Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.54
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 6, 2020
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STARS v2.1

Carleton College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.93 / 12.00 Alexandra Miller
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Energy and Sustainability
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
244

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 :
7.38

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
43

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:
37.21

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:
Becky Boling Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. Professor of Spanish and the Liberal Arts Nancy Braker Lecturer in Biology, Puzak Family Director of the Cowling Arboretum Lawrence Burnett Professor of Music and Choral Director Patricia Cavanaugh Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Fred Hagstrom Director, Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching; Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning; Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art; Yoga Instructor Dan Hernandez Assistant Professor of Biology Mark Kanazawa Professor of Economics Mike Kowalewski McBride Professor of English and Environmental Studies Michael McNally Professor of Religion Steven Mohring Associate Professor of Art Tun Myint Assistant Professor of Political Science Tsegaye Nega Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Mary Savina Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology; Director of Archaeology Aaron Swoboda Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Economics Kim Smith Director of Environmental Studies; Professor of Environmental Studies and Political Science George Vrtis Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and History Matt Whited Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andy Poppick, Assistant Professor of Statistics Laska Jimsen, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies Susannah Ottoway, Professor of History Gisel Flores-Montoya, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Palmar Alvarez-Blanco, Associate Professor of Spanish Arjendu Pattanayak, Professor of Physics Elina McGrath, Professor of American Studies and History Dan Maxbauer, Professor of Geology Rika Anderson, Professor of Biology Mike Nishizaki, Professor of Biology Debbie Walser Kunz, Professor of Biology Constanza Ocampeo Raeder, Proferssor of American Studies and Anthropology Elanor Jensen, Professor of Art

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 was sent out to all staff, asking them if they were working on sustainability related research, and if they were, what the research was.

Optional Fields 

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Last available data is from FY17.

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