Charles Brownson is a book artist who combines his writing and art into unique handmade books. He received a master’s of fine arts degree from Oregon and his master’s in master’s in library science from University of California, Berkeley. At ASU, he was the collection development librarian for the humanities. He counts himself fortunate to have been present for most of his life.
Jean R. Brink is a research scholar at the Huntington Library and Emeritus Professor of English at ASU, where she founded and directed the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Brink recently completed a biography entitled, “The Early Spenser (1554-1580): Minde on Honour Fixed,” (Manchester University Press, 2019). She is at work on “The Later Spenser” (1580-99). Her edition of “Rivall Friendship” was published by ACMRS Press in 2021.
Jay Braun received a doctorate in physiological psychology from The Ohio State University in 1965, specializing in neuroscience and cognitive processes. He spent the next eight years on the faculty at Yale University, moving to ASU in 1973 to join the Department of Psychology, where he completed the rest of his formal academic career.
Denise Ann Bodman (Bustamente) is a principal lecturer in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at ASU. Her background is in educational psychology and human development, with a focus on family, parenting and diversity.
Mathew J. Betz was born in Chicago. In 1961, after earning his doctorate at Northwestern University, he joined the then Civil Engineering Department at ASU. He retired from ASU in 1993 as vice provost for planning and budget, and Emeritus Professor. Since retiring, Betz has traveled extensively. He continues to write and lecture on Sudan.
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.