Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Alison Linder
Submission Date March 7, 2025

STARS v2.2

Occidental College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Jackie Cameron
Director
Institutional Research and Planning
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
147

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
12

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
8.16

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
29

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
9

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
31.03

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
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Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
  1. Biology
    1. Gretchen North: native plants & resilience
    2. Amanda Zellmer: conservation biology
    3. Alex Pivovaroff: climate change/global change biology
  2. Economics
    1. Bevin Ashenmiller: environmental economics
  3. Geology
    1. James Sadd: GIS, environmental justice
  4. Media, Arts, and Culture
    1. Broderick Fox: documentaries for environmental justice
  5. Philosophy
    1. Clair Morrissey: environmental ethics
  6. Physics
    1. Daniel Snowden-Ifft: renewable energy
  7. Sociology
    1. John Lang: food studies
  8. Urban and Environmental Policy
    1. Martha Matsuoka: environmental justice
    2. Bhavna Shamasunder: environmental justice 

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

This inventory was created based on faculty profiles and knowledge of faculty currently engaged in research related to sustainability. Knowledge about these projects was gathered through individual conversations, the Oxy website faculty directory, and publicized information about the research projects.


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