University of Alaska Anchorage
AC-9: Academic Research

Alessa, Lillian CAS Biology Bogan, Daniel CAS AK Natural Heritage Program Burns, Jennifer CAS Biology Carlson,Matthew CAS AK Natural Heritage Program Carlson, Matthew CAS Biology Colt, Stephen Economics Donovan, Shannon CAS Environmental Science Donovon, Shannon CAS Geography Dotson, Aaron School of Engineering Driscoll, David COH Inst for Circumpolar Health St Driscoll, David Health St Fay, Virginia Economics Fay, Virginia Institute of Social & Economics Research Goldsmith, Oliver Economics Goldsmith, Scott Economics Hagedorn , Birgit CAS Environmental & Natural Resources Inst Haley, Sharman Public Policy Kennish, John CAS Chemistry Kliskey, Andrew CAS Biology Knapp, Gunnar Institute of Social & Econ Research Kulmatiski, Andrew CAS Biology Martin, Stephanie Economics Munk, Lee CAS Geology Raven, Thomas School of Engineering Schwoerer, Tobias Institute of Social & Economics Research Sullivan, Patrick Environment and Natural Resources Institute von Hippel, Frank CAS Biology White, Paul CAS Anthropology

The first step in identifying research projects that incorporated elements of the AASHE STAR definition of Sustainability was to acquire a list of all research projects done during from 2011-2013 by all staff and faculty members. A research associate from Institutional Research was able to provide a list of all grant-funded projects from those years. From there the list was whittled down to projects that could potentially fit the AASHE criteria. At this point the only way to distinguish sustainability related research from research that was not sustainability related was the title of the project. In order to make a more comprehensive and accurate list, the abstracts from all potential sustainability related research was acquired from the Office of Sponsored Projects. After reading abstracts the list became more accurate and solidified. Those that made the cut were added to the list. However, there were some research projects that either had missing files, missing abstracts, or had abstracts that made it ambiguous as to whether or not the research was sustainability related or not. The staff or faculty who had projects on this list were contacted (by phone and email) and asked to confirm if their project fit the criteria. Those that confirmed that their research was related were added to the list, while the projects that did not fit the criteria were eliminated. In order to find research projects that were not grant funded the Office of Sustainability contacted heads of colleges and departments asking for lists of faculty and staff who were potentially conducting sustainability research. These faculty and staff were then contacted and asked to either agree that their project fit the criteria or if it did not. The Office of Sustainability also looked through faculty webpages and department research databases to find projects that would not have made it onto the initial list. Projects that were found to fit the criteria were added to the list of sustainability research projects. Sustainability research projects that were conducted by undergraduate students was listed separately to be published on the Office of Sustainability website, though not counted in the above data.