University of North Carolina, Greensboro
AC-9: Academic Research

Anita S Tesh, Adult Health Elizabeth R Van Horn, Adult Health Tara T Green, African-American Studies Prog. Susan Andreatta, Anthropology Charles P Egeland, Anthropology Linda F Stine, Anthropology Christopher M Cassidy, Art Amy J Lixl-Purcell, Art Stanley H Faeth, Biology Vincent C Henrich, Biology Anne E Hershey, Biology Matina C Kalcounis-Ruppell, Biology Bruce K Kirchoff, Biology Elizabeth P Lacey, Biology John J Lepri, Biology David L Remington, Biology Parke A Rublee, Biology Olav Rueppell, Biology Malcolm D Schug, Biology Robert H Stavn, Biology Tsz-Ki M Tsui, Biology Gideon Wasserberg, Biology Robert B Banks, Chemistry & Biochemistry Nadja B Cech, Chemistry & Biochemistry Mitchell P Croatt, Chemistry & Biochemistry Liam M Duffy, Chemistry & Biochemistry Alice E Haddy, Chemistry & Biochemistry Nicholas Oberlies, Chemistry & Biochemistry Sharon L Bracci, Communication Studies Etsuko Kinefuchi, Communication Studies Marianne E Legreco, Communication Studies Beth E Barba, Community Practice Melanie R Carrico, Consumer, Apparel, & Ret Stds Seoha Min, Consumer, Apparel, & Ret Stds Larry E Lavender, Dance Garth A Heutel, Economics Stephen P Holland, Economics Albert N Link, Economics Rebecca Black, English Karen L Kilcup, English Hephzibah C Roskelly, English Stephen R Yarbrough, English Keith G Debbage, Geography Corey M Johnson, Geography Paul A Knapp, Geography Michael E Lewis, Geography Zhi-Jun Liu, Geography Roy S Stine, Geography Selima Sultana, Geography Susan M Walcott, Geography Warren G O'Brien, History Linda L Hestenes, Human Develop & Family Studies Mary Y Morgan, Human Develop & Family Studies Jonathan R Tudge, Human Develop & Family Studies Larry R Taube, Info Sys and Supply Chn Mngmt Laura B Cole, Interior Architecture Travis L Hicks, Interior Architecture Carl T Lambeth, Interior Architecture Anna Marshall-Baker, Interior Architecture Hannah R Mendoza, Interior Architecture Tina Sarawgi, Interior Architecture Susanne Rinner, Languages Literatures Cultures Carmen T Sotomayor, Languages Literatures Cultures Erick T Byrd, Marketing, ENT, HTM Bonnie M Canziani, Marketing, ENT, HTM Zachary D Cole, Marketing, ENT, HTM Yu-Chin Hsieh, Marketing, ENT, HTM Jiyoung Hwang, Marketing, ENT, HTM Sevil Sonmez, Marketing, ENT, HTM Dianne H Welsh, Marketing, ENT, HTM Jonathan T Rowell, Mathematics and Statistics Matthew Barr, Media Studies Aaron S Allen, Music Studies Daniel J Herr, Nanoscience Joseph M Starobin, Nanoscience Keith M Erikson, Nutrition Cathryne L Schmitz, Peace and Conflict Studies Allison F Bramwell, Political Science Ruth H DeHoog, Political Science Gregory E McAvoy, Political Science Carisa R Showden, Political Science George F Michel, Psychology Mark R Schulz, Public Health Education Paige H Smith, Public Health Education Robert J Wineburg, Social Work Gwendolyn C Hunnicutt, Sociology J. S Kroll-Smith, Sociology Stephen J Sills, Sociology Catherine E Matthews, Teacher Ed & Higher Ed Sarah B Dorsey, University Libraries Lynda M Kellam, University Libraries Elisabeth F Williams, University Libraries Danielle M Bouchard, Women's and Gender Studies Sarah J Cervenak, Women's and Gender Studies

Because of the difficulties involved in tracking down data for this section at an individual faculty level, we relied on data provided by the Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) to provide a baseline of data for the number of academic departments that have FUNDED research within the past three years and the number of faculty/staff involved in those research programs. That provided our baseline for academic departments and faculty involved in research. But because funding tracked by UNCG does not capture what is sustainability or not, we relied on our own survey of websites and a poll of faculty to see who has done research in sustainability. We also relied on some data from previous such surveys/polls and double checked that faculty were still active in research relevant to sustainability. Those further surveys netted 0 further departments and 2 further faculty involved in research (all sustainability research), not significantly altering our reliance on the ORED data. Because UNCG is a school that also promotes teaching and community engagement, many departments and faculty may choose to follow those paths; therefore, we have relied on the ORED data with our survey supplement to capture the research component, but it is necessarily limited in the data it provides. Without completing one-on-one surveys of every faculty member, it is impossible to garner adequate data. If anything, the numbers here may over-represent the quantity of sustainability research at UNCG.

Dr. Aaron S. Allen, associate professor of musicology and UNCG Academic Sustainability Coordinator, participated in a parallel plenary entitled "Sustainability and Sound" at the AASHE 2013 national meeting in Nashville. He also ran a post-conference workshop on ecomusicology at AASHE 2014 meeting in Portland. Dr. Karen Kilcup, professor of English, published the book "Fallen Forests: Emotion, Embodiment, and Ethics in American Women’s Environmental Writing, 1781-1924," which considers how these writers anticipated contemporary environmental concerns, ranging from resource depletion and resource wars to voluntary simplicity and environmental justice. Dr. Catherine Matthews, professor of education, collaborated with biology lecturer Ms. Ann Somers on the HERP project (Herpetology Education in Rural Places), a multi-million dollar NSF grant. Dr. William Markham, professor of sociology and director of the UNCG Environmental Studies Program, published the book "Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany: Hardy Survivors in the Twentieth Century and Beyond."