The Humanities Lab is honored to be the awardee of the 2024 ASU President's Award for Innovation.
The Humanities Lab provides students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on research on compelling social challenges of interest to today’s students while working with others who are also invested in making a difference.
Arizona State University continues to be the most innovative university in the country, and the Humanities Lab lives up to that ranking. Our program changes the way faculty and students approach instruction and research.
Collaborate on local and global challenges in real-time.
Lab students amplify their educational aptitudes, build real-world connectivity and make a positive difference in communities worldwide while earning their degree at ASU.
Take on pressing social challenges
in sustainability, social justice, health and wellbeing and more.
Co-taught by two faculty from different disciplines,
creating enriching, engaging, student-directed and passion-driven academic opportunities.
The only program of its kind in the U.S.,
and recognized by prestigious academic journals.
Students from across ASU,
from more than 211 unique undergraduate majors and 52 graduate programs.
Open to all learners from ages 18 to 85,
first-year students to PhD to Mirabella, all in a single (or virtual) classroom.
Strategic partnerships
that have expanded access to more than 100 national and international communities.
.In both of the Humanities Labs I joined, my groups were excellent; I got along well with my fellow group members and we created unique, impactful projects. I always felt like my ideas and skills were valued, and my work always felt purposeful because I knew it would be seen by an audience."
Fiona Sauve
Narratives of School Shootings
The Food, Health, & Climate Change Lab was a great opportunity to have a positive impact on the community around me by encouraging a more sustainable environment."
John Stachnik
Food, Health, & Climate Change
In the Disrupting Dis/Ability Lab we are making real, progressive changes to benefit every single human that will come to and/or enroll at ASU."
RaNiyah Taylor
Disrupting Dis/Ability, Beyond the Lab
The Language Emergency Lab has been one of the best learning experiences. It was an example of the unique opportunities, to make new connections, and gain essential skills from which we will benefit in the years to come."
Gina Scarpete Walters
Language Emergency
Explore our current, future and past labs.
If there is a social challenge you’d like to see addressed in the future, send us your suggestion. Contact the Humanities Lab.
Upcoming Labs
Current Labs
What's happening in the Lab.
ASU Outstanding Graduate’s path from Peace Corps to global development
When Ryan Watling served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, a nonfunctioning solar water pump became the moment that reshaped his understanding of global development.
Tech meets tradition: One PhD’s mission to preserve Indigenous memory
In a digital world where stories are easily shared but not always protected, Alycia De Mesa (Apache of Chihuahua) asked: How can Indigenous traditional knowledge be preserved without losing community control?
2024 President's Awards honor ASU projects for real-world impact
Ten Arizona State University programs were honored for their real-world solutions during the annual President's Awards ceremony held on Dec. 6.