| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 34.48 |
| Liaison | Rebecca Jones |
| Submission Date | Feb. 9, 2022 |
Austin College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
8.74 / 12.00 |
Rebecca
Jones Coordinator Center for Environmental Studies |
Total number of employees that conduct research:
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Baker, David; Physics; surface energy balance research
Bigelow, Nathan; Political Science; published work on campus programming that involves community engagement on poverty alleviation and related non-profit programming
Bowman, Cate; Sociology; sociology of immigration, migrant labor policy, sociology of work, law and society, race and ethnicity
Brown, Lisa; Psychology; The efficacy paradox: Teaching about structural inequality while keeping students’ hope alive (2021), Raising the consciousness of students holding ingroup stereotypes (2021)
Carr, Andrew; Chemistry; hazardous materials transport safety, pollutant remediation
Copple Smith, Erin; Media Studies; importance of teaching college students about the operations of media industries with the goal of ultimately achieving economic justice in terms of these important ideological institutions
Ewing, Mari Elise; Environmental Studies; agricultural land use
Garcia, Loriann; Biology; how ant-hemipteran interactions affect plants in restored and remnant prairies, how bee diversities in urban and natural areas differ and why
Harcourt, Felix; History; histories of inequality and social justice in the 1920s
Harrison, Aaron; Chemistry; experimental and theoretical methods to study the photochemistry of organic compounds commonly found in atmospheric aerosols
Healy, Jessica; Biology; effects of climate change on the physiological ecology of ground squirrels
Kisselle, Keith; Biology & Environmental Studies; carbon storage in the boreal forest and in tallgrass prairies
Nuckols, Danny; Economics and Business Administration; Texas organic agriculture (with an emphasis on home production)
Meyer, Wayne; Biology; bird conservation
Mohammed, Mikidadu; Economics and Business Administration; Green Tax Shocks and Economic Growth (2020)
Paramo, Sebastian; English; examining ecological and social justice issues affecting Texas through poetry
Schulze, Peter; Biology & Environmental Studies; prairie ecosystem restoration, obstacles to environmental progress
Simmons, Kevin; Economics & Business Administration; economic justification for sustainable construction to withstand wind storms (hurricanes/tornadoes)
Smucker, Brad; Chemistry; light-harvesting molecules
Tooley, Hunt; History; identification, surveillance, and internment of "enemy aliens" during World War I among all the fighting powers on both sides — hence a global program to identify "the other" and lock them up
Vargas-O’Bryan, Ivette; Religious Studies; cultural and ecological preservation in Tibetan areas of China and South Asia
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The coordinator for the Center for Environmental Studies (CES) used a faculty research survey and consultation with the director of the CES to create the inventory. We did not include any staff in the tally of people involved in research, though a few staff members do occasionally assist with various aspects of research projects.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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