Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.23
Liaison Keaton Schrank
Submission Date Aug. 15, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Westminster University - Utah
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.15 / 12.00 Kerry Case
Environmental Director
Environmental Center
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
162

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
45

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
27.78

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
61

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
24

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
39.34

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:
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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Westminster College Sustainability Research Inventory 2017-2018 Art - David Baddley Biology - Brian Avery - Foad Yousef - Bonnie Baxter - David Kimberly Economics - Rich Collins Accounting/Finance - Sheng Xiao Management - Susan Arsht - Michael Pacanowsky Chemistry - Frank Black - Joan Roque Pena History - Jeff Nichols - Gary Marquardt English - Ranjan Adiga - Eileen Chanza Torres - Lance Newman Theater - Michael Vought - Jared Larkin - Nina Vought Environmental Studies - Brent Olson - Christy Clay - Xiumei Pu Public Health - Han Kim - Psychology - Jonathan Amburgey - Ellen Behrens - Chris Davids - Julian Mendez Anthropology - Gretchen Siegler Philosophy - Michael Popich - Kara Barnette Math - Bill Bynum - Kenan Ince - Sean Raleigh Sociology - Kristjane Nordmeyer Spanish - Deyanira Ariza-Velasco Communications - Matt Baker - Tamara Stevenson Neuroscience - Lesa Ellis Political Science - Leo Figueroa-Helland - Mike Zarkin Computer Science - Helen Hu Justice Studies - Giancarlo Panagia - Connie Etter Geology - Tiffany Rivera Honors - Julie Stewart

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
An email survey containing the definition of sustainability research from STARS was sent out to all deans, asking them to report all faculty members from their departments that are engaged in sustainability research. The attached list was generated based on their responses.

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