Research with community impact
Enriching lives and broadening perspectives.
ASU Humanities faculty and students are exploring the human adventure across time, culture and place.
With a collaborative focus on using historic documentation, artistic expression, cultural understanding and more, humanities researchers are building universal connections and solving complex societal issues.
Examining fundamental questions from different perspectives.
The story of our lives connects to the story of all human life. ASU is home to critical and interdisciplinary humanities-based research that improves local, national and global communities.
Top 20 in the U.S.
for humanities research expenditures (NSF HERD, 2023).
Research centers and initiatives
on the Muslim experience in the U.S., Latinx voices, applied ethics, the Southwest desert, writing practice and more.
Award-winning faculty
including Pulitzer, Guggenheim, MacArthur and British and American Academy honors.
The Humanities Lab,
the only lab of its kind that gives students hands-on experience solving compelling social challenges.
Tackling real-world problems.
Faculty and scholars in ASU Humanities are committed to research that solves the real-world challenges of today and tomorrow.
Cultivating plants, people and the planet
Arizona State University has partnered with local farms to cultivate character through sustainable practices, reconnecting people with the land and strengthening our relationships with both the environment and one another.
Documenting 100 years of a local botanical garden
The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies public history program created an ongoing project to document oral histories and organize digital archives of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona’s oldest and largest botanical garden.
How our perception of AI affects its use
English Professor Kyle Jensen believes that by understanding how AI works, both his students and the world at large can better realize the unconscious biases that impact how we interact with the world.
A resource for premodern studies educators
The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, housed in the Department of English, launched Throughlines, a free video and multimedia website designed to help educators talk about race in relation to premodern history, literature and culture.
Desert spaces and distinctive possibilities
Desert Humanities, housed in the Humanities Institute, supports work that analyzes, critiques and transforms our relationships to deserts and is in service to the communities who inhabit them.
Telling stories of Latinos and veterans
The College of Integrative Sciences and Arts’ Latinx Oral History Lab produced a traveling exhibit featuring the oral histories of Latinos and veterans in the East Valley. The amplification of Latino voices captures the rich tapestry of experiences that form the core of our community's narrative.