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Life is multi- and inter-disciplinary and so is Sarah Stiles's approach to life and learning. For 25 years she has inspired college students in a variety of disciplines. Professor Stiles received the Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Award in May 2014. The award is annually presented to a member of the College Faculty who, in the estimation of the College Senior Class, is admired and respected by all students for service to Georgetown and her students in the lecture hall and on the campus In addition, she has received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College, the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Faculty Award from the Georgetown McDonough School of Business, the Commitment to Diversity Award from the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access (CMEA) and the Outstanding Partner Award from the Division of Student Affairs. As Faculty Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship in the Center for Social Justice (CSJ), Professor Stiles incorporates community-based learning (CBL) into her courses providing students with the opportunity to put theory into practice with community partners. Students perform field work with DC residents and contribute to creating systemic and sustainable positive social change in the District of Columbia. As Faculty Fellow in the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), Professor Stiles integrates “curriculum infusion.” As a Doyle Fellow, Professor Stiles has infused into her Law & Society course issues of diversity and inclusion with powerful results. As an Engelhard Fellow, Professor Stiles has infused her curricula with issues of wellness in keeping with the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, “care for the whole person.” A testament to her dedication and versatility, in the two years Professor Stiles has participated in Georgetown University Ballroom Dance Team’s annual “Dancing with the Hoyas,” she and her partner have come in first place and second place. Every year she has taught full-time at Georgetown she has been nominated by the College Academic Council as a professor who has had a profound impact on students’ Georgetown experience. Professor Stiles’ goals include subverting the dominant paradigm of social inequality and environmental degradation by educating, inspiring, and supporting young social entrepreneurs. The daughter of an opera singer and Harvard-trained attorney, students can be assured of high drama and intellectual rigor in her courses. Specialties: social entrepreneurship, law and society, leadership and ethics, film