Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Award Year
2023
University Award
Distinguished Teachers Morse-Alumni
Section D
, Location 70
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field teaches students to analyze complex social systems by breaking them into parts—and then thinking critically about how the parts fit together. She makes mathematical modeling of social relationships accessible to students from all backgrounds. Attending to the maxim, “the person holding the pen learns most”, she structures learning so that that person is the student—whether in a classroom or in the research projects where she has collaborated with dozens of undergraduates.