Event Details
CISA Student-Faculty Virtual Networking Event
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Zoom
(Link provided in confirmation email)
United States

Start your journey towards your professional goals with your CISA professors! Network with instructors who have experience and expertise in a range of fields or learn more about their research and undergraduate research opportunities. On the registration page, you will be able to select TWO (2) of the following faculty members whose work you are interested in.

ALL participating students will be entered into a drawing for a newly designed CISA t-shirt!!

 
Asao Inoue, Professor and Associate Dean
Unit:  Office of the Dean
Research Topics:   Antiracist Writing Assessment, Rhetoric and Composition
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Many colleges and universities across the U.S.
 
Bethney Michaels, Lecturer
Unit: Languages and Cultures
Research Topics: Health Communication
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, University of Kentucky, University of Central Florida
Current Research Opportunities:   Independent study, honors contracts. Please send an email to  bethney.michaels@asu.edu
 
Brent Scholar, Lecturer
Unit: Leadership and Integrative Studies
Research Topics: Diversty, Equity and Inclusion
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Banking, Mortgage, Restaurants, Nonprofits
 
Carla Mahnke, Assistant Director, Office of Equity and Inclusion
Unit:  Leadership and Integrative studies
Research Topics:   Diversty, Equity and Inclusion; Human Resources; Discrimination, Harassment and Sexual Harassment Investigations
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, Student Services: Dean of Students Office, Student Rights and Responsibilities (student conduct), Student Advocacy and Assistance; Employment Matters: Discrimination and Harassment Investigations, Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
 
Cayle Lisenbee, Lecturer
Unit: Science, Mathematics, and Social Science
Research Topics: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Microscopy, Educational Strategies, Teacher Training
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Mayo Clinic, Maricopa Community College District, Phoenix Union High School District, Biology Articulation Task Force, Project-based Learning Programs, AquaTouch Aquarium Systems
Current Research Opportunities:  Yes, please send an email to Lisenbee.Cayle@asu.edu
 
Debra Neill, Lecturer
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Religious and Ethnic Conflict, The History of Religious Toleration and Religious Liberty from the Reformation to the Twentieth Century
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, The Melikian Center at ASU, The Wilson Center in DC
Current Research Opportunities:   Honors contracts and thesis work related to Early Modern and Modern European history. Please send an email to Debra.Neill@asu.edu
 
Douglas Green, Associate Professor and Faculty Head
Unit:  Science and Mathematics
Research Topics:  Ecological Restoration Related to Riparian Areas
Career Industries/Company Partners:  US Forest Service Gila River Indian Community, US Army Corps of Engineers, Salt River Project
Current Research Opportunities: Please send an email to dm.green@asu.edu.
 
Eric Nystrom, Associate Professor
Unit: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics: History of Science and Technology, Public History, Mining History, Digital History
Career Industries/Company Partners:   University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rochester Institute of Technology, Smithsonian Institution, National Susan B. Anthony House
Current Research Opportunities:   Independent study, honors contracts and theses, etc. Please send an email to eric.nystrom@asu.edu
 
Imge Oranli, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Social and Political Philosophy, Social Justice, Theories of Evil, Genocide Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Feminist theory, History of Western Philosophy
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Editorial board member of the Turkish philosophy journal Cogito, DePaul University, Bogazici University (Istanbul), Koc University (Istanbul), few other universities in Istanbul
Current Research Opportunities: Independent Study, Directed Study, Barrett honors contract and theses, research assistanship through the Melikian Center. Please send an email to  ioranli@asu.edu
 
Jackie Martinez, Associate Professor and Faculty Head
Unit: Languages and Cultures
Research Topics: Communication as it Constructs Experience; Interdependence Between Individual Perception and Systems of Meaning; How Communication Impacts Our Experience of Race, Gender, Sexuality, Culture, and Identity; Twin Communication
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, University of Connecticut, Purdue University
Current Research Opportunities:   I am always interested in working with students individually who want to study the topics we address in class in greater detail. Please send an email to  jmartinez@asu.edu
 
Jada Ach, Lecturer
Unit: Leadership and Integrative Studies
Research Topics: Environmental Humanities, American Literature, Land Management History, Critical Theory
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Community colleges and universities, National Park Service, writing assessment, literary journals/creative writing
 
James Wermers, Clinical Assistant Professor
Unit:  Languages and Cultures
Research Topics:   AOIs: Race and Democracy, Shakespeare, Pedaogogy, Philosophy, Queer Theory; Current Project: A book project that explores the links between white supremacy and the teaching of Shakespeare in US America
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Marquette University, Mesa Community College
Current Research Opportunities:  Honors contracts, open to chair or be a member of honors theses committees. Please send an email to  jwermers@asu.edu
 
Jessica Hirshorn, Principal Lecturer
Research Topics:   Intercultural Leadership, International Education
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, Peace Corps, International Education
Current Research Opportunities:   IDS Directed Study Students, Honors contracts, Honors and Masters thesis committees. Please send an email to  Jessica.hirshorn@asu.edu
 
Kat Lambrecht, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration, Corpus Linguistics and Big Data Research, National Weather Service Communications, Communicating Science to Public Audiences
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Desert Research Institute (Reno, Nevada), National Weather Service, University of Nevada, Reno, public health initiatives, secondary education
 
Keith Hollinger, Lecturer Sr.
Unit: Social Science
Research Topics: Conflict Prevention, Analysis and Resolution, Sustainable Development, Globalization, Community Resilience
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University; Virginia Polytechnic and State University; industry experience in banking, private security, and small business ownership
Current Research Opportunities:  Independent studies, Barrett honors contract and theses. Please send an email to Keith.Hollinger@asu.edu
 
Laura Jimenez, Clinical Assistant Professor
Unit: Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Research Topics: Psychotherapy Process and Outcomes, Undocumented Students in Higher Education, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Community Counseling, College Counseling
 
Lorena Cuya Gavilano, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Languages and Cultures
Research Topics:   Migration Studies, Intercultural Communicatios, Intercultural Competence, Latin American Cultural Studies, Latin American Film Studies, Andean Migration, Latin American Literature
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Editorial Work, Teaching, Consultant for the Peruvian Ministry of Education, Research Assistant for Real Academia de la Lengua (Peru), University Course Coordinator, ASU, Penn State, Bucknell University, Catholic University/Pontificia Universidad Católica (Peru), Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Applied Sciences University, Peru), Universidad de Lima (Peru)
Current Research Opportunities:   Open to Independent Studies, Undergrad Thesis, Barret Honors Contract. Please send an email to  lcuyagav@asu.edu.
 
Marie-Louise Paulesc, Lecturer
Unit:  Languages and Cultures
Research Topics:   Rhetoric, Pop Culture, Public Memory
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Public Relations, Journalism, Non-profit, Event Planning
Current Research Opportunities:   Independent study, honors contracts. Please send an email to  mlp@asu.edu
 
Maxim Sukharev, Associate Professor
Unit: Science and Mathematics
Research Topics: Nano-optics, Computational Physics, Molecular Physics
Career Industries/Company Partners:   University of Pennsylvania, University of Bordeaux, Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Emory University, Air Force Reseach Lab, Los Alamos National Lab
Current Research Opportunities:  Yes, please send an email to Maxim.Sukharev@asu.edu.
 
Michael Pryzdia, Lecturer Sr.
Unit:  Leadership and Integrative Studies
Research Topics:   Consciousness Studies, Artificial Intelligence
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Corporate Consulting, Honeywell, APS, Indian Health Service, The Dial Corporation, Intel, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Kyrene School Districts
 
Mirna Lattouf, Principal Lecturer
Unit:  Languages and Cultures
Research Topics:   Interdisciplinary Perspective at How All Societal Institutions Influence Each Other and the Individual
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Arizona State University, University of Arizona, New York University
Current Research Opportunities: Independent study available. Please send an email to  mlattouf@asu.edu
 
Natalie Welcome, Instructor
Unit:  Science and Mathematics
Research Topics:   Math Remediation, History of Math Abroad
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Eaton Cutler-Hammer, Boeing, K-12 Teaching, University of Phoenix, Ilisagvik (tribal) College
 
Patience Akpan-Obong, Associate Professor
Unit:  Social Science
Research Topics:   Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (E-governance) in the Administrative Practices of Governments in Developing Countries, Technology and Development (Broadly Defined) Gender, Society and Technology, Intersections of Technology, Science and Society, Technology, Inovation and Organizational Leadership
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Journalism (print, radio and television), University of Alberta (Canada), Covenant University (Nigeria), etc.
Current Research Opportunities: Yes, please send an email to Patience.Akpan@asu.edu.
 
Patricia Murphy, Principal Lecturer
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Travel Writing, Publishing, Social Media, Blogging, Wordpress, Drupal, Marketing
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Editor of a literary magazine
Current Research Opportunities: Honors Committees, Masters Thesis Committees. Please send an email to  pcm@asu.edu
 
Rafael Martinez Orozco, Assistant Professor
Unit: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics: Borderlands Studies, American Southwest, Immigrant Rights, Social Movements
Career Industries/Company Partners:   University of New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College, Non-Profits in New Mexico, Land Grants Research Center, Southwest Hispanic Research Center
Current Research Opportunities:   Independent Study (grad and undergrad), Barrett honors contract and theses, can serve on graduate committees, limited funded opportunities for research on curating archival and oral history materials. Please send an email to  r.martinez@asu.edu
 
Renee Maday, Lecturer
Unit:  Languages and Cultures
Research Topics:   Women's Rights, Gender, Metaphor
Career Industries/Company Partners:   Arizona State University, University of Alaska, Non-Profit Lobbying, Public Relations, Technical Writing
Current Research Opportunities:   Honors Contracts and Thesis related to Communication, Gender, Leadership, Metaphor. Please reach out to  maday@asu.edu
 
Stephen Carradini, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Social media, Professional Communication of Artists, Entrepreneurship, Communication in Video Games
Career Industries/Company Partners: Social media management, technical communication, arts management, blogging, nonprofit communication
Current Research Opportunities: Social media analysis or computer science related to data scraping/tool creation, Independent Studies, Undergrad Thesis, Barrett honors contract, undergraduate research co-authorship. Please send an email to  sacarrad@asu.edu
 
Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication
Research Topics:  Oral Histories and Testimonio, Chicanx and Latinx Literature, Southwest Studies, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Colonialism/Postcolonialism, Decolonial Methodologies, Place Studies, Critical Regionalism, Public History
Career Industries/Company Partners: Co-director of an oral history project called Following the Manito Trail, Chicanx/Latinx professional organizations, editorial boards for scholarly journals, University of New Mexico, University of Wyoming, Arizona State University
Current Research Opportunities: Independent Study (grad and undergrad), Barrett honors contract and theses, serve on graduate committees, limited funded opportunities for research on public and oral history work. Please send an email to  vfonseca@asu.edu
 
Xianping Li, Assistant Professor
Unit: Science and Mathematics
Research Topics: Computational Mathematics, Image Processing, Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Engineering, Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations
Career Industries/Company Partners:   University of Missouri-Kansas City, Los Alamos National Lab
Current Research Opportunities:   Yes, undergraduate research, honors thesis, honors directed study. Please send an email to  Xianping.Li@asu.edu
 
Yujin Park, Assistant Professor
Unit:  Science and Mathematics
Research Topics:  Controlled Environment Agriculture, Sustainable Food Production, Vertical Farming, Horticulture
Career Industries/Company Partners:  Collaboration with companies related to vertical farming and production of greenhouse covering materials, professional greenhouse growers and farmers, seed companies
 
 
 
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