| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.33 |
| Liaison | Ryan Kmetz |
| Submission Date | Feb. 25, 2020 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.00 / 4.00 |
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Student sustainability research incentives
Yes
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems offers the Environment and Society Fellowship. Fellows will receive one year of departmental support, which includes full living stipend, health insurance, and full tuition remission. Fellows will also receive up to an additional four years of full-time support in the form of a teaching assistantship.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems is a multi-disciplinary department with an emphasis on examining the dynamic relationship between social and natural processes. The Department recognizes that human-environment relationships encompass a wide range of political, cultural, chemical, biological, economic, and atmospheric phenomena, and we are committed to integrative research and graduate training that reflects the current complexity of environmental issues today.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems is a multi-disciplinary department with an emphasis on examining the dynamic relationship between social and natural processes. The Department recognizes that human-environment relationships encompass a wide range of political, cultural, chemical, biological, economic, and atmospheric phenomena, and we are committed to integrative research and graduate training that reflects the current complexity of environmental issues today.
Faculty sustainability research incentives
Yes
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) was created with initial support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Center’s mission is to advance the understanding of the environmental, social, and economic consequences of transformation of the urban landscape. CUERE performs its mission through cooperative research projects, conferences and symposia, and support of University teaching programs. For more information please visit: https://cuere.umbc.edu/
Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research
Yes
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
B. Criteria and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure
2. The activities considered to be within the criteria for promotion and tenure
shall be flexible and expansive. The assessment of teaching,
research/scholarship/creative activities, and service during the promotion
and tenure process shall give appropriate recognition, consistent with the
institution’s mission, to faculty accomplishments that are collaborative,
interdisciplinary, and interinstitutional and to faculty innovations in areas
such as undergraduate education, minority-achievement programs, K-16
curriculum development, and technology-enhanced learning.
UMBC Faculty Handbook Section 6
2. The activities considered to be within the criteria for promotion and tenure
shall be flexible and expansive. The assessment of teaching,
research/scholarship/creative activities, and service during the promotion
and tenure process shall give appropriate recognition, consistent with the
institution’s mission, to faculty accomplishments that are collaborative,
interdisciplinary, and interinstitutional and to faculty innovations in areas
such as undergraduate education, minority-achievement programs, K-16
curriculum development, and technology-enhanced learning.
UMBC Faculty Handbook Section 6
Library support
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library's Reference Staff can help individuals navigate library resources so they can complete their work. The staff offers reference assistance (in person, email, chat, phone), subject consultations,subject guides, in-class instruction, and workshops. The library maintains the Geography and Environmental Systems subject guide available at: http://lib.guides.umbc.edu/ges
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