Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.51
Liaison Chris Frantsvog
Submission Date May 1, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Luther College
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.66 / 12.00 Jon Jensen
Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Philosophy, Environmental Studies
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
17

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
159

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
11

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
26

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

Eric Baack (Biology)
Kirk Larsen (Biology)
Beth Lynch (Biology)
Brad Chamberlain (Chemistry)
Laura Peterson (Chemistry and Environmental Studies)
Steve Holland (Economics and Business)
David Faldet (English)
Jon Jensen (Philosophy and Environmental Studies)
James Martin-Schramm (Religion)
Amy Weldon (cheapskate intellectual blog),
Richard Mtisi (conservation in sub-saharan Africa)
Jodi Enos-Berlage -- water quality and land use changes in NE Iowa
Tex Sordahl -- changing bird migration patterns over time and connections to climate change
Olga Rinco -- using photochemistry to study environmental pollutants
Richard Bernatz -- mathematical modeling of flooding in the Upper Iowa River Watershed
Andrew Hageman -- literary analysis of sustainability literature
Lori Stanley -- land conservation and pastoralism with the Masai of Tanzania


A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

The Environmental Studies Department Head looked through the list of tenure track faculty engaged in research and determined, which faculty are engaged in sustainability research.


A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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