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Conservation Tips

The university will be an environmentally literate community whose members think critically and act, individually and collectively, as model stewards of the natural world. – A JMU Defining Characteristic

Contact Us

For more information, to propose a spotlight, submit a suggestion, or sign up for our stewardship community list-serve, please contact us at stewardship@jmu.edu, 540-568-3288.

Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
brodricj@jmu.edu
540-568-3202

Prior to joining JMU seven years ago, she worked for the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Davis. She also consulted with Argonne National Laboratory and continues to collaborate with researchers there. Her work has evolved from vehicle-level emissions, energy, and performance analysis to full-fuel-cycle, systems analysis that focuses on the interconnections of real-world operations, vehicle design, fuels, policies, and, most recently, consumers.  Dr. Hartman has twice received the Society of Automotive Engineers Excellence in Oral Presentation Award, and she received the Society of Automotive Engineers Bendix Automotive Electronics Paper of the Year as a co-author.  At JMU, she has been given awards as College of Integrated Science and Technology Outstanding Junior Professor and Faculty Friend of the Year.  Dr. Hartman holds a B.S. from California Polytechnic State University in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California-Davis, and a Ph.D. in Transportation Technology and Policy from the University of California-Davis. 

Rebecca Davis
Administrative Assistant
davisrs@jmu.edu
540-568-3288

Ms. Rebecca Davis brings diverse experience to her role.  Her thirty year career includes retail, banking, horticulture, and forest fire fighting. She has served JMU in Parent Relations and later in the Madison Center as an administrative assistant. Ms. Davis manages science on a sphere and several student assistants in the ISNW. She is a wife, mother of two, and grandmother of four.

RecycleMania at JMU 2009, Third in State - Waste Minimization

No Drive Day 2008

Campus Sustainability Day 2008: Trash Sort and Sustainable Business Competition Announcement

JMU Faculty Members Present Sustainability-related Curricular & Co-curricular Highlights (videos)

Dr. Morgan Benton
Dr. Marta Bechtel
Dr. Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman
Dr. Chris Bachmann and Dr. Rob Prins
Dr. Jim Sochacki

Duke Dog says "Get Caught Recycling at JMU!"