Arizona State University (ASU) has graduated a number of notable academics. This includes graduates and non-graduate former students who are notable for their achievements within academics, sometimes before or after their time at ASU. Other alumni, including academics in fields such as the sciences, can be found in the list of Arizona State University alumni and its partial lists.

Academic administrators

+ Name Class year Notability Ref. President of Clarke College, 1984–2006 1999 President of Broward College, deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President of Wichita State University, 2019–2020 1906President of Kent State University and Moanaolu Community Junior College 2013 President of the University of Silicon Valley 1990 President of Harvey Mudd College 1983 (PhD) President of Western Washington University President of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College 2007 (EdD) Photographer, journalist, president of Diné College President of Indiana University East, University of Houston–Downtown and Eastern Washington University; chancellor of the University of Houston System 1980 (PhD) President of Claremont Graduate University and the University of Tulsa Senior vice president and secretary of the university, president and CEO of the ASU Alumni Association, inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Educator and college president 16th president of Bowdoin College

Business and economics

Name Class year Notability Ref. 1968 (PhD) Professor of marketing Professor of strategic entrepreneurship 1985 (PhD) Professor of economics 1983 (MS), 1991 (Ph.D) Economist and performance-based systems specialist 1990 Professor of finance BS, MBA, PhD Professor of marketing BS, MBA Adjunct professor and advisor to the Virginia state government

Education

+ Name Class year Notability Ref. 1984 (PhD) Professor of education 1982 (MA) Professor of education 2000 (MAT), 2005 (PhD) Professor of education 1984 (PhD) Professor of school psychology 1987 Professor of education 1974 (MA), 1975 (PhD) Professor of education

Humanities

+ Name Class year Notability Ref. 2000 (PhD) Jordanian archaeologist 2008 (PhD) Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1971 (MA) Scholar of African art history 1995 (MA), 2001 (PhD) Historian, author of the book Indigenous Albuquerque 1968 Professor of faith and learning 2020 (MA) Specialist in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1984 (MA) Professor of history (MAE) Specialist in Napoleonic history Asian American historian English lecturer; played football at ASU Professor of history at ASU Professor of LDS Church history Historian and science writer 1999 (PhD) Professor of history Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1972 Conservative author and popular historian best known for A Patriot's History of the United States 1965, 1967 (MA) Archaeologist 1993 Linguist (MA) Professor of English (Ed.D) Music school dean 1980 Professor of philosophy Professor of American Indian studies (attended) 2018 (PhD) Professor of English literature

Social sciences

+ Name Class year Notability Ref. Professor of peace studies 1993 (PhD) Geographer Political philosopher and legal scholar 1961 (MA) Psychologist known as the "First Lady of Arizona psychology" 2007 (PhD) Chair, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, at the University of Texas at Austin 1978 (PhD) Psychologist 2002 Sociologist 1978 (MA) Professor of communication (MA) Professor of public relations 1958, 1960 (MA) Sociologist; participated in a 1963 sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi (PhD) Communication and gender studies researcher 2009 (PhD) Communication scientist 1970 Sexologist (PhD) Expert in LGBTQ intervention research and dialogue across political disagreement Anthropologist and urbanist 1981 (PhD) Professor of organizational psychology 1976 (PhD) Professor of psychology at ASU 2003 (PhD) Professor of psychology 1988 (PhD) Professor of geography (MA and PhD) Professor of psychology 1974 Political scientist (MA) Professor of communication studies 2008 (PhD) Sociologist 1995 (PhD) Professor of political science 1996 (MA) Diversity studies scholar 2004 Professor of psychology (PhD) Professor of public administration 1990, 1992 (MA) Professor of political science

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