Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.47
Liaison Ian McKeown
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Loyola Marymount University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.06 / 12.00 Julia Williams
Sustainability Tracker
Sustainability Office
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
57

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
12

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
21.05

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
35

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
9

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
25.71

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:
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Eric Strauss, Urban Ecology; Biology Michele Romolini, Biology Peter Auger, Biology John Dorsey, Biology Demian Willette, Biology William Dowd, Biology Brian Treanor, Philosophy Rachel Adams, Civil Engineering Steven Nygaard, Housing (Recycling) Joseph LaBrie, Psychology Anna Bargagliotti, Mathematics; Education Gene Park, Political Science Ian Mckeown (Sustainability Department)

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
The methodology followed to complete the research inventory is as follows: - ORSP (Office of Research and Sponsored Projects) provided the list of all faculty/staff who applied for grants for research for the last fiscal year. - The list was reviewed, and the individuals who were conducting sustainability research (as defined by STARS) were counted on the attached document. Additional individuals whom have been involved in research were added by confirming with their departments that they were actively participating in research.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://faculty.lmu.edu/briantreanor/my-research/ *IC-3 departments number differs from one listed above, as not all departments are engaged in research.*

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