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.

2022–2023 Regents Professors

	Stacy Leeds Sandra Day O’ Connor College of Law A Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership, Leeds is considered one of the most important figures in the world of Indian law and policy and has served on the judiciaries of 10 tribal nations. Leeds’ accomplishments include publication of books and articles, development of new courses, connections to the Native American community, grants and mentoring of Indigenous students.
	Huan Liu School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence Liu is widely regarded as a pioneer in AI research. He focuses on developing computational methods for data mining, machine learning and social computing. His contributions in big data include development of AI models that can impact health care, social media and mis/disinformation, algorithmic solutions for socially responsible AI and, in collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers, improving our nation’s water sustainability.
	Michael Lynch School of Life Sciences Lynch is the director of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution. He has been hailed as the world’s leading quantitative geneticist with research that focuses on uncovering the mechanisms driving evolution at the genomic, cellular and organismic levels. His impactful work in the field of evolutionary biology has been funded from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of the Army.
	Alexandra Navrotsky School of Molecular Sciences School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy Navrotsky is the director of the Navrotsky Eyring Center for the Materials of the Universe. She has been described as the world’s leading scientist in the field of thermochemistry of minerals and related solid-state materials. Her discoveries have been of fundamental importance in solid-state chemistry, geochemistry, materials science and engineering, exoplanetary chemistry and materials for space exploration.

2021–2022

2021–2022 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Lindy Elkins-Tanton	School of Earth and Space Exploration
Karen Harris	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Ying-Cheng Lai	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
David MacKinnon	Department of Psychology

2020–2021

2020–2021 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Ferran Garcia-Pichel	School of Life Sciences
Steve Graham	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Devoney Looser	Department of English
Ayanna Thompson	Department of English

2019–2020

2019–2020 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Blake Ashforth	Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
Nancy Beth Grimm	School of Life Sciences
Joan Silk	School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Cassia Spohn	School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Vijay Vittal	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

2018–2019

2018–2019 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Michelene T.H. Chi	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Donald Fixico	School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Stewart Fotheringham	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Osvaldo Sala	School of Life Sciences; School of Sustainability

2017–2018

2017–2018 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
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

2016–2017

2016–2017 Regents Professors

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

2015–2016

2015–2016 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Petra Fromme (video)	School of Molecular Sciences
Robert E. Page Jr. (video)	School of Life Sciences	E
B L Turner II (video)	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

2014–2015

2014–2015 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
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

2013–2014

2013–2014 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Barbara Ainsworth (video)	School of Nutrition and Health Promotion	E
Aditi Chattopadhyay (video)	School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
James Paul Gee (video)	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	R
Bert Höelldobler (video)	School of Life Sciences

2012–2013

2012–2013 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
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

2011–2012

2011–2012 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Luc Anselin (video)	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning	F
Paul Davies (video)	Department of Physics
Colleen Keller (video)	Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation	E
Jerry Y. S. Lin (video)	School for 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

2010–2011

2010–2011 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Rachel G. Fuchs (video)	School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies	D
Devens Gust (video)	School of Molecular Sciences	E
Sally L. Kitch (video)	School of Social Transformation
Ana Moore (video)	School of Molecular Sciences
Thomas A. Moore (video)	School of Molecular Sciences
V. Kerry Smith (video)	Department of Economics	E

2008–2009

2008–2009 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Jane Buikstra (video)	School of Human Evolution and Social Change
James Elser (video)	School of Life Sciences
Bruce Rittmann (video)	School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Michael J. Saks (video)	Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Dieter Schroder (video)	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering	D

2007–2008

2007–2008 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Laurie Chassin (video)	Department of Psychology
Stuart Lindsay (video)	Department of Molecular Sciences; Department of Physics
James Ohlson (video)	School of Accountancy	F
Otto F. Sankey (video)	Department of Physics	E
Elly van Gelderen (video)	Department of English

2006–2007

Professor	Academic unit
Subhash Mahajan (video)	School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy	E
Richard Rogerson (video)	Department of Economics	F

2005–2006

2005–2006 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Cordelia Chávez Candelaria	Department of English	E
Carlos Castillo-Chavez (video)	School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences	R
Douglas C. Montgomery (video)	School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
George H. Poste (video)	School of Life Sciences
Edward C. Prescott (video)	Department of Economics	D
Rogier Windhorst (video)	School of Earth and Space Exploration

2004–2005

2004–2005 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Charles Arntzen (video)	School of Life Sciences	E
Philip Christensen (video)	School of Earth and Space Exploration
Gene Glass (video)	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	E
Luis Gomez-Mejia (video)	Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
Stephen Pyne (video)	School of Life Sciences	E
Irwin Sandler (video)	Department of Psychology	E
Mary Lee Smith (video)	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	E

2002–2003

2002–2003 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Geoffrey A. Clark	School of Human Evolution and Social Change	E
Gerald T. Heydt	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering	E
Mark Klett	School of Art
Jane Maienschein (video)	School of Life Sciences
Sumner Starrfield	School of Earth and Space Exploration

2000–2001

2000–2001 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Peter Iverson (video)	School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies	D
David John Smith (video)	Department of Physics
Kurt Weiser (video)	School of Art	E

1998–1999

Professor	Academic unit
Charles Austen Angell	School of Molecular Sciences	D
Caio Pagano	School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Nancy Felipe Russo	Department of Psychology	E

1996–1997

Professor	Academic unit
David C. Berliner	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	E
John C. H. Spence	Department of Physics	D

1994–1995

1994–1995 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
William L. Graf	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning	D
Ronald Greeley	School of Earth and Space Exploration	D
Theresa Markow	School of Life Sciences	F
James W. Mayer	School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy	D
Jeffrie G. Murphy	Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law	D
Michael O'Keeffe	School of Molecular Sciences	E
Alberto Álvaro Ríos	Department of English

1992–1993

1992–1993 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Darryl E. Metzger	School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy	D
William T. Trotter	School of Mathematics and Statistics	F
Christy G. Turner II	School of Human Evolution and Social Change	D

1991–1992

1991–1992 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Constantine A. Balanis	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering	E
Robert B. Denhardt (video)	School of Public Affairs	E
Norman E. Dubie Jr.	Department of English
Nancy H. Eisenberg	Department of Psychology
Susan W. Kieffer	School of Earth and Space Exploration	F

1990–1991

1990–1991 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
David L. Altheide	School of Social Transformation	E
David William Foster	School of International Letters and Cultures	D
David Kaye	Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law	E
Daniel M. Landers	College of Health Solutions	E
G. Robert Pettit	School of Molecular Sciences	D

1989–1990

1989–1990 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
Peter R. Buseck	School of Earth and Space Exploration, School of Molecular Sciences
David R. Hickman	School of Music, Dance and Theatre	E
Raymond Kulhavy	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	D
Chinary Ung	School of Music, Dance and Theatre	F
J. Bruce Wagner	School of Molecular Sciences	D

1988–1989

1988–1989 Regents Professors

Professor	Academic unit
John Alcock	School of Life Sciences	E
Robert Cialdini	Department of Psychology	E
Jeffrey Cook	The Design School	D
John M. Cowley	Department of Physics, School of Earth and Space Exploration	D
Leroy Eyring	School of Molecular Sciences	D
Martin T. Farris	Department of Supply Chain Management	D
David K. Ferry	School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering	E
Gary D. Keller	School of International Letters and Cultures	D
Sheng Hsien Lin	School of Molecular Sciences	D
Lee Meyerson	Department of Psychology	D
Warren E. Miller	School of Politics and Global Studies	D
Carleton Bryant Moore	School of Molecular Sciences	D
Dennis James Palumbo	Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions	D
Mary Beth Gorman Stearns	Department of Physics	D

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