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.
2021–2022 Regents Professors
Lindy Elkins-TantonSchool of Earth and Space Exploration A Foundation professor, Elkins-Tanton is a scholarly leader whose research directly addresses big questions about the formation and evolution of rocky planets and their habitability. She is the principal investigator of the NASA Psyche Mission, a $738 million project launching in 2022 that will investigate a unique body in the asteroid belt. | |
Karen HarrisMary Lou Fulton Teachers College Harris is a groundbreaking scholar who has transformed contemporary notions of writing instruction. The Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education, she is regarded as the international authority on integrating theoretical perspectives and research in the domain of writing, best known for developing and co-researching the Self-Regulated Strategy Development model of instruction for both special and general education. | |
| Ying-Cheng LaiSchool of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Lai is the ISS Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering at ASU and one of the world’s most influential and innovative researchers in nonlinear dynamics and complex systems. He focuses on relativistic quantum chaos, an interdisciplinary field that he pioneered at the boundaries of three branches of theoretical physics: quantum mechanics, relativity and chaos theory |
| David MacKinnonDepartment of Psychology A Foundation Professor, MacKinnon is globally recognized as a leader in quantitative psychology, specifically quantitative methods in prevention and intervention science. He has applied these approaches to develop and refine interventions that address some of the most pressing issues of modern times, including the prevention of adolescent drug abuse. |
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
2006–2007 Regents Professors
| 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 | |
| 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 | E |
| 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 |
1998–1999
1998–1999 Regents Professors
| 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
1996–1997 Regents Professors
| 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 | E |
| Dennis James Palumbo | Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions | D |
| Mary Beth Gorman Stearns | Department of Physics | D |
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