Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.93
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date May 10, 2018
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Southwestern University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.78 / 12.00 Keara Hudler
Student Sustainability Coordinator
Environmental Studies
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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
85

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
18

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
21.18

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
46

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
16

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
34.78

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:

Sarah Brackmann, Office of Civic Engagement
Laura Hobgood, Religion and Environmental Studies
Romi Burks, Biology and Environmental Studies
Melissa Johnson, Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Josh Long, Environmental Studies
Emily Niemeyer, Chemistry
Jimmy Smith, Kinesiology
Emily Northrop, Economics
John Ore, Theater
Steve Alexander, Physics
Brenda Sendejo, Anthropology
Erika Berroth, German
Joseph Hower, History
Becca Edwards, Physics and Environmental Studies
Anwar Sounny-Slitine, Environmental Studies
Traci Giuliano, Psychology
Eric Selbin, Political Science; Latin American & Border Studies; International Studies
Thomas Howe, Art History


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

Overview of Brief Annual Reports submitted by faculty each year along with other information gathered from the Office of the Provost.
Faculty included as researchers are all tenured or tenure-track members of the permanent faculty, long-term visitors, and one advanced staff person with faculty rank who teaches Environmental GIS courses.


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