Gonzaga University
AC-9: Academic Research

Betsy Bancroft: Environmental Studies/Biology Fr. Patrick Baraza: Religious Studies Adam Bartholomew: Religious Studies Julie Beckstead: Biology Noel Bormann: Civil Engineering Shawn Bowers: Computer Science Paul Buller: Business Administration John Caputo: Communication and Leadership Studies Gary Chang: Biology Tailen Chen: Mechanical Engineering Cathy DeHart: Business Administration Brianna Dorie: Engineering Andrea Fallenstein: Sociology & Criminal Justice Patrick Ferro: Mechanical Engineering Chris Francovich: Leadership Studies Greg Gordon: Environmental Studies Stephen Hayes: Biology Brian Henning: Philosophy Kevin Henrickson: Economics Kent Hickman: Business Administration Erica Johnson: Economics Amy Kelley: Law School Kem Gambrell: Leadership Studies Hugh Lefcort: Biology Mara London: Civil Engineering Alexander Maxwell: Civil Engineering Sue Niezgoda: Civil Engineering Michele Pajer: English David Schroeder: Computer Science Josh Schulz: Civil Engineering Claudio Talarico: Electrical and Computer Engineering Tom Trotter: Counselor Education Annie Voy: Economics Rhonda Young: Civil Engineering Georgie Weatherby: Sociology & Criminal Justice

--Total number of faculty performing research is defined as the total number of tenured and tenure-track faculty, whether full-time or part-time. --Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) where faculty engage in sustainability scholarship is defined as all academic departments. --Commonly known faculty who regularly engage in sustainability research were listed first. --An additional 17 faculty (from 8 additional departments) were identified from a self-report survey of faculty on their sustainability research for 2014-15. --An additional 9 faculty (from 2 additional departments) were identified from a Sustainability in Academia project.

Selection of accomplishments by faculty engaged in sustainability research: -Julie Beckstead, RESEARCH PATENT: US Provisional Patent Application. No. 61/514,811. Inventors: Susan E. Meyer, Suzette Clement, and Julie Beckstead. Entitled: Annual Brome control using a native fungal seed pathogen. Filed August 3, 2011. Provisional converted to Utility. Filed July 27, 2012 -Julie Beckstead. “Does Fusarium-caused Seed Mortality Contribute to Bromus tectorum Stand Failure in the Great Basin?” Weed Research 54 (2014): 511-519. -Pat Ferro. “Fatigue Testing of Hydrogen-exposed Austenitic Stainless Steel Welded Samples.” International Hydrogen Conference, Jackson Hole WY, Sept 2012. -Pat Ferro with students: H. Wentz, S. Oyen, M. Viger, C. Frager, K. Mulvaney, S. Lira, M. Rawson. “Imagining the Hydrogen Economy of 2050,” Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2014, (http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral). -Greg Gordon. “Sowing Seeds: An academic-corporate collaboration to bring ‘real food’ to campus.” Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference. Portland, OR Oct. 26-28, 2014. (Poster). -Greg Gordon. “Urbanite—Spokane’s accidental urban ecology.” Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. Olympia, WA Apr. 2015. (Paper). -Greg Gordon. “When Money Grew on Trees: How Industrial Capitalism Transformed the Ecology of the Western Forests.” Washington Native Plant Society. Spokane, WA Nov. 20, 2014. -Brian Henning. Riders in the storm: Ethics in an Age of Climate Change. Anselm Academic: 2015. -Brian Henning. Thinking with Whitehead and the American Pragmatists: Experience and reality. Co-edited with William Myers and Joseph John. Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield: 2015. -Brian Henning. Creative Love: Eros and Agape in Whitehead and Peirce. Thinking with Whitehead and the American Pragmatists, edited by Brian Henning and John Myers. Lexington Books: (2015): 149–164. -Brian Henning. “Hierarchy without Anthroparchy.” In Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature: A Common World for Animals and the Environment, edited by Brianne Donaldson. Cambridge Scholars Press (2014): 106–116. -Brian Henning. “Following Lucretius’ Dart.” In Thinking About It, edited by Sarah Demeuse and Manuela Moscoso. Archive Books (2014): 89-101. -Brian Henning. “Whitehead's Land Ethic: On the Need for an Environmental Metaphysics of Morals.” European Summer School in Process Thought. Düsseldorf, Germany Aug. 2014. (Invited keynote). -Brian Henning. In collaboration with Kathy Morefield. “Repairers of the Breach: Spirituality and the Environment.” Gonzaga in Florence. Florence, Italy Oct. 2014. -Brian Henning. “Dying for a Hamburger: The Ethics of Eating Animals on a Small Planet.” Gonzaga in Florence. Florence, Italy Oct. 2014. -Brian Henning. “Towards 2050: The Projected Costs and Possible Alternatives to Industrial Livestock Production.” 10th International Whitehead Conference. Claremont, CA June 2015. -Brian Henning. “Decision Making in the Ethics of Creativity.” 10th International Whitehead Conference. Claremont, CA June 2015. -Kevin Henrickson. & Erica H. Johnson. “Jesuit values, environmental sustainability and business core curriculum.” Journal of Jesuit Business Education 6/1 (2015). -Hugh Lefcort. “Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) seeds are still viable after laundry cycle.” Natural Areas Journal 34 (Dec. 2014): 505-508. -Mara London. “Development of a Sustainable, Point-of-Use Ceramic Water Filter for use in Rural Africa.” International Water Association (IWA) 6th International Conference for Water Professionals, July 10 – 13 2012, Budapest, Hungary. -Sue Niezgoda. “Taking the Reigns: Setting the Vision for the Future of River Restoration Northwest.” Closing Speaker at 2015 Northwest Stream Restoration Symposium, River Restoration Northwest, Stevenson, WA Feb. 1-3, 2015. -Sue Niezgoda. “Monitoring streambank properties and erosion potential for the restoration of Lost Creek.” Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Palm Springs, CA, May 2011. -Sue Niezgoda and Schwartz, J.S. “Urban Stream Restoration: A Monitoring and Assessment Framework.” 2015 Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Montgomery Bell State Park, Burns, TN Apr. 1-3, 2015.