Wilcoxen Selected as 2016 NASPAA Recipient of Leslie Whittington Award for Excellence in Teaching
Peter
Wilcoxen, professor of public administration and international affairs in the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will receive the 2016
Leslie Whittington Award for Excellence in Teaching presented by the National
Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). This prestigious award, given by NASPAA,
recognizes teaching excellence. Recipients must demonstrate outstanding contributions and
sustained excellence through course content, course presentation, quality of
advising impact and teaching innovation over an extended period of time. The
award will be presented in
October at the annual NASPAA conference in Columbus, Ohio.
Peter
Wilcoxen, a professor of public administration and international affairs since
2003, is the co-creator of five interdisciplinary team-taught courses, three
for undergraduates and two for graduates. The undergraduate courses support
Maxwell’s Citizenship and Civic Engagement major and the College of Arts and
Sciences Integrated Learning major on Energy and Its Impacts. The graduate
courses are cross-listed across departments and bring together faculty from
across the campus to provide students an interdisciplinary perspective on an
issue that involves complex, fundamental challenges that mix science,
engineering, economics and the legal system. He is extensively involved in Maxwell’s
professional education program, its undergraduate program in civic engagement,
and with other interdisciplinary departments across campus including those in
engineering, law, and with SUNY-ESF. Professor Wilcoxen was also named as a 2016-19 Laura J.
and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in April 2016.
“We could
not be more proud of Professor Wilcoxen’s latest achievement which serves as
affirmation of the wonderful work that he is doing to help prepare our students
as leaders in the field of public service,” says Robert Bifulco, associate dean and
chair of the Maxwell School’s Department of Public Administration and
International Affairs. 08/19/16