Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 81.34
Liaison Robert Stroufe
Submission Date Nov. 26, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Chatham University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.68 / 12.00 Mary Whitney
University Sustainability Coordinator
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):
120

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
38

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
31.67

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
31

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
22

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
70.97

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:
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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Sustainability (+ 75 grad students all do sustainability research) Dr. Peter Walker - campus as a living lab Dr. Linda Johnson - botany, native plant communities Dr. Ryan Utz - biodiversity and forest restoration Donna Roberts, MSc - community engagement and env science Christine Cunningham, MSc - integrated bioscience biomimicry and bioremediation Sustainable Water Resources Dr. Roy Weitzel - aquaculture and native fish species Sustainable Technology Dr. Iris Grossman - energy and community development Food Studies Dr. Alice Julier - inequality, food and everyday life Mim Seidel, MS, RD, LDN - nutrition and food access Dr. Nadine Lehrer - sustainable agriculture and food policy Dr. Sally Frey - sustainable food production Cynthia Caul, MFS - Craft Cassandra Malis, MFS - Craft Agroecology Dr. Chris Murakami - agroecology Tony Miga, MSUS - organic farming History, Political Science and International Studies: Dr. Lou Martin - mountain-top removal mining Biology: Dr. Lisa Lambert - iron-binding marine organisms Dr. Barbara Biglan - sustainability science education Dr. Sherie Edenborn - microbiology and human ecology Chemistry: Dr. Joseph MacNeill - bioremediation, synthesis of novel semiconductors Health Sciences: Nursing: Dr. Jennifer Wasco - public health effects of fracking OT: Dr. Janet Bucey - fully-inclusive sustainability at EHC Social Work: Dr. Melissa Bell - environment social work Psychology: Dr. Wonjin Sim - integrating sustainability into Counseling Psychology. Dr. Tony Gorezny - community-based approaches to improving life for developmental disability Dr. Ashley Scudder - system-level sustainability in evidence-based practice Humanities: English: Dr. Lynne Bruckner - ecocriticism Dr. Anissa Wardi - ecocriticism International Studies: Dr. Karen Kingsbury - Korean agriculture, food and human values Communications: Dr. Katie Cruger - environmental justice discourse Business & Entrepreneurship: Sustainable Business: Dr. Thomas Macagno - sustainable business, Dr. Sandra Taylor - socially-responsible business Business and Marketing: Dr. Deborah DeLong - community-based social marketing Department of Art, Communication & Design: Interior Architecture: Dr. Greg Galford - alternative housing, John Buck, MS - soil chemistry Art: James Louks - communities and fracking Communications: Shannon Dickerson, MA - env communication Education: Dr. Heather Cunningham - teacher education for sustainability Office of Sustainability: Dr. Mary Whitney - campus as living lab

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
Each discipline collected a list of their sustainability research activities and initiatives and compiled them into one sustainability research activities and initiatives inventory, with additional input from the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.edenhall.chatham.edu/academics-research/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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