Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.77
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.42 / 12.00 Craig Nicolson
Director of Sustainability Programs
Environmental Conservation
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
1,069

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
290

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
27.13

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
59

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
40

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
67.80

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:
Marjorie Aelion | Health Promotion and Policy Jack Ahern | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning David Ahlfeld | Civil and Environmental Engineering Ajla Aksamija | Architecture Geoffrey Allen | Resource Economics Peter Alpert | Biology Neal Anderson | Electrical and Computer Engineering Toby Applegate | Geosciences Carolina Aragon | Architecture Kathleen Arcaro | Vet and Animal Sciences Sanjay Arwade | Civil and Environmental Engineering Michael Ash | Economics Kiran Asher | Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Scott Auerbach | Chemistry Wesley Autio | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Anne Averill | Environmental Conservation Lee Badgett | Economics Erin Baker | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Allen Barker | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Michael Barnes | Chemistry Paul Barten | Environmental Conservation Alison Bates | Environmental Conservation Aviva Ben-Ur | Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Surita Bhatia | Chemical Engineering Prasanta Bhowmik | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Annaliese Bischoff | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Jeffrey Blanchard | Microbiology David Boutt | Geosciences Forrest Bowlick | Environmental Conservation James Boyce | Economics Elizabeth Brabec | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Bethany Bradley | Environmental Conservation Raymond Bradley | Geosciences sylvia Brandt | Resource Economics Caryn Brause | Architecture Julie Brigham-Grette | Geosciences Alejandro Briseno | Polymer Science and Engineering Casey Brown | Civil and Environmental Engineering David Buchanan | Health Promotion and Policy Stephen Burns | Geosciences Brenda Bushouse | Political Science Brett Butler | Environmental Conservation Caitlyn Butler | Civil and Environmental Engineering Edward Calabrese | Health Promotion and Policy Katherine Campbell-Nelson | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Maura Cannon | Biology Elena Carbone | Nutrition Ethan Carr | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Ken Carter | Polymer Science and Engineering Isla Castaneda | Geosciences Julie Caswell | Resource Economics Paul Catanzaro | Environmental Conservation Brian Cheng | Environmental Conservation Elizabeth Chilton | Anthropology Eleni Christofa | Civil and Environmental Engineering Scott Civjan | Civil and Environmental Engineering John Clark | Vet and Animal Sciences William Clement | Geosciences Carey Clouse | Architecture Peggy Clouston | Environmental Conservation Nancy Cohen | Nutrition Christopher Condit | Geosciences Alan Condron | Geosciences Curtis Conner | Chemical Engineering Michele Cooke-Andresen | Geosciences Leda Cooks | Communication Daniel Cooley | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Lorraine Cordeiro | Nutrition Bryan Coughlin | Polymer Science and Engineering Colleen Coughlin | Geosciences Douglas Cox | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Christine Crago | Resource Economics Kevin Crocker | Economics Michelle DaCosta | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Andrew Danylchuk | Environmental Conservation Paul Dauenhauer | Chemical Engineering Michael Davidsohn | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Kristen DeAngelis | Microbiology Eric Decker | Food Science Robert Deconto | Geosciences Don DeGroot | Civil and Environmental Engineering Steve DeStefano | Environmental Conservation Michael DiPasquale | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Scott Ebdon | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Theodore Eisenman | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Joseph Elkinton | Environmental Conservation Todd Emrick | Polymer Science and Engineering Gerald Epstein | Economics Wei Fan | Chemical Engineering John Finn | Environmental Conservation Steven Floyd | Management David Ford | Chemical Engineering Lawrence Friedman | Polymer Science and Engineering Martha Fuentes-Bautista | Communication Todd Fuller | Environmental Conservation Graham Gal | Accounting Gretchen Gano | Public Policy and Administration Haiying Gao | Geosciences Piper Gaubatz | Geosciences Henry Geddes | Communication John Gerber | Stockbridge School of Agriculture David Glassberg | History Colin Gleason | Civil and Environmental Engineering Barry Goodell | Microbiology Dan Gordon | History Curtice Griffin | Environmental Conservation Peter Haas | Political Science Elisabeth Hamin | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Mark Hamin | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Susan Han | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Jarice Hanson | Communication Douglas Hardy | Geosciences Krista Harper | Anthropology Richard Harper | Environmental Conservation Dave Hart | Computer Science Masoud Hashemi | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Christine Hatch | Geosciences Ryan Hayward | Polymer Science and Engineering Samuel Hazen | Chemical Engineering Ruth Hazzard | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Carol Heim | Economics Deborah Henson | Environmental Conservation Michael Henson | Chemical Engineering Stephen Herbert | Stockbridge School of Agriculture John Hird | Public Policy and Administration James Holden | Microbiology Noy Holland | English Shaw Ling Hsu | Polymer Science and Engineering George Huber | Chemical Engineering Robert Hyers | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering David Irwin | Electrical and Computer Engineering Scott Jackson | Environmental Conservation Michael Jercinovic | Geosciences Sut Jhally | Communication Eric Johnson | Anthropology Peter Jordaan | Environmental Conservation Geunwha Jung | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Thomas Juravich | Sociology Brian Kane | Environmental Conservation Marco Keiluweit | Stockbridge School of Agriculture David Kittedge | Environmental Conservation Michael Knodler | Civil and Environmental Engineering Lisa Komoroske | Environmental Conservation Dragoljub Kosanovic | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Paul Kostecki | Health Promotion and Policy David Kotz | Economics Elizabeth Krause | Anthropology Joseph Krupczynski | Architecture Emily Kumpel | Civil and Environmental Engineering Karen Kurczynski | History of Art and Architecture Matthew Lackner | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Paul Lahti | Chemistry Isaac Larsen | Geosciences Daniel Lass | Resource Economics Boris Lau | Civil and Environmental Engineering Ronald Lavigne | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Nathalie Lavoie | Resource Economics Thomas Leatherman | Anthropology R Leckie | Geosciences Susan Leschine | Vet and Animal Sciences Ben Letcher | Environmental Conservation Mark Lindhult | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning John Lopes | Microbiology Laura Lovett | History Derek Lovley | Microbiology Kathleen Lugosch | Architecture Stephen Mabee | Geosciences Raymond Mahoney | Food Science Sheila Mammen | Resource Economics Frank Mangan | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Ray Mann | Architecture William Manning | Stockbridge School of Agriculture James Manwell | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ezra Markowitz | Environmental Conservation Michael Maroney | Chemistry Dimitrios Maroudas | Chemical Engineering Kevin McGarigal | Environmental Conservation Patricia McGirr | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Jon McGowan | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering David Mednicoff | Public Policy and Administration Ricardo Metz | Chemistry Anita Milman | Environmental Conservation Yayha Modarres-Sadeghi | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Thomas Moliterno | Isenberg School of Management Flavia Montenegro-Menezes | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Toni Lyn Morelli | Environmental Conservation Michael Muilenberg | Health Promotion and Policy John Mullin | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Jamie Mullins | Resource Economics Murugappan Muthukumar | Polymer Science and Engineering Leonce Ndikumana | Economics Craig Nicolson | Environmental Conservation Keith Nislow | Environmental Conservation Bjorn Harald Nordtveit | Educational Policy, Research and Administration Jennifer Normanly | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Claire Norton | Nutrition Sam Nugen | Food Science Klaus Nusslein | Microbiology Haemoon Oh | Hospitality and Tourism Management Ellen Pader | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Max Page | Architecture Richard Palmer | Civil and Environmental Engineering Chul Park | Civil and Environmental Engineering Mi-Hyun Park | Civil and Environmental Engineering Yeonhwa Park | Food Science Om Parkash Dhankher | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Richard Peltier | Environmental Health Sciences Blair Perot | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Elsa Petit | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Steven Petsch | Geosciences Alex Philips | English Robert Pollin | Economics Krystal Pollitt | Environmental Health Sciences Bogdan Prokopovych | Management Elaine Puleo | Health Promotion and Policy Darrel Ramsey-Musolf | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Timothy Randhir | Environmental Conservation Michael Rawlins | Geosciences David Reckhow | Civil and Environmental Engineering Emily Redman | History Paula Rees | Water Resources Research Center Henry Renski | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Jesse Rhodes | Political Science Michael Rhodes | Geosciences Steve Rich | Microbiology Justin Richardson | Geosciences Dean Robinson | Political Science Frederic Rose | Public Policy and Administration Allison Roy | Environmental Conservation Thomas Russell | Polymer Science and Engineering Robert Ryan | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Jen Sandler | Anthropology Jennifer Sandler | Anthropology Frederic Schaffer | Political Science Bernd Schliemann | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Sigrid Schmalzer | History Betsy Schmidt | Public Policy and Administration Danny Schnell | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Stephen Schreiber | Architecture Alexander Schreyer | Environmental Conservation Charles Schweik | Environmental Conservation Heidi Scott | History Sheila Seaman | Geosciences Malcolm Sen | English Amilcar Shabazz | Afro-American Studies Boone Shear | Anthropology Prashant Shenoy | Computer Science Kalidas Shetty | Food Science Stuart Shulman | Political Science Lindiwe Sibeko | Nutrition Razvan Sibii | Journalism Stephen Simkins | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Frank Sleegers | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Donald Sluter | Geosciences Ceren Soylu | Economics Regine Spector | Political Science Donna Spraggon | Resource Economics John Spraggon | Resource Economics Michelle Staudinger | Environmental Conservation Morton Sternheim | Physics Stanley Stevens | Geosciences Thomas Stevens | Resource Economics Kristina Stinson | Environmental Conservation John Stoffolano | Stockbridge School of Agriculture John Stranlund | Resource Economics Lisa Sullivan-Werner | Nutrition Christopher Sutherland | Environmental Conservation Russel Tessler | Polymer Science and Engineering Thai Thayumanavan | Chemistry John Tobiason | Civil and Environmental Engineering Mark Tuominen | Physics Roy Vandriesche | Environmental Conservation Dhandapani Venkataraman | Chemistry Marta Vicarelli | Economics Patricia Vittum | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Eve Vogel | Geosciences Valerie Voorheis | Economics Mwangi wa Githinji | Economics Paige Warren | Environmental Conservation James Watkins | Polymer Science and Engineering Benjamin Weil | Environmental Conservation Eve Weinbaum | Sociology Lisa Wexler | Health Promotion and Policy Robert Wick | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Michael Williams | Geosciences Jonathan Woodruff | Geosciences William Wooldridge | Management Hang Xiao | Food Science Baoshan Xing | Stockbridge School of Agriculture Qian Yu | Geosciences

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 research inventory was conducted over a 3-year period. We gathered data on faculty, departments, and research projects that focus on or relate to the topic of sustainability. We reviewed every research proposal submitted to any external funding agency to identify faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research. We also reviewed the University's research database to identify sustainability-related projects. The output is a comprehensive inventory of our faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research, which we keep updated as new faculty are hired.

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