executive editor with the Washington Post included 25 Pulitzer Prizes and three Gold Medals in Public Service.
Nobel laureate
Read moreEdward Prescott shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for work on dynamic macroeconomics, relating the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles.
Faculty excellence
The Arizona State University faculty is at the forefront nationally in advancing research and discovery. Our more than 4,700 faculty members inspire new ways of thinking, innovating and solving problems socially, culturally and economically in our region and in the international community.
We aspire to create an accessible academic experience and attract faculty not bound by traditional disciplinary distinctions, but who embrace an inclusive, collaborative and entrepreneurial environment defined by excellence and impact.
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Faculty profile
Fall 2020 | Full and part time
Total faculty: 4,919
| Number | Percent | |
| Business | 330 | 6.7% |
| Design and the Arts | 407 | 8.3% |
| Engineering | 610 | 12.4% |
| Global Futures | 119 | 2.4% |
| Global Management | 39 | 0.8% |
| Health Solutions | 180 | 3.7% |
| Honors | 46 | 0.9% |
| Integrative Sciences and Arts | 360 | 7.3% |
| Journalism | 117 | 2.4% |
| Law | 115 | 2.3% |
| The College | 1,351 | 27.5% |
| New College | 242 | 4.9% |
| Nursing and Health Innovation | 248 | 5% |
| Public Service and Community Solutions | 347 | 7.1% |
| Teachers College | 300 | 6.1% |
| University College | 0 | 0% |
| Other | 108 | 2.2% |
Tenure status
| Tenured | 1,495 | 30.4% |
| On tenure track | 502 | 10.2% |
| Not on tenure track | 2,922 | 59.4% |
Faculty rank
| Full Professor | 1,077 | 21.9% |
| Associate Professor | 839 | 17.1% |
| Assistant Professor | 812 | 16.5% |
| Instructor | 486 | 9.9% |
| Lecturer | 591 | 12% |
| No Rank | 1,114 | 22.6% |
Gender
| Female | 2,423 | 49.3% |
| Male | 2,496 | 50.7% |
Ethnicity
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 41 | 0.8% |
| Asian | 502 | 10.2% |
| Black/African American | 144 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 386 | 7.8% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races | 77 | 1.6% |
| Unspecified | 462 | 9.4% |
| White | 3,305 | 67.2% |
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