Overall Rating	Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison	Jennifer Lamy
Submission Date	March 6, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Emerson College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	Reporter

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Part 1

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

187

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

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

12.30

Part 2

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

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

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

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:

Laurel Greenberg - Visual Media Arts Christine Casson - Writing, Literature and Publishing Jon Honea - Liberal Arts Charles Oliver - Liberal Arts Wyatt Oswald - Liberal Arts Nejem Raheem - Marketing Communication Doug Struck - Journalism Tom Cooper - Visual Media Arts Heather May - Communication Studies Gregory Payne - Communication Studies Michael Weiler - Communication Studies Spencer Kimball - Communication Studies Robert Nesson - Visual Media Arts Robert Kubacki - Communication Studies Anthony McGuinness - Communication Studies Jane Pierce Saulnier - Communication Studies Eric Gordon - Engagement Lab, Visual Media Arts Paul Mihailidis - Engagement Lab (VMA), Marketing Communication Wade Kimbrough - Engagement Lab (VMA), Staff Mary Beth Dawson - Engagement Lab (VMA), Staff Christina Wilson - Engagement Lab (VMA), Staff Riley Hunt - Engagement Lab (VMA), Graduate Student Rachel Hanebutt - Engagement Lab (VMA), Graduate Student * Engagment Lab is housed in Visual Media Arts (VMA) * Names listed are faculty unless otherwise noted

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

Department heads received an email inquiring if any of their staff/faculty are conducting research related to environmental sustainability. Staff/faculty responded accordingly and names were recorded. Names were verified with current coursework in the Fall and Spring course catalogues.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Emerson faculty profile: 142 Tenure/Tenured Track Faculty 65 Non-Tenure Track Faculty - while not required to do research - are awarded funds through their departments to participate in scholarly work or research if they choose to do so

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