Sustainability Institute

Robert Stelzer, Jessica Lucas, Greg Kleinheinz & Jennifer Christus:

Stelzer RS, E. Strauss, J.R. Lucas, G. Kleinheinz, and J.D. Schuttlefield Christus. 2025. Rayon is the predominant microfiber in zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) from a North American lake in the context of a global analysis of bivalves. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 236:673 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08248-9

Misty McPhee:

Peterson, E.K., M.E. McPhee, R.Y. Chock, B.A. Schulte, J.K. Young. In Press (2025). Leveraging animal behavior can improve translocation success in the face of anthropogenic stressors. Animal Behavior.

McPhee, M.E., B. Clucas, J.K. Young. In Press (2025). Animal Behavior. In L. Powell and J. Carroll, editors. The Wildlife Techniques Manual: Research. 9th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

Misty McPhee:

Woody, S. S. O’Dell, J. Krapfl, S. Warner and M. McPhee. 2024. Assessment of heavy metal and metalloid concentrations at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. Wetlands Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-024-09987-y

Robert Stelzer, Jackie Behrens, Sarah Pascarella, A.J. Paea & Jessica Lucas:

Stelzer RS, Behrens JA*, Pascarella S*, Paea AJ* and Lucas JR. 2023. Size selection by zebra mussels (Dreissena polymoropha) exposed to microplastic fibers. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 234:629 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06643-8

 Jennifer E. Mihalick:

Douglas Haynes:

“How One Rust Belt College Is Tranforming Its Local Food System.” Civil Eats, September 12, 2022. https://civileats.com/2022/09/12/how-one-rust-belt-college-is-transforming-its-local-food-system/

Robert Stelzer & Robert Pillsbury:

Stelzer, R.S., M. Shupryt, and R.W. Pillsbury. 2022. Experimental discharge reduction impacts fish, but not invertebrates, in a groundwater-dependent trout stream. Hydrobiologia, 849:1625–1643. http://DOI:10.1007/s10750-022-04807-x

Gabriel Loicono:

Gabriel J. Loiacono. How Welfare Worked in the Early United States. New York: Oxford University, 2021. https://academic.oup.com/book/39431

Misty McPhee:

Hartup, B., P. Smith, S. Warner, and M.E. McPhee. 2021. Assessing levels of methylmercury in the endangered whooping crane. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 107: 809–813, 10.1007/s00128-021-03325-1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-021-03325-1

Kevin Crawford, Sabrina Mueller-Spitz:
Kurtz, CC, Mitchell, S, Nielsen, K, Crawford, KD, Mueller‐Spitz, SR. Acute high‐dose titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure alters gastrointestinal homeostasis in mice. J Appl Toxicol. 2020; 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jat.3991

Melissa Bublitz:
Bublitz, MG, Czarkowski, N, Hansen, J, Peracchio, LA, Tussler, S. Pandemic reveals vulnerabilities in food access: confronting hunger amidst a crisis. J Public Policy & Marketing. 2020; https://doi.org/10.1177/0743915620929998

Jeremiah Bohr:
Bohr, Jeremiah. 2019. “Do Energy Burdens Contribute to Economic Poverty in the United States? A Panel Analysis.” Social Forces. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soz131

Melissa Bublitz:
Bublitz, M., Rank-Christman, T., Cian, L., Cortada, X., Adriana Madzharov, A., Patrick, V. M., Peracchio, L. A., Scott, M. L., Sundar, A., Townsend, C., & To, N. “Collaborative Art: A Transformational Force within Communities,” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 4(4)

Bublitz, M., Hansen, J., Peracchio, L. A., & Tussler, S. (2019). Hunger and Food Well-Being: Advancing Research and Practice. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 38(2), 136-153.

Bublitz, M. G., Peracchio, L. A., Dadzie, C., Edson Escalas, J., Hansen, J., Hutton, M., Nardini, G., Absher, C., & Tangari, A. H. (2019). Food Access for All: Empowering Innovative Local Infrasctructure. Journal of Business Research, 100(July), 354-365.

Jason Kalmbach:
“Hazy Accountability in a Federal System: The Role of Air Quality in Gubernatorial Performance Evaluation,” with Brad Bishop. Forthcoming. Political Science Quarterly.

Warren Vaz
Vaz, W.S. Intersection traffic energy management system (ITEMS): formulation and validation. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems 23 (4), 345-356, 2019.

Khanra, M., Nandi, A.K., Vaz, W. Driving Assistance for Optimal Trip Planning of Electric Vehicle Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms. Optimization in Industry, Datta, S., Davim, J. (eds.), Management and Industrial Engineering Series, Springer, 2019.

Kevin Crawford:
Alyssa Valentyne, Kevin Crawford, Tyson Cook, Paul D. Mathewson. “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination and source profiling in watersheds serving three small Wisconsin, USA cities.” Science of The Total Environment, 2018, 627: 1453-1463. ISSN 0048-9697 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.200

Elizabeth Barron:
Barron, E.S. “Who Values what Nature? Constructing Conservation Values with Fungi.” The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography, Lave, J., C. Biermann, and S. Lane, eds. London: Palgrave, 2018.

Laura Hartman:
Hartman, Laura, ed. That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Jason Kalmbach:
Ralston, Jonah J and Jason A. Kalmbach. “Regulating under conditions of uncertainty and risk: Lessons learned from state regulation of hydraulic fracturing.” Environmental Practice, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660466.2018.1444875  

M. Elsbeth (Misty) McPhee:
Sadowski, C.L., G. Olsen, and McPhee, M.E. 2018.  Effects of rearing environment on behavior of captive-reared whooping cranes.  Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop, 14:56-66.

Stephanie Spehar:
Spehar, S.N., Sheil, D., Harrison, T., Louys, J., Ancrenaz, M., Marshall, A.J., Wich, S.A., Bruford, M.W. and Meijaard, E., 2018. Orangutans venture out of the rainforest and into the Anthropocene. Science Advances, 4(6): e1701422. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/6/e1701422.full

Elizabeth Barron:
Raatikainen, K.J., and E.S. Barron. 2017. “Current agri-environmental policies dismiss varied perceptions and discourses on management of traditional rural biotopes.” Land Use Policy 69: 564-576.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717307068?via%3Dihub

Barron, E.S. “Who Cares? The Human Perspective on Fungal Conservation” The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem, 4th edition. Dighton, J., J.F. White Jr., and P. Oudemans, eds., London: CRC Press, 2017.

Laura Hartman:
Hartman, Laura. “Climate Engineering and the Playing God Argument,” Carnegie Journal of Ethics and International Affairs, 31 no. 3 (2017): 1-21. https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2017/climate-engineering-playing-god/

Hartman, Laura. “Wrestling With Wickedness: A Response.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 21 (2017) 87-95. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685357-02101006

Douglas Haynes:
Haynes, Douglas. Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters. University of Texas Press, 2017.