-----Original Message-----
From: Johnston, Morgan B
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:56 AM
To: Shin, Faith Donga
Cc: Preston, Jesse L; Dempsey, John Garrett
Subject: RE: [Public Engagement Portal] Psychology and Sustainability

Hello Faith,

I am very sorry for the month-long delay in this response!  It is amazing how quickly time slips away from me at the beginning of the semester.

As I understand it, the interaction of Psychology and environmental initiatives is primarily linked to what I call "behavior change" as it related to sustainability.  We have a lot of control over the built environment on campus, but we do not have direct control over the behavior of the campus users (students, faculty, staff, and visitors). 

There are many projects on campus that could benefit from behavior change and your input.  Essentially, any sustainability initiative where we are encouraging people to behave "better" could use your help.  Would you be interested in focusing on transportation, waste management, energy, clean water, etc, or would you prefer to work with us on the overall campus behavior and attitudes about sustainability?

It would be great to meet with you and Professor Preston.  I would also like to include Jack Dempsey, with the Center for a Sustainable Environment.  Please let me know if you are more interested in a single focus area or the broad sustainability movement for campus.  Then I will help us arrange a meeting.

Thanks a bunch, and I look forward to meeting with you.

Sincerely,

Morgan

-----Original Message-----

From: Faith Shin [mailto:fdshin2@illinois.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:37 PM

To: Johnston, Morgan B

Subject: [Public Engagement Portal] Psychology and Sustainability

Hello Morgan,

My name is Faith Shin, and I am a graduate student within the Psychology department. We met today during the sustainability coffee discussion, and I would just like to reach out to you in regards to our research. Jesse Preston, my advisor, and some of her graduate students, myself included, are interested in researching how psychology and environmental initiatives can be combined and studied. Since you are the sustainability coordinator on campus, I was wondering if you know of any ways that our lab and your department can work together. Thank you!

Best,

Faith Shin

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