ASU Charter monument near College Ave. and University Drive in Tempe, Arizona.

ASU Charter Professors

Charter Professors

A Charter Professor’s record reflects a commitment to ASU’s charter: inclusion and success, research of public value and responsibility for the well-being of the community. The Charter Professor title is, therefore, a temporary credential to signal the close engagement of a particular faculty member with issues relevant to ASU and its charter.

Each year, ASU will sponsor faculty members — tenured or tenure-track faculty member(s) and career-track faculty member(s) — to serve as Charter Professors for a period of three years. Funding will be provided to support the charter-focused projects of each ASU faculty chosen for this honor.

 

 

 

2023 Charter Professors

 

Sara Brownell

Sara Brownell

President’s Professor

School of Life Sciences

Brownell's research focuses on inclusive excellence in undergraduate STEM education, attending to strategies to promote student success across a range of intersectional identities and lived experiences.

 

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Stacy Gandy

Stacey Gandy

Assistant Professor

School of Social Work

Gandy's commitment to ASU’s Charter and design aspirations are most clearly reflected in her work with the Community Collaborative, an interdisciplinary community project that crosscuts six colleges and schools across ASU.

 

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Karen Knierman

Karen Knierman

Assistant Teaching Professor

School of Earth and Space Exploration

Knierman’s passion for astronomy and physics education is not only evident in her ASU classrooms, but in her impact on the broader community. Knierman has trained more than 500 teachers to use the Starlab portable planetarium.

 

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Gilberto Lopez

Gilberto Lopez

Assistant Professor

School of Transborder Studies

Lopez’s research focuses on addressing social and health disparities in the Latino community, demonstrating his commitment to ASU’s focus on research of public value that promotes community well-being.

 

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