Faculty and Staff Profiles
Denise Bates
Lecturer
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”—Aristotle
Contact Information:
UASB 208B
(480) 965-4508
E-mail: Denise.Bates@asu.edu
Erica Buschatzke
Office Assistant
Contact Information:
UASB 202A
(480) 965-6797
E-mail: Erica.Buschatzke@asu.edu
Dave Conz
Lecturer
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”—Lao-tzu
Contact Information:
UASB 208A
(480) 727-7038
E-mail: DAVID.CONZ@asu.edu
John Coughlin
Academic Specialist
“What have you done to foster the truth?——Bad Religion, Sowing The Seeds Of Utopia
Contact Information:
UASB 202B
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: john.coughlin@asu.edu
Stephanie de Lusé
Senior Lecturer
We don’t learn through experience. We learn through reflecting on experience. The essence of learning is what remains when we’ve forgotten our education.
Contact Information:
UASB 217
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: STEPHANIE.DELUSE@asu.edu
Bettie Anne Doebler
Faculty Associate/Professor Emerita
Contact Information:
UASB 215
(480) 965-1806
E-mail: Bettie.Doebler@asu.edu
Douglas Doser
Academic Specialist
Contact Information:
UASB 206A
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: Doug.Doser@asu.edu
Kevin Ellsworth
Senior Lecturer
Knowledge emancipates and empowers. As a teacher I help others acquire and wisely use knowledge to enrich their lives, their community, and their world.
Contact Information:
UASB 224
(480) 727-7090
E-mail: Kevin.Ellsworth@asu.edu
Kim Fielding
Academic Specialist
Contact Information:
UCENT 363
(602) 496-0356
E-mail: Kimberly.Fielding@asu.edu
Sandee Freeman
Student Support Specialist
Contact Information:
UASB 202A
(480) 965-3062
E-mail: SANDRA.FREEMAN@asu.edu
Layne Gneiting
Lecturer
With weathered feet upon the path, I set out to find what I never knew I sought.
Layne Gneiting is an international storyteller who weaves storytelling, music, and business into a zany, interdisciplinary blend. He has performed in Britain and throughout the western United States, and in spring 2008 presented his children’s “Origin Myth” writing course at the Storytelling Gathering conference in Exeter, UK. Layne joined the BIS faculty in 2002 and has been pushing creative and artistic boundaries ever since. Students emerge somewhat rattled, but invigorated, from Layne’s courses, as Layne integrates performance to provoke discovery that is centered in both body and intellect. In 2002 Layne earned his Ph.D. (Arizona State University) in Communication/Performance Studies with specialty in Storytelling. For additional information, visit Layne’s personal website at http://adventureteller.com.
Contact Information:
UASB 210
(480) 727-7018
E-mail: Exciting.Gneiting@asu.edu
URL: http://adventureteller.com
Riley Graves
Student Worker III
Contact Information:
UASB 203
(480) 727-6797
E-mail: rfgraves@asu.edu
Shari Gustafson
Program Manager
Contact Information:
UASB 226 / UCENT 360H
(480) 727-6782 / (602) 496-1187
E-mail: Shari.Gustafson@asu.edu
Paula Estrada Guzman
Academic Specialist
Often the most profound educational experiences cannot be taught in a classroom. Be open to living your life, mistakes and all, and respect that everyone has something to teach and to learn, and you will definitely become more “educated” every day of your life.
Contact Information:
UASB 230A
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: Paula.Estrada@asu.edu
Jessica HirshornMy life mission is to promote intercultural understanding and communication between the world’s peoples. Through interdisciplinary studies students learn important life skills that prepare them to be successful in today’s global world.
Contact Information:
UASB 218
(480) 727-7337
E-mail: Jessica.Hirshorn@asu.edu
Suzanne Lewenstein
Academic Specialist
Contact Information:
UASB 206B
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: Suzanne.Lewenstein@asu.edu
Katie Mahaney
Student Worker III
Contact Information:
UASB 203
(480) 965-1539
E-mail: kmahaney@asu.edu
Brian McCormack
Senior Lecturer
Learning is a process of continual revision, a recreation of intellectual and practical pursuits.
Brian McCormack’s work has appeared in Issues in Integrative Studies, Global Society, Dialectical Anthropology, The Journal of World-Systems Research, and Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. He teaches interdisciplinary studies and international relations at ASU. Recently, he has written about the problem of problem solving, and about the temporal dimension of interdisciplinary theory.
Contact Information:
UASB 219
(480) 965-6945
E-mail: mccormack@asu.edu
Kelly Nelson
Senior Lecturer
If I win the lottery, I’ll continue teaching!
Contact Information:
UASB 216
(480) 727-7242
E-mail: Kelly.Nelson@asu.edu
Melanie Pitts
Lecturer
Contact Information:
BELL M 2
(480) 727-1526
E-mail: Melanie.Pitts@asu.edu
Mike Pryzdia
Lecturer
Michael Pryzdia is an experienced teacher, writer, and corporate consultant. He has taught various courses in a variety of disciplines including ethnic studies, American studies, English, philosophy, mythological studies, and depth psychology. He joined the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program at Arizona State University in 2004. Michael’s current interest lies in contemporary integral philosophy and in examining the role of systems theory in interdisciplinary studies and research.
Contact Information:
UCENT 360E
(602) 496-0637
E-mail: Michael.Pryzdia@asu.edu
Duane RoenContact Information:
UASB 228
(480) 727-6513
E-mail: duane.roen@asu.edu
URL: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dhroen
Blanca Ruiz-Moreno
Office Assistant/Receptionist
Contact Information:
UASB 203
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: bruiz-moreno@asu.edu
David Thomas
Senior Lecturer
My passion is to foster a deep sense of curiosity, commitment, and direction—helping students ask better questions, think creatively and critically, and accomplish meaningful goals.
David A. Thomas is an experienced university teacher, management consultant, and business executive currently teaching in the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program at Arizona State University. David holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology and an M.B.A., with primary areas of expertise centering on key factors that affect human performance, including adult learning and motivation, interdisciplinary team leadership, and teaching expertise.
Contact Information:
UASB 212
(480) 727-7061
E-mail: David.Thomas@asu.edu
Scott Thorpe
Assistant Director, Academic Services
“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
Contact Information:
UASB 204
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: Scott.Thorpe@asu.edu
David Wells
Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director
Mahatma Gandhi extolled, “You are the change you wish to see in the world.” Education should empower us to embrace that challenge in a thoughtful and compassionate manner.
Contact Information:
UCENT 351
(602) 496-0615
E-mail: DAVID.WELLS@asu.edu
URL: http://www.public.asu.edu/~wellsda/teaching
Gerald West
Academic Specialist
“There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom. There is something deep down within the very soul of man that reaches out for knowledge”—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Contact Information:
UASB 230B
(480) 965-1970
E-mail: Gerald.L.West@asu.edu