Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.64
Liaison Rachael Wein
Submission Date March 3, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Smith College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.22 / 12.00 Emma Kerr
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Sustainability
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
125

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
35

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
28.00

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
36

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
19

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
52.78

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:
AC-9, Academic Research, 2016_2.docx

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
1. Elliot Fratkin, Anthropology 2. James Middlebook, Art 3. James Lowenthal, Astronomy 4. Jesse Bellamare, Biological Sciences 5. Danielle Ignace, Biological Sciences 6. Paulette Peckol, Biological Sciences 7. Marney Pratt, Biological Sciences 8. L. David Smith, Biological Sciences 9. Dano Weisbord, Campus Sustainability (staff) 10. Paul Wetzel, CEEDS (staff and faculty) 11. Andrew Berke, Chemistry 12. Susan Sayre, Economics 13. Viz Taraz, Economics 14. Carol Berner, Education and Child Study 15. Judith Cardell, Engineering 16. Andrew Guswa, Engineering 17. Niveen Ismail, Engineering 18. Denise McKahn, Engineering 19. Parmjeet Pati, Engineering 20. Paul Voss, Engineering 21. Alex Barron, Environmental Science and Policy 22. Camille Washington-Ottombre, Environmental Science and Policy 23. Robert Newton, Geosciences 24. Amy Rhodes, Geosciences 25. Gregory White, Government 26. Daniel Gardner, History 27. Anna Botta, Italian Studies 28. Reid Bertone-Johnson, Landscape Studies 29. Steve Moga, Landscape Studies 30. Jeffry Ramsey, Philosophy 31. Michele Wick, Psychology 32. Michelle Joffroy, Spanish and Portuguese 33. Jon Caris, Spatial Analysis Lab, staff 34. Leslie King, Sociology 35. Elisabeth Armstrong, Study of Women and Gender

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
Followed the manual guidelines. Verified research of faculty using the Smith College Faculty Directory. Added staff members conducting sustainability research in the Office of Campus Sustainability and the Center for the Environment.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.smith.edu/academics/faculty

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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