Change Research, Annals of Glaciology, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Climate Research, and Geophysical Research Letters. Equally impressive is the fact that Dr. Kaspari has also received significant external research funding, with 16 research grants, bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars. She spent a 2022-2023 sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar in Tromsø, Norway, hosted by the Norwegian Polar Institute, which gave her access to conduct fieldwork on Svalbard, an archipelago warming approximately seven times faster than the global average. This work has led to two grants from the Norwegian Research Council, one of which supported fieldwork on Svalbard in March 2025. She also received significant funding from NSF’s Arctic Natural Sciences program ($417,518), which will support analytical costs, fully fund two master’s students (including tuition), and cover travel to Norway. As if that weren’t enough, Dr Kaspari has been very active in presenting research at regional, national, and international conferences—39 conference presentations since 2009. It is clear to the committee that Dr. Kaspari has excelled in the area of scholarship conducted to advance the state of knowledge of her discipline. Dr. Kaspari has also excelled in the area of service, confirmed in 2021 when she was selected as Distinguished Professor for Service at CWU. Her dossier and support materials attest to a range of activities that encompass significant university, community, and professional service. At CWU, she currently serves as Environmental Studies Director. She led CWU in assessing and reporting its sustainability performance through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking and Reporting System (STARS), involving all facets of campus to acquire the data and information needed for reporting. As a result, CWU earned a Bronze STARS rating in 2019, and a Silver STARS rating in 2022. As Provost Fellow for Sustainability 2021-2022 (and Sustainability Council member 2017-present), Dr. Kaspari also worked with CWU’s Sustainability Coordinator to create an AmeriCorps Sustainability Volunteer position, with a volunteer present at CWU from 2021-2024. As a result, she was recognized with the 2019 and 2020 CWU Sustainability Champion Award. She also created a proposal for a CWU Sustainability Officer that will lead to a Sustainability Solutions Center in support of faculty-student sustainability research, and efforts to support sustainability across the curriculum. The proposal is under consideration in the 2025 Washington State Legislative Session. She has led curriculum workshops for CWU faculty and sustainability cafes/forums for the CWU community. She is also responsible for the creation of a CWU Sustainability website. Dr. Kaspari’s professional service includes ongoing activities with a range of professional societies, including Geodesy Tools for Societal Issues and American Geophysical Union, among others. She is a member of the AASHE Sustainability Program Directors’ Cohort, and Curriculum Support Group. Dr. Kaspari led Climate Science Day in Washington, DC in 2017 and 2018 for which she was recognized as a Champion for Science by the American Geophysical Union for building relationships with congressional offices. She is a regular reviewer of proposals, manuscripts, and book reviews, about 3-6 per year, for publications like Nature; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Glaciology; Annals of Glaciology; Aerosol Science & Technology; Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Atmospheric Environment; Atmospheric Measurement Techniques; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; The Cryosphere, National Science Foundation; Australian Antarctic Science Program. Support letters attest to Dr. Kaspari’s strong record of connecting sustainability to the promotion of equity and diversity at CWU, with numerous projects and leadership in committee work involving
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