Ithaca College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Susan Allen-Gil, Environmental Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/sallen/ Environmental toxicology and Effects of Micro-plastics on Aquatic Animals in Cayuga Lake  Jonathan Ablard, History, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jablard/ Latin American History (focus on health issues and environmental impacts) Mara Alper, Documentary Studies and Production, School of Communication http://faculty.ithaca.edu/malper/ Water Resources Documentary Srijana Bajracharya, Health Promotion and Physical Education, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance http://faculty.ithaca.edu/sbajracharya/ “Emphasizing sustainable health and wellness in a health education curriculum.” Co-authored “Is Behaving Sustainably Related to Subject Weel-Being?” Marlene Barken, Business Administration / Legal Studies, School of Business http://www.ithaca.edu/business/faculty/mbarken/ Sustainability in Marketing and Law Jake Brenner, Environmental Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jbrenner/ Effects of Marijuana Farming, Invasive Species, Red Flag Monitoring, Land Management Cory Brown, Writing, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/cbrown/ Poetry, especially natural writing Kathryn Caldwell, Psychology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/kcaldwell/ Teaching and learning of systems thinking, the value of intergenerational learning, especially for solving problems of sustainable living, and the relationship between mindfulness and sustainable values and behaviors. Community Based Social Marketing Lisa Corewyn, Anthropology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/lcorewyn/ Primate Conservation Carole Dennis, Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Human Performances http://faculty.ithaca.edu/cdennis/ Co-authored “Is Behaving Sustainably Related Subject Well-Being?”, Published “A Call for Sustainable Practice in Occupational Therapy” Duncan Duke, Graduate Study in Business, School of Business http://faculty.ithaca.edu/dduke/ Sustainability in Base of the Pyramid (BoP), Economic Development and Social Entrepreneurship, Published “Why Don’t BoP Ventures Solve the Environmental Problems They Initially Set Out to Address?” G. Scott Erickson, Business Administration, School of Business http://www.ithaca.edu/business/faculty/gerickson/ Sustainability in Marketing Mike Haaf, Chemistry, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/mhaaf/ Synthesis of organometallic catalysts designed to make biodegradable polymers from non-petroleum resources.  Jason Hamilton, Environmental Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jhamilton/ Non-Timber Forest Products, Sustainable Forestry Brooke Hansen, Anthropology, Native American Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/kbhansen/ Applied cultural and medical anthropology, contemporary Native American culture, medical pluralism, traditional healing and ethnobotany, integrative medicine, cultural revitalization among indigenous peoples, Native American environment and land issues, and public anthropology. Linda Heyne, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/lheyne/ Sustainable Tourism in Costa Rica John Hopple, Biology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jhopple/ Fungal systematics Narges Kasiri, Graduate Study in Business, School of Business http://faculty.ithaca.edu/nkasiri/ Co-authored “Sustainability in Small Businesses: Developing a Model of Success” Leann Kanda, Biology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/lkanda/ Mammalian behavior and population dynamics; movement ecology and evolution Julia Lapp, Health Promotion and Physical Education, School of Health Science and Human Performance http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jlapp/ Food, diet and sustainability Hormoz Movassaghi, Finance and International Business, School of Business http://faculty.ithaca.edu/hormoz/publications/ Co-authored “Sustainability in Small Businesses: Developing a Model of Success” Karryn Olson-Ramanujan, Environmental Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/kolsonramanujan/ Sustainability Education and Permaculture Design Tom Pfaff, Mathematics, School of Humanities and Sciences http://www.ithaca.edu/tpfaff/sustainability.htm Mathematics and Social Justice, Social Justice and Sustainability Bradley Rappa, Cinema and Photography, School of Communications http://faculty.ithaca.edu/brappa/ Films on Sustainability in Mongolia Michael "Bodhi" Rogers, Physics, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/mrogers/ Batteries chargeable by heat from decomposition of organic matter in compost Patricia Rodriguez, Politics, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/prodriguez/ Alternative food systems in Latin America, extraction-displacement economies, building of solidarity economies, citizen struggles in Waterloo and Canandaigua (NY) vs. expansion/corporate local free-reign by landfill companies Jack Rossen, Anthropology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jrossen/ Archaeology, archaeobotany, ethnobotany, ancient agriculture Christopher Sinton, Environmental Studies and Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/csinton/ Pollution in Roadside Springs Michael Smith, History, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/mismith/ Environmental History and Public History - canal projects in Nicaragua (Linking Oceans, Disrupting Landscapes: Toward an Ecological and Social History of Transoceanic Canal Schemes in Nicaragua) Sandra Steingraber, Environmental Studies and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/ssteingraber/ Environmental toxicology and Environmental Activism Anne Stork, Environmental Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/astork/ Effects of Water Pollution and Salinity on Plant Growth David Turkon, Anthropology, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/dturkon/ Sociocultural anthropology, political ecology Paula Turkon, Environmental Studies and Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences http://faculty.ithaca.edu/pturkon/ Sustainable Growing Systems, Hydroponics and Aquaponics Patricia Zimmermann, Cinema, Photography & Media Arts, School of Communication http://faculty.ithaca.edu/patty/research/ Co-director, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival

Using the criteria provided by AASHE STARS and according to the values of Earth Charter, a list of sustainability focused and related researchers was complied. Researcher information was gotten via the provost, deans of each school, and individual professors. Some names may not have been included on list due to lack of responses or information available. Researchers are considered all those that conduct "organized and systematic investigation" of topics of their own choosing with the goal of societal, student, and self betterment. (this includes research done for film in the communications school)