Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.32
Liaison Heather Albert-Knopp
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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College of the Atlantic
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Dave Feldman
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Environmental Science
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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
34

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
19

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
55.88

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
3

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
3

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
100

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:
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

COA does not have academic departments. Instead of departmental affiliation, we list each faculty member's primary teaching areas.

1. John Anderson (Biology, ES)
2. Nancy Andrews (Performance Art and Video Production, AD)
3. Richard Borden (Psychology and Human Ecology, HS)
4. Ken Cline (Environmental Law and Policy; Parks and Protected Areas, HS)
5. Dru Colbert (Arts and Design, Visual Communication, AD)
6. Kourtney Collum (Sustainable Food Systems, HS)
7. Gray Cox (Peace Studies and Philosophy, HS)
8. David Feldman (Physics and Mathematics, ES)
9. Jay Friedlander (Sustainable Business, HS)
10. Sarah Hall (Earth Science, ES)
11. Reuben Hudson (Chemistry, ES)
12. Susan Letcher (Botany, ES)
13. Todd Little-Siebold (History, HS)
14. Suzanne Morse (Botany, ES)
15. Chris Peterson (Marine Biology, ES)
16. Stephen Ressel (Biology, ES)
17. Doreen Stabinsky (Global Environmental Politics, HS)
18. Sean Todd (Biology, ES)
19. Karen Waldron (Literature and Women's Studies, HS)


A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

All faculty were reviewed for activities in the last three years that meet AASHE's criteria for sustainability research.

The inventory included all faculty at College of the Atlantic. We did not include lecturers or adjunct faculty.


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