San Diego State University
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

The listing of faculty engaged in sustainability research and department affiliations is available at http://crs.sdsu.edu/ Faculty research profiles are available through the searchable Experts Directory available on-line: http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/experts/directory.aspx

Faculty research information was gathered from publicly available on-line and self-reported through the following sources: 1. through a university-wide survey of faculty in fall 2010. 2. from a review of topical research profiles in the SDSU faculty Experts Directory created and maintained by faculty. 3. from an affiliation with a Center or Institute that has been identified as engaging in sustainability related research and a review of self-reported research often listed on faculty web-pages. 4. from the self-reported research interests of faculty who participated in the 2010 Center for Regional Sustainability Faculty Institute. 5. faculty with sustainability related research interests listed in the Sustainability and Environmental Studies and Sustainable Tourism program websites. Research reporting in the directory and participation in the survey are voluntary. Given the modest participation rates in these assessments it is likely that the 2010-11 research inventory captures only a portion of all faculty who are engage in sustainability related research. Names of faculty who self-identified through the fall 2010 Faculty Survey are not included, though they have been counted number of faculty engaged in sustainability research, because the survey was confidential. Quantitative results of the faculty survey are available on the Center for Regional Sustainability website. Out of 244 respondents 50 or 20.8% reported that they are engaged in sustainability related research. The names of survey faculty have not been included in the inventory. As of July 2011 an additional 49 faculty have listed research, publications or areas of expertise on sustainability related topics in their profiles in the SDSU Experts Directory. The Experts Directory inventory is available at http://crs.sdsu.edu/ and the searchable directory is available at: http://universe.sdsu.edu/experts/directory.aspx The number of faculty members involved in research assumes that all tenure and tenure-track faculty are engaged in research. Some lecturers, part-time, and adjunct faculty also engage in research. For the purposes of this assessment all lecturers, part-time, and adjunct faculty have been included in the total number of engaged in research. Total faculty members engaged in research Fall 2010 Tenured/Tenure-Track= 761 Lecturers= 706 Total Faculty= 1467 Faculty data available here: http://asir.sdsu.edu/app/reports/Glance/glance.pdf