Hampshire College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

See attached research inventory.

Instead of traditional, single-discipline departments, Hampshire's curriculum is organized into five interdisciplinary schools. All schools are led by the School Deans, who are faculty members in their schools. For this inventory, the Dean of the School of Natural Science asked the other Schools Deans to provide summaries of faculty member research activities in their schools. All faculty members with research expectations were counted, including "regular" faculty (tenure-track equivalent) and visiting faculty. Staff, adjunct instructors, and visiting scholars were not counted. There is research related to sustainability in all of the five schools. The schools are described below. School of Cognitive Science: CS engages students with interests ranging from psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience to environmental education, animal behavior, child development, computer science, digital multimedia, and linguistics. School of Critical Social Inquiry: CSI includes faculty trained in history, psychology, psychoanalysis, anthropology, economics, sociology, politics, law, philosophy, cultural studies, and education. What unites CSI is a common commitment to understanding the processes of social and cultural formations and their implications. School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies: HACU engages students with interests ranging from philosophy, literature, film, video, photography, history, dance, painting, art history, cultural theory and history, critical theory, religious studies, studio arts, to ancient studies, music, American studies, media studies, environmental design, and architecture. School for Interdisciplinary Arts: IA students and professors work across boundaries of art forms such as theater, sculpture, writing, literature, children's theater, creative drama, and arts and social action. School of Natural Science: NS students involve themselves in original scientific research. Areas of interest include environmental sciences, agricultural studies, health sciences, and more. Students can and do concentrate in almost every branch of science, from astronomy and bio-engineering to marine ecology and genetics.