Nalini Chhetri | ASU Search

Nalini Chhetri | ASU Search
Nalini Chhetri
Clinical Professor
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Other ASU affiliations
School of Sustainability
Affiliated Faculty
Humanities for the Environment Global Network, North American Observatory
Institute for Social Science Research Affiliated Faculty
Center For Asian Research
Senior Global Futures Scientist
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
[email protected]
ISTB X #332 Formerly Wrigley Hall
Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code:
6002
Campus:
Tempe
Long Bio
Nalini Chhetri is a Clinical Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Sustainability. She holds a doctorate in education policy studies with a minor in demography from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.Sc in Cyto-genetics.
Professor Chhetri’s interdisciplinary work centers on STEM education among refugee communities, natural resources and watershed management, research design, energy and energy systems, climate and technological impacts in the Global South, as well as urban sustainability. She currently directs over a dozen PhD students from the USA and across the world in interdisciplinary research. Her career also included directing sustainable development programs for international nongovernmental organizations for over a decade, work that continues in her current academic life. She works with think-tanks and agencies in China, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jordan, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and the USA. She has consulted for UNESCO and European bilateral agencies.
Education
Ph.D. Dual degree in Educational Theory and Policy, and Comparative and International Education with minor in Demography, Pennsylvania State University 2005
M.Sc. Zoology (specialization in Cyto-genetics), North Bengal University, India 1987
B.Sc. Zoology (Honors), North Bengal University, India 1984
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Research Activity
Boone,Christopher G*, Carr Kelman,Candice, Chhetri,Nalini, Gadau,Juergen, Henderson,Mark Richard, Keck,Kay L, Nahzi,Fron, Valencia,William Ruben, Wilcox,Kristine, Zhang,Yong-Hang. Global Development Lab Research and Innovation Fellowships. DOS - USAID(9/15/2014 - 9/14/2017).
Chhetri,Nalini*, Galluppi,Kenneth Joseph, Selover,Nancy Joan, Selover,Nancy Joan. Informing Emergency and Risk Management Climate Knowledge in Arid Regions. DOC-NOAA(8/1/2014 - 7/31/2016).
Chhetri,Nalini*, Chhetri,Nalini*, Hondula,David Michael, Selover,Nancy Joan, Selover,Nancy Joan. Arizona BRACE. AZ DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES(5/1/2014 - 8/31/2019).
Kitch,Sally L*, Adamson,Joni Lynn, Broglio,Ronald, Chhetri,Nalini, Chhetri,Nalini, Chhetri,Nalini, Cruz-Torres,Maria, Hirt,Paul Wayne, Lussier,Mark Stephen, Mcgregor,Joan Lucy, Minteer,Ben A, Simeone,Michael Paul. Integrating the Humanities across National Boundaries: the Promise of CHCI. DUKE UNIV(7/1/2013 - 12/31/2015).
Oneill,Gerald Daniel*, Brown,Nicholas, Buch,Rajesh, Chhetri,Nalini, Chhetri,Nalini. City of Phoenix GHGCAP IGA. CITY OF PHOENIX(2/8/2013 - 11/7/2013).
Chhetri,Nalini*, Quay,Raymond G, Roy,Michele Diane. Climate Change Boot Camps. UNIV OF AZ(6/1/2012 - 7/31/2014).
Henderson,Mark Richard*, Chhetri,Nalini, Nation,Marcia L, Oneill,Gerald Daniel, Rogers,Bradley Barney, Takamura,John Hiroomi. Global Innovation for Village Entrepreneurship (GIVE) Capstone. NCIIA(4/1/2010 - 9/30/2012).
Courses
2026 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
GTD 511
Development Policy & Practices
GTD 511
Development Policy & Practices
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
SOS 799
Dissertation
2025 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 314
Basic Energy Science
2025 Summer
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 598
Special Topics
SOS 598
Special Topics
2025 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
GTD 511
Development Policy & Practices
GTD 511
Development Policy & Practices
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
SOS 799
Dissertation
2024 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 314
Basic Energy Science
2024 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
SOS 799
Dissertation
2023 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 314
Basic Energy Science
2023 Summer
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
2023 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 799
Dissertation
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
2022 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 314
Basic Energy Science
IGD 601
Re-Thinking Global Development
IGD 604
Colloquium-Innovation Glob Dev
2022 Summer
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
2022 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 799
Dissertation
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
2021 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
GTD 505
Soc Sci Inquiry for Global Dev
SOS 799
Dissertation
SOS 498
Pro-Seminar
SOS 594
Conference and Workshop
2021 Summer
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel
2021 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
SOS 799
Dissertation
SOS 792
Research
SOS 596
Capstone: Scientific Paper
IGD 603
Methods-Research Global Devel