The faculty of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, School of Planning, and the Departments of Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Visual Communication Design participate in offering the degree. Faculty from disciplines outside of the College of Design may participate in the program if appropriate to the interdisciplinary nature of the student's research interest.
The College of Design faculty members listed below are the only members who are approved to chair dissertation committees within the program.
Harvey Bryan, Ph.D., M.S., M.Arch., University of California-Berkeley; B.Arch., Arizona State University. Energy and buildings, building simulation, and environmental impacts of buildings.
Email: Harvey.Bryan@asu.edu
Edward A. Cook, Ph.D., Wageningen University (Netherlands); M.L.A., Utah State University; B.S. Washington State University. Urban open space planning, ecological networks and greenways, riparian corridor planning, ecological design.
Email: Edward.Cook@asu.edu
Renata P. Hejduk, Ph.D. Harvard University; M.A. Tufts University, A.B. Columbia University. History of architectural theory 1945–present, especially its relationship to continental philosophy, culture, and literary theory, history and theories of the European and American radical avant-gardes in architecture and urbanism of the 1960s and 70s.
Email: renata.hejduk@asu.edu
Thomas Morton, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania ; B.A., Pennsylvania State University. The architecture and urbanism of the Roman Empire, the city of Rome through time, the ancient and medieval Mediterranean, North Africa (antiquity through the present day). Email: Thomas.Morton@asu.edu
Filiz Ozel, D. Arch., University of Michigan; M.Arch., Middle East Technical University; B.Arch., Middle East Technical University. Life/fire safety, knowledge based systems for code compliance, emergency egress, computer simulation, data modeling, environmental cognition.
Email: Ozel@asu.edu
Paul K. Zygas, Ph.D., Cornell University; M.Arch., Harvard Graduate School of Design; A.B. cum laude, Harvard College. Architectural history and theory, modern architecture, baroque architecture.
Email: zygas@asu.edu
Department of Interior Design
Diane Bender, Ph.D., M.A., B.A., Michigan State University. Computer-aided design, online design education, e-portfolio creation and assessment, technology in work environments.
Email: Diane.Bender@asu.edu
Beverly K. Brandt, Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Michigan State University; B.F.A., University of Michigan. Design history, theory, criticism; the Arts and Crafts Movement; historic interiors; American craft.
Email: Beverly.Brandt@asu.edu
Department of Industrial Design
Jacques Giard, Ph.D. Concordia University (Canada); H. Dip. Design, Birmingham Polytechnic (United Kingdom); Dip. Design, Institut des arts appliques (Canada). Cultural and contextual values in design; operational issues in design; microeconomic enterprises in design.
Email: Jacques.Giard@asu.edu
Carlos Balsas . Ph.D. and M.R.P., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Licentiate degree in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Aveiro (Portugal). Urban revitalization, mega-event development, nonmotorized transportation planning, sustainable development, international planning. Email: Carlos.Balsas@asu.edu
Katherine Crewe, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts , Amherst ; M.L.A., University of California, Berkeley ; B.A., Rhodes University (South Africa). History of landscape architecture and planning, citizen participation in landscape architecture, social theory.
Email: Katherine.Crewe@asu.edu
Hemalata Dandekar, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; M.Arch., University of Michigan; B.Arch., University of Bombay. International urbanization, city development, housing and gender, rural development, vernacular architecture.
Email: hema@asu.edu
Aaron Golub, Ph.D., University of Calirfonia, Berkeley; M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Social equity and environmental impacts of transportation; public transportation planning, finance, policy, and regulation; sustainable transportation systems; urban travel behavior and mode choice; advanced bus transit systems and vehicle technologies; transportation planning and policy making in developing countries; informal transportation providers and their regulation; planning and policy for nonmotorized transportation modes; the history of transportation in the United States.
Email:
Aaron.Golub@asu.edu
Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; M.C.R.P., Iowa State; B.Arch. Jadavpur U. Calcutta (India). Local and regional economic development, housing, transportation, urban and land economics, developing country studies.
Email: Subhro.Guha@asu.edu
Nabil Kamel, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; M.U.P., Texas A&M University; B.Sc., Cairo University (Egypt). Social and environmental justice, regional and international development, post-disaster planning, housing and land use planning, urban design. Email: nkamel@asu.edu
Joochul Kim, Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.U.P., University of Michigan; B.A., University of California, Berkeley. International development, economic reforms and housing in China, urban development in Korea , neighborhood development.
Email: Joochul.Kim@asu.edu
Francisco Lara, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.R.P., El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico); Bachelors in Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (Mexico). Regional and urban development in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, socioenvironmental vulnerability, urban health, integrated border management.
Email: fcolara@asu.edu
David Pijawka, Ph.D., M.A., Clark University; B.A. Brock University (Canada). Environmental planning, risk and hazards research, perception and behavior, sustainable design and development, socioeconomic impacts, U.S.-Mexico border. Email: Pijawka@asu.edu
Ruth Yabes, Ph.D., Cornell; M.C.P., University of Pennsylvania , B.S., B.A., University of California, Davis. Planning pedagogy, citizen participation, neighborhood planning and community development, international planning, urban planning.
Email: Ruth.Yabes@asu.edu
(ASU Polytechnic Campus)
Douglas Green, Ph.D., Oregon State University; M.S., North Dakota State University; B.S., Humboldt State University. Soil ecology, nutrient cycling, riparian ecology, watershed management.
Email: Douglas.Green@asu.edu
William H. Miller, Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Washington State University. Geographic information systems, range habitats and nutrition.
Email: William.Miller@asu.edu
Alvin H. Mushkatel, Ph.D. and M.S., University of Oregon; B.A., Ohio State University. Housing, policy evaluation, land use planning and policy, environmental policy, natural and technological hazards policy, emergency management, growth management policy, economic development policy. Email: Alvin.M@asu.edu
Gary L. Whysong, Ph.D., University of Wyoming; M.S., B.S., Montana State University. Current research and creative activities focus on quantitative ecology, vegetation sampling theory, geographic information systems, dynamic spatial modeling.
Email: Gary.Whysong@asu.edu
Academic Connection Faculty
Below are links to the different faculty pages for departments who have an academic connection with the PhD program
Applied Biological Sciences
Arts, Media, and Engineering
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
School of Sustainability
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