Regents Professors

The title “Regents Professor” is the highest faculty honor awarded at Arizona State University. It is conferred on ASU faculty who have made pioneering contributions in their areas of expertise, achieved a sustained level of distinction and enjoy national and international recognition for these accomplishments. Please click on the year(s) below to read about the accomplishments of these honorees.

2019–20

2018–19

2018–19 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Michelene Chi	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Donald Fixico	School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Stewart Fotheringham	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Osvaldo Sala	School of Life Sciences The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2017–18

2017–18 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Daniel Bodansky	Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Barry Bozeman	School of Public Affairs
Thomas Dishion	Department of Psychology	D
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson	School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

2016–17

2016–17 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Robert Nemanich	Department of Physics
Anne Stone	School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Paul Westerhoff	School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

2015–16

2015–16 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Petra Fromme (video)	School of Molecular Sciences
Robert E. Page Jr. (video)	School of Life Sciences	E
Billie Lee Turner II (video)	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

2014–15

2014–15 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Stephen Bokenkamp (video)	School of International Letters and Culture
Janet Franklin (video)	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning	F
Edward Kavazanjian (video)	School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Flavio Marsiglia (video)	School of Social Work

2013–14

2013–14 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Barbara Ainsworth (video)	School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Exercise and Wellness
Aditi Chattopadhyay (video)	School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
James Paul Gee (video)	Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation	R
Bert Höelldobler (video)	School of Life Sciences

2012–13

2012–13 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Ronald J. Adrian (video)	School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Sudhir Kumar (video)	School of Life Sciences, The Biodesign Institute	F
Rebecca Tsosie (video)	Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, American Indian Studies	F

2011–12

2011–12 Regents Professors

Professor	College or School
Luc Anselin (video)	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning	F
Paul Davies (video)	Physics
Colleen Keller (video)	College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Jerry Y. S. Lin (video)	School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Gary Marchant (video)	Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Simon Ortiz (video)	Department of English	E
Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez (video)	School of Transborder Studies

2010–11

2010–11 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Rachel G. Fuchs (video)	Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies	D
Devens Gust (video)	Chemistry and Biochemistry	E
Sally L. Kitch (video)	Women and Gender Studies
Ana L. Moore (video)	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Thomas A. Moore (video)	Chemistry and Biochemistry
V. Kerry Smith (video)	Economics	E

2008–09

2008–09 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Jane Buikstra (video)	Human Evolution and Social Change
James Elser (video)	Life Sciences	F
Bruce Rittmann (video)	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michael J. Saks (video)	Law and Psychology
Dieter Schroder (video)	Electrical Engineering	D

2007–08

2007–08 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Laurie Chassin (video)	Psychology
Stuart Lindsay (video)	Physics
James Ohlson (video)	Accountancy	F
Otto F. Sankey (video)	Physics	E
Elly van Gelderen (video)	English

2006–07

Professor	Expertise
Subhash Mahajan (video)	Physics	E
Richard Rogerson (video)	Economics	F

2005–06

2005–06 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Cordelia Chávez Candelaria	English	E
Carlos Castillo-Chavez (video)	Mathematics and Statistics
Douglas Montgomery (video)	Industrial Engineering
George H. Poste (video)	Biology
Edward C. Prescott (video)	Economics
Rogier Windhorst (video)	Physics and Astronomy

2004–05

2004–05 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Charles Arntzen (video)	Life Sciences	E
Philip Christensen (video)	Geological Sciences
Gene Glass (video)	Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Psychology in Education	E
Luis Gomez-Mejia (video)	Management
Stephen Pyne (video)	Life Sciences	E
Irwin Sandler (video)	Psychology	E
Mary Lee Smith (video)	Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Psychology in Education	E

2002–03

2002–03 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Geoffrey A. Clark	Anthropology	E
Gerald T. Heydt	Electrical Engineering	E
Mark Klett	Art
Jane Maienschein (video)	Life Sciences
Sumner Starrfield	Physics and Astronomy

2000–01

Professor	Expertise
Peter Iverson (video)	History	E
David John Smith (video)	Physics and Astronomy
Kurt Weiser (video)	Art

1998–99

Professor	Expertise
Charles Austen Angell	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Caio Pagano	Music
Nancy Felipe Russo	Psychology	E

1996–97

Professor	Expertise
David C. Berliner	Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Psychology in Education	E
John C. H. Spence	Physics and Astronomy

1994–95

1994–95 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
William Graf	Geography	E
Ronald Greeley	Geological Sciences	D
Theresa Markow	Biology	F
James W. Mayer	Chemical and Materials Engineering Chemistry and Biochemistry Geological Sciences	D
Jeffrie G. Murphy	Law and Philosophy	D
Michael O'Keeffe	Chemistry and Biochemistry	E
Alberto Álvaro Ríos	English

1992–93

Professor	Expertise
Darryl E. Metzger	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	D
William T. Trotter	Mathematics and Statistics	F
Christy G. Turner II	Anthropology	D

1991–92

1991–92 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Constantine A. Balanis	Electrical Engineering
Robert B. Denhardt (video)	Public Affairs	E
Norman E. Dubie Jr.	English
Nancy H. Eisenberg	Psychology
Susan W. Kieffer	Geology	F

1990–91

1990–91 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
David L. Altheide	Justice Studies	E
David W. Foster	Languages and Literatures	D
David Kaye	Law	E
Daniel M. Landers	Kinesiology	E
G. Robert Pettit	Chemistry and Biochemistry

1989–90

1989–90 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
Peter R. Buseck	Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geological Sciences
David R. Hickman	Music
Raymond Kulhavy	Psychology in Education	D
Chinary Ung	School of Music	F
J. Bruce Wagner	Chemistry and Biochemistry	D

1988–89

1988–89 Regents Professors

Professor	Expertise
John Alcock	Life Sciences	E
Robert Cialdini	Psychology	E
Jeffrey Cook	Architecture	D
John M. Cowley	Physics and Astronomy	D
Leroy Eyring	Chemistry and Biochemistry	D
Martin T. Farris	Purchasing, Transportation and Operations	D
David K. Ferry	Electrical Engineering	E
Gary D. Keller	Languages and Literatures	D
Sheng Hsien Lin	Chemistry and Biochemistry	E
Lee Meyerson	Psychology	D
Warren E. Miller	Political Science	D
Carleton Bryant Moore	Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geological Sciences	E
Dennis James Palumbo	Justice Studies	D
Mary Beth Gorman Stearns	Physics and Astronomy	D

Emeritus (E) | Deceased (D) | Retired (R) | Former (F)

	Blake Ashforth Management and Entrepreneurship Department W. P. Carey School of Business Ashforth’s work focuses on how organizations and individuals affect each other, how newcomers find meaning and a sense of identity in their workplaces, and why things go wrong in organizations, from corporate corruption to job burnout.
	Nancy Grimm School of Life Sciences The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Grimm is a scientist who has had an international impact in the environmental sciences and is a pioneer in desert stream ecosystems. Her collaborations across the disciplines of earth, life and social sciences, as well as engineering, helped create the subdiscipline of urban ecology.
	Joan Silk School of Human Evolution and Social Change The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Silk is recognized internationally as a leader in the study of primate and human behavioral evolution. Her research has transformed understanding about the relationship between nonhuman primate behavior and human evolution, especially the origin of humans’ prosocial behavior, such as sharing, cooperating and volunteering.
	Cassia Spohn School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions Spohn has shaped three areas of criminology: race and justice, sentencing and handling of sexual assault cases. Her work on sentencing was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in revising sentencing guidelines to eliminate systemic biases.
	Vijay Vittal School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Vittal’s expertise is in the field of large-scale power grids – the transmission, distribution and security of energy infrastructure, including smart-grid and renewable energy technologies. One of his pioneering contributions has been the development of methods for dealing with fluctuations on the power grid due to renewable energy sources.