Belle Edson

Belle Edson is a core faculty member in the Hugh Downs School where she teaches undergraduate courses in theory and rhetoric. After receiving her doctorate from the University of Denver she taught at Humboldt State in California; Cal State San Bernardino in Southern California and at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA before coming to Arizona State University. Edson is the director of undergraduate studies and core courses for the school and oversees the development of curriculum for undergraduates. She also supervises the graduate teaching associates and assistants and works with the professional advisors to make sure that the school’s undergraduate students are matriculating towards graduation.

Edson is the director of the communication study abroad program and takes approximately 25 students to the British Isles and Ireland every summer.