Charles Redman

Charles Redman has been committed to interdisciplinary research since as an archaeology graduate student he worked closely in the field with botanists, zoologists, geologists, art historians, and ethnographers. Having grown up in the Chicago area, Redman received his BA from Harvard University, and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He taught at New York University and at SUNY-Binghamton before coming to Arizona State University in 1983. He served as chair of the department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Environmental study before becoming the first director of ASU’s School of Sustainability. Redman's interests include human impacts on the environment, resilient urban infrastructure, sustainability, social justice, gender norms, mitigating impact of extreme heat and public outreach. He is the author or co-author of 14 books and has been co-director of many large research projects including the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research Project, the Decision Center for a Desert City, and currently the Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Related Events Sustainable Research Network and the Healthy Urban Environment projects. Redman likes to hike, travel, and explore other cultures. His archaeological fieldwork took him to several countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and more recently he has been spending time in Mexico and other parts of Latin America.
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