Professor
Ohio Wesleyan University
DELAWARE, Ohio, United States
Laurel (Laurie) Anderson is a plant ecologist and holder of the Morris Family Professorship in Natural Sciences and the Shanklin Family Fellowship in Natural Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Environment & Sustainability at Ohio Wesleyan University. She is also President of the Board of Directors for the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) and Chair of the Network Management Team of the Macrosystems Ecology For All Network (MEFA), both projects initiated with funding from the National Science Foundation. Anderson's research and teaching interests include temperate forest ecology, invasive plants, global environmental change, and developing collaborative ecological projects across small colleges. She has led travel courses on global environmental change in Brazil, Utah and Alaska. In 2015, she was recognized as the Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In 2022, she was honored with the Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education from the Ecological Society of America. Anderson is also a published poet and loves to explore how intersections among the humanities, arts, and sciences deepen our understanding and connection with the non-human world.
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time