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Socially Engaged Research
School of Social Transformation faculty are involved in socially embedded efforts that seek to link research and teaching to building a better world. This kind of "use inspired" scholarship ensures that higher education serves a higher purpose—with direct application and impact on some of the urgent challenges of our time:
How do we educate in a rapidly changing world?
How do we build strong, vibrant communities?
How do we defend and extend human rights?
How do we focus information and technology to produce meaningful change?
How do we create a sustainable way of life?
How do we promote economic opportunity and security?
How do we lead healthier, more fulfilling lives?
How do we understand the past and present for the sake of our future?
School of Social Transformation Academic Areas
African and African American Studies
Asian Pacific American Studies
Culture, Society and Education
Justice and Social Inquiry
Women and Gender Studies
Centers and Initiatives
Center for Indian Education
COMPUGIRLS
Human Rights at ASU
Equity Alliance
Social Economy AZ
A $1.1M grant to the School of Social Transformation's Center for Indian Education is addressing the state's shortage of Native teachers.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Indian Education in fall 2010, "The Arizona Four Corners Teacher Preparation Project" integrates distance-learning technology, summer teaching academies, and on-site mentoring to present an opportunity to Navajo Nation residents who have earned an A.A. degree to earn a bachelor's degree and certification in elementary education — without leaving their home communities or their jobs.
Professors Bryan Brayboy and Teresa McCarty, co-directors of the Center for Indian Education, are principal investigator and co-principal investigator, respectively. Project director Davina Spotted Elk, who grew up in the Four Corners area and is an experienced grants administrator, oversees the day to day activities of the grant.