Bettie Anne Doebler taught interdisciplinary humanities and English literature for many years at ASU. She now teaches in the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) Program at ASU. Her field of literary research focuses on death in the age of Shakespeare and Donne.
Winifred Walsh Doane earned her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a doctorate in zoology at Yale University. She was a faculty member in the Yale Graduate School until she accepted a full professorship in zoology at ASU in 1977. She retired from teaching in 1998. She served for several years as editor of the Emeritus College Newsletter. In 2017, her first book of memoirs, “Backflashes,” appeared.
Kathleen Desmond is an Emeritus Professor art history and theory at the University of Central Missouri. She was an assistant provost, graduate dean, Art Department chair, Art Gallery curator and consultant to art organizations, publishers and museums. Her articles are published in art journals and books and her art is regularly exhibited. Her book “Ideas about Art” was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. She earned her doctorate and master's at ASU and her bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anne Cowley joined the faculty of the then Physics and Astronomy Department at ASU in 1983. Her main astronomical interests are properties of binary stars and compact stellar objects, such as black holes and neutron stars. She has also worked with professional journals for many years, and currently serves as chair of the American Astronomical Society's Publications Board.
JoAnn Cleland majored in music education. She became a music teacher, a church musician and a professional cellist. When volunteering at her children's school, she was encouraged to become a reading teacher, thus opening a new career path. She wended her way from the classroom to administration and, eventually, to the then Department of Education at ASU. In retirement, she continues to intertwine music and education, while also editing the Emeritus College Newsletter.
Portia Choi is a physician specialized in preventive medicine and public health. She was assistant clinical professor Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center and volunteer faculty. Publications include Levan Humanities Review, Orpheus and KoreAm Journal. She retired from public health in July of 2013.
Joseph R. Carter is dean of the Emeritus College at ASU. He has had an exceptional career with the W. P. Carey School of Business for 28 years and is recognized for his many contributions as a scholar, teacher and administrator. He was the Avnet Professor of Supply Chain Management from 2006 to 2018.
Ron Carlson, formerly a part of ASU's Creative Writing program, has received many awards for his writing, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Cohen Prize at Ploughshares. “Ron Carlson Writes a Story,” his book on writing, is taught widely. He is director of the graduate program in fiction at the University of California, Irvine.
Regents Emeritus Professor Cordelia Candelaria was named Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2007. Before coming to ASU in 1992, Candelaria held faculty appointments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she was founding director of the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race in America at Stanford University, Universidad Católica de Lima, Perú, and Richmond College in London.
Paul Burgess came to ASU in 1969. During his ASU career, he has served as chair of the Department of Economics and chair of the University Chair Group. He received the Excellence in Research Award from the National Science Foundation for Unemployment Compensation and Workers’ Compensation. Burgess is currently finishing a book titled “The Early Catholic Church’s Betrayal of Jesus.”