Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.23
Liaison Rachael Wein
Submission Date July 11, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Smith College
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.00 / 12.00 Joanne Benkley
Assistant Director
Center for the Environment
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
44

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
120

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
18

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
36

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Graham Kent, Biological Sciences Jesse Bellamare, Biological Sciences Laura A. Katz, Biological Sciences Michael Baressi, Biological Sciences Paulette Peckol, Biological Sciences Robert Dorit, Biological Sciences Robert Merritt, Biological Sciences Thomas Litwin, Biological Sciences Virginia Hayssen, Biological Sciences Kate Queeney, Chemistry Candice Salyers, Dance Susan Sayre, Economics Andrew Guswa, Engineering Denise McKahn, Engineering Sarah Moore, Engineering Donna Riley, Engineering Judith Cardell, Engineering Paul Voss, Engineering Susannah Howe, Engineering Julianne Busa, Environmental Science and Policy Jon Caris, Environmental Science and Policy Ninian Stein, Environmental Science and Policy Ann Leone, French/ Landscape Studies Amy Rhodes, Geosciences H. Allen Curran , Geosciences H. Robert Burger, Geosciences Robert Newton , Geosciences Gregory White, Government Daniel Gardner , History Justin Cammy Jewish Studies Reid Bertone-Johnson, Landscape Studies Christophe Gole, Mathematics and Statistics Katherine Halvorsen, Mathematics and Statistics Pamela Matheson, Mathematics and Statistics Jeffry Ramsey, Philosophy Nathanael Fortune, Physics Benita Jackson, Psychology Beth Powell, Psychology Peter de Villiers, Psychology Leslie King, Sociology Malcolm McNee, Spanish and Portuguese Michelle Joffroy, Spanish and Portuguese Clare Booth Luce Elsie Damon Simonels Louise C. Harrington

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Followed the manual guidelines. Used knowledge of work from the last year in updates, left some from previous STARS.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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