Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.88
Liaison Joanne Wong
Submission Date May 31, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Mills College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Mark Henderson
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Public Policy
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
99

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
21

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
21.21

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
17

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
14

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
82.35

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:
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Robert Anderson, M.D. Anthropology/Sociology Lisa Urry Biology Lara Durback Book Art Kristina Faul Chemistry Molissa Fenley Dance Lorien Rice Economics Roger Sparks Economics Elizabeth Baker Education Greg Tanaka Education Kara Wittman English Cornelia Nixon English Déborah Berman Santana Ethnic Studies Carol Theokary GSB / MBA Program Bill Issel History Dave Meader Management / MBA Martin Benjamin Philosophy Carol George Psychology Mark Henderson Public Policy

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
A six-question survey using Google Forms was sent out to faculty members in November 2014 with an introduction from a faculty member. It asked for their name and department. It asked if their research included issues of sustainability, and if so, to briefly describe it. It asked if they taught any "sustainability classes" or "classes that include sustainability" and to list them. This enabled us to collect both quantitative and qualitative information.

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