Antonio Duran
Senator spotlight: 2026
Associate Professor
Higher and Postsecondary Education
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Tempe campus
Q&A with senator
ASU affiliated:
What unit do you represent?
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation | The Division for Advancing Education Policy, Practice, and Leadership
How many years have you been employed at ASU?
I have been employed at ASU since 2022. This is my fourth year!
What other institutions have you taught at before coming to ASU?
I taught at Florida International University in Miami, FL and at Auburn University in Auburn, AL before coming to ASU.
What is your research and/or creative activities focus?
My research agenda addresses how issues of inequity shape institutions of higher education and what practitioners, faculty, and students do to resist them. I am especially interested in applying frames that expose how intersecting systems of oppression affect multiply minoritized people and their navigation of social institutions.
Senate affiliated:
How many years have you served in the Senate?
This is my 3rd year on the Senate!
Why did you decide to get involved with the Senate?
As someone who studies higher education as a discipline, I see tremendous value in the shared governance structures that exist within institutions. Participating in Senate is an opportunity to advocate for members of the ASU community in order to ensure that this institution works for everyone—students, staff, and faculty alike.
Describe what you have learned (or hope to learn) during your time in the Senate?
I have been grateful to meet colleagues from across the institution who have taught me about their areas of passion. I have also learned about the vision that senior-level leadership has for ASU and how that is congruent/different from the ones held by other members of the university community. Our task on the senate is then to figure out how to bridge this gap or recommend alternative pathways moving forward.
What committees have you participated in, or would like to participate in and what were you able to (or hope to) accomplish?
As part of the Senate, I have been on the University Hearing Board and am currently on the University Senate Personnel Committee. With the latter, I am hoping to move the needle toward justice for individuals of all career levels at ASU.
What would you say to your peers who might be considering accepting a nomination or nominating himself or herself for a position in the University Senate?
I would say joining the University Senate is a wonderful way to represent the voices of those at ASU—those who absolutely love the institution as is and those who love it enough to want to see it become better. To serve on Senate is to be a changemaker who hopes to actualize the commitments we make in the ASU charter.