Sarah Stiles brings to her sociology courses a background in languages, music, community activism, political science and law. She designed the first-ever course in social entrepreneurship at Georgetown University with a unique community-based learning (service-learning) component and has forged close ties with the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and its Entrepreneurship Initiative.

Professor Stiles also teaches “Law and Society” where students learn about the enormous social impact of law and test their mettle in legal dramaturgy – the mock trial -- which is held annually at Georgetown Law.

Professor Stiles was a 2011 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching as well as an Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship Faculty in the business school. She has been nominated three times as a “professor who has had a significant impact on students’ Georgetown experience” by the College Academic Council.

Professor Stiles has been able to exercise creativity in the classroom in large part due to the value Georgetown University places on inspired teaching. Through the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), Professor Stiles has “infused the curriculum” with issues of wellness (the Engelhard Project) and diversity, inclusion, and tolerance (the Doyle Initiative). The Center for Social Justice supports innovative community-based learning and has provided grant money for the social entrepreneurship students to pursue socially entrepreneurial projects.