Academic Affairs and Planning
Valencia College
PO Box 3028
Orlando, FL 32802
Phone: 407-299-3423
Susan Ledlow is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Planning at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. While at Arizona State University she was curriculum and faculty development specialist for the School of Sustainability. She coordinated the development of the graduate and undergraduate curriculum and the assessment plan for the School. Ledlow assisted School faculty in the design and assessment of interdisciplinary seminars and project-based workshops, and taught graduate and undergraduate courses as well. She offered training and one-on-one assistance to faculty and teaching assistants on collaboration and teaming, active learning, and project-based learning. Ledlow has taught in community college, university and nonprofit settings, and has been involved in faculty, staff and organizational development for 25 years. Immediately prior to joining the Global Institute of Sustainability, she was at the Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence at ASU, where she provided workshops, seminars and one-on-one assistance to faculty in active-learning strategies, course and curriculum design, grant writing and classroom assessment. She also provided facilitation services on campus for strategic and long-range planning, decision-making and curriculum development. Ledlow earned her doctorate in social psychology from ASU. She taught undergraduate social psychology and environmental psychology. Her research is broadly focused on psychological aspects of environmental sustainability. She conducts social dilemma experimental analogs of "the tragedy of the commons," investigating the factors that influence people to cooperate or compete when sharing a common resource. She particularly enjoys combining her research with teaching by involving undergraduate research assistants in her projects. In addition to her work at ASU, Ledlow consults with educational, nonprofit and corporate clients. She provides facilitation services and training in teaming, effective communication in the workplace, ethical influence in the workplace, decision-making and conflict resolution, strategic planning, the development and assessment of training programs, and the training of trainers.
environmental psychology; behavioral change; team skills development; sustainability education
Sadalla, E., A. Berlin, R. Neel and S. Ledlow. In press. Priorities in residential water use: A trade-off analysis. Environment and Behavior.
Sadalla, E. K., S. Guhathakurta and S. E. Ledlow. 2005. Quality of life. In: E. Sadalla K. ed. Integrated Assessment of Human-Environmental Systems in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy.
Sadalla, E. K., S. E. Ledlow and S. Guhathakurta. 2005. Dynamical systems models as pedagogical devices: Using the B + 20 model in classroom settings. In: E. Sadalla K. ed. Integrated Assessment of Human-Environmental Systems in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy.
Berlin, A., E. Sadalla, S. Ledlow, R. Neel, S. Neufeld and Y. J. Li. 2012. Tough choices in the desert: The psychology underlying residential water use. Poster presented January 26, 2012 at The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, California.
Cardenas, E., S. Ledlow, E. Sadalla, D. Lovis-McMahon and P. Gober. 2009. Necessities and luxuries in residential water use. Poster presented on May 6, 2009 at the Community of Undergraduate/Graduate Research Scholars (COURS) Poster Session, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Gartin, M., A. Wutich, T. Lant, D. White, K. Larson, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2008. Focusing on higher quality focus groups. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Neel, R., R. Cialdini, S. Ledlow, M. Ringel, S. Neufeld and A. Berlin. 2013. Using upward trends to promote sustainable behaviors. Poster presented February 17, 2013 at the Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) Session of the AAAS Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2013, Boston, MA..
Neel, R., S. Ledlow, S. L. Neuberg, D. T. Kenrick and E. Sadalla. 2012. Speaking with one voice about uncertain futures: How we frame scientific disagreement affects public trust in climate change science. Presented November 12, 2012 at the 2012 Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference, November 11- 14, 2012, Sacramento, CA.
Neel, R., N. R. Murtha, S. Ledlow, S. L. Neuberg and D. T. Kenrick. 2013. When scientists disagree: How we frame uncertainty influences public trust of science. Poster presented February 17, 2013 at the Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) Session of the AAAS Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2013, Boston, MA.
Neel, R., E. Sadalla, S. Ledlow, A. Berlin, A. Neufeld, Y. Li and C. Yee. 2011. Status, family, sex, and good neighbors: Landscaping as self-presentation. Poster presented May 29, 2011 at the Association for Psychological Science, 23rd Annual Convention. Washington, D.C.
Neel, R., E. Sadalla, S. Ledlow, A. Berlin, S. Neufield, Y. Li and C. Yee. 2012. Psychological barriers to water conservation: The case of desert landscaping. Poster presented on April 25, 2012 at the Decision Center for a Desert City Annual Poster Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Neel, R., E. Sadalla, S. Ledlow, A. Berlin, S. Neufield, Y. Li and C. Yee. 2012. Psychological barriers to water conservation: The case of desert landscaping. Poster presented February 19, 2012 at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 16-20, 2012.
Neel, R., E. Sadalla, S. Ledlow, A. Berlin, S. Neufield, Y. Li and C. Yee. 2012. Self-presentational barriers to water conservation: The case of desert landscaping. Poster presented on January 26, 2012 at the Sustainability Psychology Pre-Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Senneville, C., K. Larson, A. Wutich, T. Lant, M. Gartin, D. White, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2008. "Missed opportunities" in Central Arizona water management: Reconciling the local supply of and demand for science. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 at the CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
White, D. D., A. Wutich, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2007. Credibility, saliency, and legitimacy of boundary objects for water resource decision making: Assessing stakeholder response to DCDC WaterSim. Paper presented at the June 17-21, 2007, 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Park City, UT.
Yee, C., R. Neel and S. Ledlow. 2011. An evolutionary psychology approach to sustainability. Poster presented on May 4, 2011 at the Community of Undergraduate/Graduate Research Scholars (COURS) Poster Session, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.
6/18 - Solar projects to detour pedestrian traffic on Tempe campus
6/17 - Phoenix Business Journal: The greener the business, the more profit
6/17 - ASU professor, sustainability scientist named Ecological Society of America fellow
6/17 - Regulation Magazine: What is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?
