Faculty and Staff Resources
Academic Office
Barbara Black-Kurdziolek
Organizational developmental activities
- Professional development
- Team-building
- Consistent policy application
- Communication protocols
Lead planning, coordination, and implementation of internal operations policies and procedures for functional areas
- Administrative Operations Direction and Oversight
- Academic Personnel Actions
- Events
- Marketing and Communications
- Course scheduling/evaluations
- Enrollment management analytics
- Undergraduate program services
- Graduate program services
- Develops and monitors surveys and data collection for school leadership and personnel committees.
Space Management
Melody Pati
- Administrative support for director
- Travel/hotel/scheduling (director, visitors, and guests)
- Assists in coordinating events/faculty search visits, including arranging equipment and catering, sending invitations and managing RSVPs
- Faculty meeting facilitator
- Interfolio/APARS coordinator
- Faculty Search
- ASU Vita
- Review, Promotion & Tenure (RPT)
- Coordinates academic personnel processes, including faculty search, RPT templates and cases for faculty, academic personnel annual evaluations, and probationary reviews.
- Consults with school leadership, committees, and others to coordinate, provide technical advice, and problem-solving assistance as it pertains to academic personnel searches and hiring processes; ensures appropriate approvals and processes are followed.
- Serves as one of two main points of contact to coordinate unit bylaws and other unit criteria.
- Provides back-up coverage to other special projects
Kristin Farnsworth
- Course scheduling/evaluations
- Enrollment management analytics
- Undergraduate program services
- Graduate program services
Students
Incomplete Contracts
- The grade of “I” (Incomplete) can only be given by an instructor when a student, who is doing otherwise acceptable work, is unable to complete a course (e.g., final exam or term paper) because of illness or other conditions beyond the student’s control. Unfinished work must be completed with the same instructor except under extenuating circumstances. The completion date is determined by the instructor but may not exceed one calendar year from the date the mark of “I” is recorded. Refer to the current Catalog for further details.
- If a student contacts you to request an Incomplete grade it is completely up to faculty discretion to grant the incomplete. If you chose to give an “I” please ensure that both you and the student has filled out the Incomplete contract and emailed it to [email protected] for archiving.
- You can access undergraduate and graduate incomplete contracts here.
Contact the Deans of Students
Are you concerned about a student? Please fill out a Student Care Form if you have a concern about a student. You can report anything from basic needs to sexual misconduct/harassment. This is the same form you need to fill out for mandatory reporting.
ASU LiveSafe mobile app
- You can download the ASU LiveSafe mobile app to receive alerts and advisories, find a campus bike valet, etc.
- You can even use the app to send an emergency 911 text or call ASU Police dispatch.
General Studies Application and Information
- General studies categories and learning outcomes.
- Procedure for how to apply for General Studies and links to the General Studies application.
Information needed to submit a new topic to Kuali for approval.
Submit form and email [email protected], indicating the form has been submitted.
Final Exam Schedule
Faculty Resources for Accessible Media Essentials
- Access FRAME on Canvas
Business Office
Diana Maalouli
- Travel Authorization Official (ATO) for all SCETL travel
- Oversight of HR functions, including hiring and payroll
- Unit PCard Manager
- Final approver for all financial transactions
- Leads budget planning, forecasting, and account management
- Provides strategic guidance to leadership, faculty, and staff on finance, HR, and operations
Melissa Castle-Kirincic
- First-level approver for all financial and HR transactions
- Primary financial contact for CSEL
- Cost Center Manager for gift and program accounts
- Travel Authorization Reviewer and Approver
- Manages office/building key requests and access
- Coordinates graduate funding and scholarship disbursements
Gabrielle Quintana
- Primary contact for all grant and research-related operations; serves as Research Administrator for SCETL and CAC
- Manages financial transactions and travel for both sponsored and unsponsored accounts
- Provides faculty travel support
- Oversees faculty startup accounts, budget guidance, and related expenditures
- Department PCard holder for internal purchases and payments
Magdiel Carbajal
- Hires and supervises student workers
- Coordinates student and internship-related travel transactions
- Provides front desk and general administrative support
- Processes financial transactions in Workday
- Department PCard holder for subscriptions, conference registrations, and internal payments
Please direct all business operations-related requests to [email protected]. This includes:
- Facilities support
- Key access and requests
- Business card and door sign orders
- Reimbursements
- Invoice or receipt submissions
- Purchasing requests
- Other administrative needs
- Travel: Pre-approvals, travel planning assistance, and post-travel processing
- Payments and Reimbursements: Procurement of supplies and equipment, and expense processing
- Account Management: Status tracking, reporting, and compliance across state, local, sponsored, and gift accounts
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Strategic support for unit financial planning
- Faculty Startup and Research Funding: Account setup, budget guidance, and expenditure processing
- Scholarships and Awards: Processing of faculty and student awards and disbursements
- Graduate Funding: Coordination of graduate assistant appointments and funding
- Asset Management: Oversight of university-owned property, including surplus and salvage procedures
- PCard: PCard usage, transaction coordination and verification
- Human Resources: Support for personnel files, staff and student hiring, academic appointments, onboarding, Workday transactions, payroll processing, supplemental and summer pay, leaves of absence, etc.
- Front Desk Operation
For general questions or assistance at the front desk, contact [email protected].
The front office team supports:
- Routing general inquiries to the appropriate staff member
- Mail and package handling (daily pickup between 9:00–10:00 a.m.)
- Conference room reservations (Coor 6631)
- Equipment checkout
- Student worker assistance
- Golf cart transportation
- Printing and copying needs
Marketing and Communications
Do you have a project or need support from the marketing team? Use this form to send us your project details, which will be collected in our project management system. We will respond to you within 2 business days to schedule a kick-off meeting.
We appreciate your help in ensuring all content on the website is up to date and accurate. Please submit this form for a website edit.
Graphic design
- Flyers
- Social media
- Print materials
Social media
- Manage posts for all channels
- Image/video creation
- Caption copy
ASU Print Lab liaison
- Swag orders
- Print orders
Email - Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Newsletters
- Event invites
- Student messages
- Email analytics
- List management
ASU News
- Pitches
- Article publishing
- ASU News public
- Internal
Website
- Edit pages
- New page creation
- Menu editing
- ASU Directory support
Video
- Manage YouTube account
- Create and edit videos
- Video graphics
ASU Brand compliance
Events
Tabling
- On campus
- Off campus
- Providing swag & other necessary materials
Student-focused Events
- Hosting lectures or seminars
- Hosting informational events
- Hosting celebratory events
Public Program Events
- Annual Civic Discourse Project events
- Annual University events
- Annual SCETL Spring Conference
Student Worker Support
- Utilizing events student workers for your event or project needs
Center for American Civics
The Center for American Civics is a nonpartisan outreach center under the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership that works with K-12 educators and students to strengthen students' knowledge of American civics and civil discourse skills.
Current Programs:
Civic Literacy Curriculum - SCETL's civic education content has been adapted for use in K-12 schools to help students study and prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Test that many states (including Arizona) require students to pass for graduation, going much deeper with civic education than the facts on this test alone. A team of expert K-12 teachers designed over 500 lesson plans for classroom use aligned to this content for each grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, High School, and Adult Learners). All of this content is provided for free. Questions? - Contact Liz Evans or Jeff Davis
Arizona Constitution Project - These resources support teaching and learning on the Arizona Constitution and our state history and government. The project includes an "Essential" abridged version of the Arizona Constitution, explanations of its key provisions by SCETL faculty, lesson plans and teaching resources for use in K-12 classrooms on 9 different topics that are keys to understanding our state government, and podcast episodes with mini-lectures that align to the content. Questions? - Contact Liz Evans or Jeff Davis
Civics in a Year Podcast - This is a fast-paced podcast series that delivers essential civic knowledge in just 10 minutes per episode. To celebrate America 250, we are exploring 250 key questions, from the founding documents and branches of government to civil liberties, elections, and public participation, featuring scholarly experts on each topic. Questions? - Contact Liz Evans
Arizona Civics Podcast - This podcast aims to share our journey of sustaining Arizona’s interests in reforms to civic education by working with civic educators in our state. Episodes explore topics of interest to civic educators in Arizona, and will interview Arizona teachers, content experts, and leaders in civic education as we work to make Arizona a model for civic renewal. Questions? - Contact Liz Evans
K-12 Educator Workshops - We host K-12 teachers at various professional development events where they can learn from SCETL scholars, expert teachers, or other experts with our partner organizations. We also work with schools and school districts to coordinate in-house professional development for teachers at their school site. These events are designed to increase their content knowledge in American civics, and/or their practical application of strategies for teaching civics. Questions? - Contact Jeff Davis or Liz Evans
Veterans Inspiring Patriotism - Many American military veterans have volunteered with this program to make themselves available to K-12 schools as guest speakers. These vets tell their stories about why they chose to serve, their experiences in the service, and what service to their country has meant to them. Questions? - Contact Jeff Davis
Civic Leadership Institute - SCETL hosts a group of high school students at ASU's Tempe campus in the summer for a week-long civic learning experience, featuring lectures from our faculty, curated readings from America's civic traditions, discussions, interactive activities and simulations, and support from expert high school teachers. Questions? - Contact Liz Evans or Jeff Davis
Our full list of programs and more information can be found at civics.asu.edu.
Program Director for Civic Education and Outreach
Program Director for Civic Education
Center for the Study of Economic Liberty
The Center will become an international leader in research that affects liberty-enhancing public policy and increases public and academic awareness of the history and philosophy of economic liberty by leveraging our place, fusing academic research with policy engagement, and engaging globally to transform society.
Perspectives on Economic Liberty
This public lecture series brings to ASU’s campuses a variety of guests who will interrogate our Center’s topic, evaluating its role in human betterment for good or ill; revisiting the history of debate over economic liberty; or considering its relation to other values.
IHS Grant-Funded Student Discussion/Reading Groups for America’s 250th Anniversary Programming: USA250@ASU
Doing Business North America Report (on hiatus)