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College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Current Research at CISA

The research led by faculty at ASU’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts  advances human understanding and real-world impact across six interconnected areas, spanning culture, communities, environment, learning, technology, and health. As a college of integrative collaborators, faculty serve in many capacities beyond the walls of CISA, working on projects with other ASU institutions, such as the Global Futures Lab, as well as with colleagues and institutions all over the world.

CISA is ASU’s applied learning college, empowering students to transform knowledge into real-world solutions through hands-on, community-engaged and integrated learning. Faculty  open up the world of research to its undergraduate and graduate students.

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Growing Gardens, Growing Minds Fellowship

This prestigious program, funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, strengthens Hispanic-Serving Institutions such as ASU, empowering students to shape the future of food, agriculture and natural resource management.

 

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The CISA Research Blog

President’s Professor Claire Lauer brought her user experience expertise to the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative with one goal: empower the public to make their own smart water decisions.

Sonoran Desert tortoises can live for decades, face specialized health and habitat needs and can’t simply be returned to the desert. CISA researchers are studying the people who care for them, and what their experiences could reveal about conservation when wildlife and humans share a home.

From building credibility to appealing to emotions, scammers use many of the same persuasive techniques as skilled communicators. Researcher Aaron Hess and international collaborators are studying those tactics to develop better ways to prevent scams and support victims.

Associate Professor Wenwei Zheng leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers to explore and model the complex world of intrinsically disordered proteins, which lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s and diabetes.