Manuel Barrera Jr. received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon in 1977. At ASU, he was a member of the Department of Psychology’s faculty from 1977 until 2017. He also served as director of its doctoral program in clinical psychology (2004–2011).
David R. Berman came to ASU in 1969. He is an Emeritus Professor of political science and senior research fellow with the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU. He holds a doctorate from the American University in Washington, D.C. His work includes several books and articles on the populist or progressive period in Mountain West and, most particularly, in Arizona. His work for the Morrison Institute includes reports on direct democracy, clean elections, top-two primaries, redistricting and dark money.
Christopher J. Bayne hails from the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Now a retired professor of integrative biology from Oregon State University, he has published widely on the evolution of immune systems and immuno-parasitology, with focus on salmonid innate immunity and schistosomiasis (human blood fluke). Since his birth in 1941, he has enjoyed many engagements with the sea and with rivers. He now lives in Tempe, Arizona, and is an associate member of the Emeritus College at ASU.
Per Aannestad received graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. His postdoctoral years were spent first at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and later at Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona. In 1975, Aannestad joined the then Department of Physics and Astronomy at ASU, and retired in 2004. He was the director of the Emeritus College Academy for Continued Learning from 2019–2016.
Terence Ball holds a doctorate in political science from University of California, Berkeley (1973). His scholarly specialty is political theory, from Plato to NATO. He is the author or editor of 14 books, including an academic mystery novel, “Rousseau's Ghost” (1998). He has held visiting academic appointments at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and University of California, San Diego.
David Altheide is a Regents Emeritus Professor of justice and social inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at ASU, where he taught for 37 years. His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control. His most recent book is “Terrorism and the Politics of Fear.” He received the Cooley Award three times, given to the outstanding book in symbolic interaction, from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
John Alcock is a Regents Emeritus Professor from the School of Life Sciences. He taught at ASU for well over 30 years, mostly teaching animal behavior, for which he wrote the bestselling textbook, and introductory biology for nonmajors and majors alike. He is enjoying retirement.
John Aguilar began his study of painting in the 1950's at the famous Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles and later in Mexico City at the Academy of San Carlos. His professional life has been as a social anthropologist, working more than two decades in the then Anthropology Department at ASU. He now shows his artistic work in various local venues.
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