This document is a supplement to the Academic Catalog Archive 2022-2023 published in November 2022. It is the record of policies and programs that experienced changes since the publication of the Academic Catalog Archive 2022-2023. It also contains additional policies that were not provided within the Academic Catalog Archive 2022-2023 because information was unavailable at the time of publication.

This document is an archival record of ASU’s instructional faculty. Faculty listed are involved in undergraduate and graduate instruction and research for the 2022-2023 academic year. Each individual’s name and title are followed by the current department. In addition, the type of terminal degree held, issuing institution and date of conferral are listed. 

This document provides an archival record of the academic programs offered during the 2023-2024 academic year. It is a printable option of the online catalog for accreditation organizations, agencies and university offices for data collection, evaluation purposes and referencing. The information and links presented in this archive may no longer be accurate. For current catalog information, refer to the online version of the academic catalog.

Corrections or additions to the Academic Catalog Archive 2023-2024 program information and major maps, as of August 2023, may be provided in a future addendum. For inquiries or questions, please contact academic.catalog@asu.edu.

This document provides an archival record of the academic programs offered during the 2023-2024 academic year in California. It is a printable option of the online catalog for accreditation organizations, agencies and university offices for data collection, evaluation purposes and referencing. The information and links presented in this archive may no longer be accurate. For full current catalog information, refer to the online version of the academic catalog.

Corrections or additions to the Academic Catalog Archive - California 2023-2024 program information and major maps, as of August 2023, may be provided in a future addendum. For inquiries or questions, please contact academic.catalog@asu.edu.

Native American obesity and the associated health conditions are generally thought to result in part from a genetic predisposition to overeating fats and carbohydrates, called the “thrifty gene.” Although coined by nutritional scientists, this study maintains the origin of the thrifty gene lies in economics. Apparently harmful overconsumption and addiction constitute economically rational behavior if the increment to current utility from adding to one’s stock of “consumption capital” is greater than the present value of utility lost in the future due to ill health and the costs of withdrawal. Tests of these conditions for such “rational addiction” are conducted using two-stage household production approach. The results obtained by estimating this model in a panel of Native and non-Native supermarket scanner data show that both Natives and non-Natives tend to be inherently forward-looking in their nutrient choices, but Natives tend to have far higher long-run demand elasticities for carbohydrates compared to non-Natives. Consequently, reductions in real food prices over time, primarily among foods that are dense in simple carbohydrates, leads Native Americans to over-consume potentially harmful nutrients relative to their traditional diet.