Through this interdisciplinary roundtable, six McAuley Scholars will share their experiences as participants in a two-year faculty collaborative advancing teaching and research initiatives that address the Critical Concern of Earth and contribute to the mercy, Catholic vocation of Salve Regina University. 

Faculty research initiatives sponsored by the McAuley Institute for Mercy Education

Thomas Arruda, Ph.D.; McAuley Initiative:  Raising Energy Awareness on the Salve Regina University Campus

Heather Axen, Ph.D.; McAuley Initiative: Towards Cultural Impact: Translating the Science of Molecular Responses to Climate Change through Art

Jameson Chace, Ph.D.; McAuley Initiative: Designation of Sentinel Trees and Arboretum Planning for the North End

Craig Condella, Ph.D.; McAuley Initiative: Environmental Justice through Civic Engagement and Rose Island Project

Jen McClanaghan, M.F.A., Ph.D.; McAuley Initiative: The Poetry Shed and The Cloud Machine

Jodie Mim Goodnough, M.F.A.; McAuley Initiative: Biophilia