Dr. Alan Artibise is Executive Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He has also served as Dean of Social Sciences at ASU and Executive-Director of the Institute for Social Science Research. In previous positions, he has been a professor and administrator at several other North American universities including the University of New Orleans, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the Universities of British Columbia, Winnipeg, Victoria and Manitoba.

Dr. Artibise has broad and extensive experience in the humanities and social sciences, and in the planning and public administration professions. Trained as a political scientist and urban historian, Dr. Artibise has chaired a multidisciplinary social and behavioral sciences department, taught in a traditional history department, worked as a professional historian at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (in Ottawa), and served as executive-director of a variety of research and public policy centers and institutes. He is a certified planner and a recognized expert in North American urban development. His areas of expertise include: urban and regional planning and governance; transportation planning and public policy; comparative urban development; community visioning, planning and implementation; and all aspects of tourism and resort planning and development. Dr. Artibise has worked with communities and the private sector in promoting and achieving sustainable development. He is the founding Executive-Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities in Vancouver, B.C. and the Institute for Social Science Research at ASU.

Dr. Artibise has received numerous fellowships and awards, including three medals from the Manitoba Historical Society; Awards of Merit from the Canadian Historical Association, the American Association for State and Local History, the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, the International Council for Canadian Studies, and the Social Science Federation of Canada; and the Marie Tremaine Medal from the Bibliographical Society of Canada. He was recognized by the government of Canada with a "Citation for Citizenship" award in 1988. In 1992, he was awarded the 125th Anniversary of Confederation Medal from the Governor-General. In 1997, he was a member of the Harris Green Charette (City of Victoria) that received a Gold Georgie Award from the Canadian Home Builder’s Association in the category "Excellence by Local Government in Cooperation with Industry." In 1991, the Planning Institute of British Columbia awarded Dr. Artibise its "Award for Excellence in Planning." In 1999, he was recognized with the "International Urban Fellow" Awarded by Lambda Alpha International. In 2000 Dr. Artibise and his staff at the Public Policy Research Center received a "Distinguished Service Award" from the Mid-Country Partners for Progress, a multi-community NGO in St. Louis County. He is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.

Dr. Artibise has lectured extensively on urban studies and planning across the United States and Canada, as well as in India, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Israel, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, France, Columbia, and the Czech Republic. He has been a regular commentator on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Morningside (national network), CBC radio (in both Winnipeg and Vancouver), KWMU (St. Louis), and on a variety of other radio and television stations. He is frequently quoted in newspapers and magazines and is a popular lecturer.