{"id":13355,"date":"2015-05-05T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2015-05-05T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T12:00:36","slug":"mobley-receives-class-of-39-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/mobley-receives-class-of-39-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobley receives Class of \u201939 Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAnyone who pays attention to the news knows that STEM education and environmental sustainability are hot topics, deemed crucial to our country\u2019s ability to remain competitive and to our long-term economic prospects. Since long before these topics started generating headlines, this year\u2019s Class of \u201939 Award for Excellence recipient has been applying her expertise to generate innovative and comprehensive approaches to these important topics.
\nSociology professor Catherine Mobley\u2019s research in these areas has not been isolated, as she has collaborated with colleagues in a variety of disciplines across campus. Whether she\u2019s examining human behavior as it pertains to water quality and quantity, college student perceptions of environmental issues or the academic experiences and pathways of engineering majors, Mobley\u2019s research is marked by creative collaboration and insights that \u201cwould not otherwise emerge if I were working in isolation.\u201d
\nThat creative collaboration in research has been supported by more than $10 million in grants on which she has been either principal or co-investigator. And it extends into the classroom as well. She has engaged in several interdisciplinary teaching endeavors, has mentored more than 300 students seeking field experience in sociology and has served on nearly 70 master\u2019s and Ph.D. committees. A nationally recognized expert on service-learning, she has been a core faculty member for two living-learning communities: the Community Scholars\/Civics and Service House and the Leading for the Environment and Future community. Mobley also extends her sociological expertise to her community efforts as well, having served on the board of several local organizations, including the United Way of Pickens County, the Upstate Homeless Coalition and the League of Women Voters of the Clemson Area.
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