| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.65 |
| Liaison | Maddie LoDico |
| Submission Date | Dec. 12, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colby College
AC-9: Academic Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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12.00 / 12.00 |
Russell
Cole Environmental Studies Program Director Environmental Studies |
Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Anthropology: Mary Elizabeth Mills, Catherine Besteman, Chandra Bhimull, Maple Razsa, David Strohl
Biology: Herb Wilson, Catherine Bevier, Judy Stone, Cathy Collins, Frank Fekete, Ron Peck
Chemistry: Whitney King, Jeff Katz, Tom Shattuck
Economics: Michael Donihue, Patrice Franko, Sahan Dissanayake, Daniel LaFave, Tim Hubbard, Andreas Waldkirch, Nathan Chan
Education: Adam Howard, Mark Tappan, Lyn Brown
English: Anindyo Roy, Michael Burk, Tilar Mazzeo
Environmental Studies: Russ Cole, Philip Nyhus, Gail Carlson, Denise Bruesewitz, Loren McClenachan, Travis Reynolds
Geology: Bruce Rueger, Robert Gastaldo, Robert Nelson, Walter Sullivan, Tashia Dunn
Government: Laura Seay
History: James Webb, Paul Josephson, Daniel Tortora
Latin American Studies: Ben Fallaw
Mathematics: Jan Holly, James Scott, Liam O'Brien
Philosophy: Keith Peterson
Science, Technology and Society: James Fleming, Leonard Reich
Sociology: Mathew Archibald
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
We used the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) logic to tally the total number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research. The number 173 reflects full-time faculty members, including faculty members on paid-sabbatical, but excluding faculty on unpaid leave and librarians, athletic coaches, and administrators with nominal faculty status whose primary role is not course instruction. These 173 faculty members are required to conduct research. To complete the inventory of those people engaged in sustainability research, we went through that list of 173 faculty members with Russ Cole, the Oak Professor of Biological Sciences.
A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
For a summary of the sustainability research accomplishments by the faculty of the Environmental Studies department, visit the website below. Here is one professor's accomplishments: Professor Denise Bruesewitz is interested in how human activities alter aquatic ecosystem function. Specifically, she studies nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon cycling in aquatic ecosystems with the goal of understanding how ecosystem function and ecosystem services change in response to human activities. Her ongoing projects include understanding how restored oyster reefs in New York City mitigate nutrient pollution, how lakes across the globe process carbon, and determining how rivers and estuaries in south Texas respond to drought and storms. At Colby, she will build upon ongoing research in the Belgrade Lakes, as well as local streams and rivers, with a focus on carbon and nutrient cycling in these aquatic systems.
The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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