Sharon Jae Hall

Sharon Jae Hall is an Associate Dean in the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University (ASU), where she leads strategy and academic program development. Concurrently, she holds the President’s Professor title in the School of Life Sciences, focusing on ecosystem resilience and human-nature interactions near protected areas.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California-Berkeley (1998)
  • Ed.M. in Education, Harvard University (1992)
  • B.S. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University (1990)

Her research spans interdisciplinary environmental science, with emphasis on:

• Conservation Biology and Ecology
• Urban Social-Ecological Systems
• Biogeochemistry and Sustainability Science
• Equity, Justice, and Agri-Food Systems

Notable honors include the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award (co-PI) and President's Professor recognition. She has also contributed to inclusive excellence initiatives in academic leadership.