 Kevin Laverty
Distinguished Teaching Award
Department: Professor of Business
Administration, UW Bothell; five years at UW.
Courses Taught: International Business, Business Policy and Strategy,
Management of Technology, Environmental Management.
Achievements: Laverty creates an classroom atmosphere of active
participation and discussion. He makes the classroom a supportive place,
yet one in which we value and celebrate high standards. He encourages students
to think clearly and critically about problems, not just memorize facts.
In that process, he asks students to consider the various aspects of business
problems that draw both from disciplinary perspectives--economics, human
behavior, organizational dynamics--and from views of business' role in the
larger societies in which it operates.
Quote: "Professor Laverty's teaching style produces students
who are able to think for themselves and understand how to use concepts
they learn in terms of real world application. This is, after all, what
I came back to school for--not to learn how to parrot back information,
but how to use business concepts so that I can make a significant contribution
in my chosen career."--former student Amy Krismer.
Biography: S.B., architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1972; M.A., urban and regional planning, University of Iowa,1977; M.B.A.
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,1984; Ph.D., strategic management, UCLA,1993. |
