Public affairs

Watts College, sign, Downtown Phoenix campus, Arizona State University

University news

ASU public affairs graduate programs rise to No. 11 in nation in US News & World Report’s 2025 rankings

Mako Fitts Ward - Assistant Professor and Director of the Social Transformation Lab

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Reproductive rights in the spotlight following Supreme Court ruling

July 01, 2022

Shannon Portillo, director, School of Public Affairs

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Kansas public administration professor to lead ASU's School of Public Affairs

June 06, 2022

William Terrill, Gretchen Kane, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, May 2022, graduation, Watts College

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Student realizes ASU professor speaking to her honors gathering is from her small hometown

May 09, 2022

Portrait of Toyosi Adesoye, The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation fellow at ASU for 2021-2022.

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Foundation supporting adults living with autism funds ASU public policy research fellowship

April 28, 2022

Portrait of former U.S Air Force Secretary and former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson.

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Lessons in leadership and public service

March 24, 2022

Students talking in a classroom.

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Students to apply Socratic method in fall 2022 ASU course

March 07, 2022

Several peoples hands laid out together on a table.

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ASU Indigenous Leadership Academy welcomes 1st cohort

March 07, 2022

Painted portrait of French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.

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Visiting scholar to discuss Tocqueville's influence on American democracy

March 04, 2022

Several stickers that read "I voted" laid out on a table.

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Pastor Center teaches students how to make a difference at the local level by engaging voters

March 04, 2022

The 2021–22 Marvin Andrews Fellows (from left): Chloe Baldwin, Madalaine McConville, LaTisha Gilmore and Brock.

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Fellowship brings city managers, students together to work side by side

March 02, 2022