Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.20
Liaison Gary Cocke
Submission Date March 1, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Baylor University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.18 / 12.00 Smith Getterman
Assistant Director of Sustainability and Special Projects
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
174

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
40

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
22.99

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
44

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
12

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
27.27

Research Inventory 

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Alexander Sara Anthropology Associate Professor & Chair Allen Peter M Geology Professor Anderson William Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Bratton Susan Environmental Sciences Professor Brooks Bryan W Environmental Sciences Professor Chambliss Charles K Chemistry Associate Professor Cobb George Environmental Sciences Professor and Chair Danley Patrick D Biology Associate Professor Dittmann Jay R Physics Associate Professor Doyle Robert D Biology Professor and Chair Doyle Eva I Health, Human Perf, Recreation Professor and Director, Community Health Driese Steven G Geology Professor and Graduate Program Director Dunbar John A Geology Professor Dworkin Steve Geology Professor Fulton James M Geology Assistant Research Professor Gibbon Bryan C Biology Assistant Professor Hockaday William C Geology Assistant Professor Kang Sanghoon Biology Assistant Professor Kearney Christopher M Biology Associate Professor Kim Sung-Kun Chemistry Assistant Professor King Ryan S Biology Professor Lau Boris Geology Assistant Professor Lee Kwang Y Electrical/Computer Engineering Professor and Chair Matson Cole W Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor O'Neal Dennis L Electrical/Computer Engineering Professor and Dean Peppe Daniel J Geology Assistant Professor Pulliam Jay Geology W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics Sheesley Rebecca J Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Sheng Tim Mathematics Professor Shuford Kevin Chemistry Assistant Professor Sim Cheolho Biology Assistant Professor Singletary Jon Social Work Assistant Professor Solouki Touradj Chemistry Professor Song Byeong-Mun Electrical/Computer Engineering Professor Trumble Stephen J Biology Associate Professor Usenko Sascha Environmental Sciences Associate Professor White* Joseph D Biology Professor White Joseph D Institute of Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences Professor Williams Edward S Environmental Sciences Assistant Research Professor Wright Lesley M Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Yelderman Joe C Geology Professor

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
The annual research expenditures report for fiscal year 2014 was reviewed to determine the number of departments and faculty conducting research during the year. Each project was reviewed and categorized as sustainability research. Data were tabulated based upon the categorization.

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