Faculty Directory
DR. INGRID RITCHIE
Dr. Ingrid Ritchie, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs
Director of Academic Affairs
OFFICE: BS 4073
PHONE: (317) 274-3752
E-MAIL: iritchie@iupui.edu
Dr. Ritchie joined the SPEA IUPUI faculty in 1983. In addition to teaching courses in environmental health science, she is chair of the Environmental Quality committee of the Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition and is co-founder of the Indiana Environmental Health Summit.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- M.S., University of Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Research scientist and chemist, Minnesota Department of Health
- Scientist and Chief of the Quality Assurance Unit, Division of Air Quality, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Research scientist, Regional Copper-Nickel Study, Minnesota Planning Agency
MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Water quality
- Air pollution (indoor and outdoor)
- Hazardous materials
- Environmental management systems
- Quality assurance and quality control
- Environmental impact assessment
- Auditing
- Health risk assessment
- Regulatory compliance determinations
- Privatization of governmental services
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
- Strategies for Teaching & Assessing Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, Critical Thinking Community of Practice, ed. by I. Ritchie, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN. 2006.
- Utilizing Communities of Practice to Integrate Disciplines, Presentation to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Chicago, IL, November 9-11, 2006.
- Reducing the Burden of Asthma Among Hoosiers, Indiana Insight Magazine, Fall 2006
- "Supporting Smoke-Free Environments," Resolution 2006-1 (primary author) and "Supporting Reductions in Vehicle Idling" Resolution 2006-2 (co-author), Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition, Indianapolis, IN
- Ritchie, I. 2005. "Magnetic Treatment of Water." The Encyclopedia of Water. John J. Lehr, Editor. John Wiley & Sons Publishing. Available at http://www.wileywater.com. Entry IW-109.
- Ritchie, I. and S. Kennedy. (editors) 2001. To Market, To Market: Reinventing Indianapolis. Lanham, MD: University Press of American®, Inc. 504 pp.
- Ritchie, I. and W. Hayes. 1998. A Guide to the Implementation of the ISO 14000 Series on Environmental Management. 476 pp. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall: PTR.
- Ritchie, I. and S. Martin. The Healthy Home Kit. 1995. Chicago, IL: Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc. 389 pp.
- Ritchie, I. 1991. Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: A Reference Manual, EPA/400/3-91/003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service, and the National Environmental Health Association). July, 1991. Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington D.C. 297 pp.
- Ritchie, I. 1991. Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: A Self-Paced Learning Manual, EPA/400/3-91/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service, and the National Environmental Health Association). July, 1991. Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, D.C. 120 pp.
COURSES TAUGHT
- SPEA-H459 Data Analysis in Environmental Science and Health
- SPEA-H460 Techniques in Environmental Science and Health
- SPEA-E451/E5515 Air Pollution and Control
- SPEA-H433 Industrial Hygiene
- SPEA-E542 Hazardous Materials
- SPEA-E533 Environmental Management Systems
- SPEA-E300 Introduction to Environmental Science
- SPEA-H316/PUBH-H519 Introduction to Environmental Health
- SPEA-V100 SPEA Learning Community
- SPEA-V260 Laboratory in Criminalistics
- SPEA-E520 Environmental Policy Analysis
- SPEA-E100/V260 Religion and Science in Education
- BUS-X573 Green Capitalism (co-faculty)
SERVICE
- Chairwoman, Environmental Quality Committee and Member and Member, Executive Committee, Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition (2003-present)
- Co-Founder, Indiana Environmental Health Summit and Organizing Committee Member, 2006 Summit on Children's Health (2005-present)
- Critical Thinking Community of Practice, IUPUI (2005-present)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Teaching Awards: Undergraduate Faculty Teaching Award 2004, Trustees Teaching Award 2003, Graduate Faculty Teaching Award 2003
- Recipient, the Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award (1993)
- Elected to Delta Omega, the national honor society for public health (1998)