2007-2009 Libuse L. Reed Endowed Professorship;
Bishop Herbert Welch Meritorious Teaching Award (2025)

Laurel "Laurie" Anderson is a plant ecologist in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Environment and Sustainability. She is also President of the Board of Directors for the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) and chairs the Network Management Team of the Macrosystems Ecology For All Network (MEFA), both projects initiated with grants from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Anderson's research and teaching interests include temperate forest ecology, invasive plants, global environmental change, and developing collaborative ecological projects across small colleges.

Dr. Anderson has published 29 academic papers on these topics, and has led travel courses on 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. Dr. 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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