LPS Distinguished Teaching Awards 2009

This award honors distinguished teaching in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

Stanley L. Laskowski

Stanley Laskowski, a lecturer and advisor in the Master of Environmental Studies program, has been a senior executive, leader, teacher, scientist, advisor, and mentor during his career in environmental protection. His areas of special interest include U.S. and global environmental management, environmental policy, and issues related to the attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation. He has been and continues to be active in support of various non-for-profit organizations.

In 2006, Mr. Laskowski, with other environmental leaders, founded the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, a regional organization dedicated to help provide basic water and sanitation services to everyone in the world. He is currently involved in establishing the International Environmental Management Institute at PENN. This business-oriented Institute will have hubs around the world, conduct cutting-edge research and provide training for the business and environmental leaders of tomorrow. 

Barbara Riebling

Barbara Riebling is a Lecturer in the Department of English with a specialization in Renaissance English literature, both drama and poetry. Her publications include articles on Shakespeare, Milton, and Andrew Marvell. She is the co-editor of After Post-structuralism: Interdisciplinarity and Literary Theory (Northwestern University Press, 1993). Her other research and teaching interests include science and literature and the history of political thought. In LPS, she teaches such undergraduate courses as Shakespeare: Study of an Author and, in the MES program, Literary Representations of Nature and Society.