[1] Gunsalus is a speaker, author and workshop presenter on matters of research integrity, leadership, ethics and professionalism in academia.
[1] Her writing and speaking has been characterized as "lucid, practical and remarkably shrewd,"[2] and she presents "an extremely useful and comprehensive set of tools and skills" in the area of academic ethics "in a conversational tone, with a good sense of humor.
"[2] She is the principal investigator for a $2.6M project with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute on leadership development tailored to the research setting, Labs That Work: For Everyone, Co-PI on the AGU Ethics and Equity Initiative: Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences , a three-year grant awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the PI for an ongoing $2.7 million project co-creating an Leadership Academy with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
[3] Gunsalus has collaborated with Carol Thrush, Brian Martinson and other authorities to develop the SOuRCe,[4] the only validated instrument for evaluating research climate in organizations.
[11] She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of her "sustained contributions to the national debate over improving the practical handling of ethical, legal, professional and administrative issues as they affect scientific research.