Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.85
Liaison Tara Pike
Submission Date June 17, 2011
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University of Nevada Las Vegas
ER-16: Faculty Involved in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.42 / 10.00 Tom Piechota
Associate Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research
Division of Research and Graduate Studies
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
66

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
772

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:

Robert Aalberts, Finance
Scott Abella, Environmental and Public Affairs
Sajjad Ahmad, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Penny Amy, Life Sciences
Jacimaria Batista, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Christine Bergman, Food & Beverage Management
Bo Bernhard, Sociology
Markie Blumer, Marriage and Family Therapy
Robert Boehm, Mechanical Engineering
Barbara Brents, Sociology
Cynthia Carruthers, Recreation and Sports Management
Michelle Chino, Environmental and Occupational Health
Michele Clark, Nursing
Jean Cline, Geoscience
Chad Cross, Biostatistics
Kenneth Czerwinski, Chemistry
Dale Devitt, Life Sciences
Carolee Dodge Francis, Environmental and Occupational Health
Mehmet Erdem, Hotel Management
Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Architecture
Robert Futrell, Sociology
Shawn Gerstenberger, Environmental and Occupational Health
Allen Gibbs, Life Sciences
Simon Gottschalk, Sociology
Joseph Greenway, Health Information & Analysis
Mary Guinan, Community Health Sciences
Randall Hale, Architecture
Andrew Hanson, Geoscience
Karen Harry, Anthropology
David Hatchett, Chemistry
Oliver Hemmers, Harry Reid Center
Clemens Heske, Chemistry
Greg Hise, History
Jef Jaeger, Life Sciences
Thomas Jones, Hotel Management
Jennifer Keene, Sociology
Yen-Soon Kim, Food & Beverage Management
Andrew Kirk, History
Pierre Lienard, Anthropology
Anna Lukemeyer, Environmental and Public Affairs
Helen Neill, Environmental and Public Affairs
Glenn Nowak, Architecture
Edward Nussbaum, Educational Psychology
Thomas Piechota, VPRGS
Carl Reiber, Life Sciences
Jennifer Rennels, Psychology
Ralph Reynolds, Educational Psychology
Mary Riddel, Economics
Bret Riddle, Life Sciences
Aly Said, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peter Schrader, Educational Psychology
Jeff Shen, Life Sciences
Pramen Shrestha, Construction Management
Bill Smith, Environmental and Public Affairs
Ron Smith, VPRGS
Stan Smith, Life Sciences
Peter Starkweather, Life Sciences
Krystyna Stave, Environmental and Public Affairs
Kirsten Swenson, Art History
Sarah Tanford, Hotel Management
Daniel Thompson, Life Sciences
Melva Thompson-Robinson, Program in Health Promotion
Denise Tillery, English
Edward Weber, Environmental and Public Affairs
Elspeth Whitney, History
Jessica Word, Environmental and Public Affairs


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The following is a partial list of faculty that have either self-identified themselves as engaged in sustainability related research or are being supported by the Urban Sustainability Initiative. This is not a complete list and there are likely other faculty on campus that could be added.


The following is a partial list of faculty that have either self-identified themselves as engaged in sustainability related research or are being supported by the Urban Sustainability Initiative. This is not a complete list and there are likely other faculty on campus that could be added.

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