Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 83.26
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date Feb. 12, 2014
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American University
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.00 / 10.00 Joshua Kaplan
Sustainability Outreach Specialist
Office of Sustainability
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
116

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
445

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:
The website URL where the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research is posted :
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:
Brief descriptions of up to 4 recent notable accomplishments by faculty engaged in sustainability research, including names and department affiliations:

- Stephen Macavoy, College of Arts & Sciences, is using AU's green roofs to evaluate effectiveness of green roofs for reducing nutrients and runoff from storms.
- Simon Nicholson, School of International Service, won AU's Provost’s 2013 research award for his research on global food politics.
- Daniel Fiorino, School of Public Affairs, is co-director of a project on “Conceptual Innovations in Environmental Policy” with James Meadowcroft of Carleton University, funded by the Canada Research Council on Social Sciences and the Humanities. He is conducting research on the role of sustainability in policy analysis and the effects of regulatory policy design and implementation on technology innovation.
- Sandra Cannon-Brown, School of Communications, focuses on environmental film making. Her Environmental and Wildlife Production students have won student Emmys for their films.


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