Stan Braude, Professor of Practice in Biology Stan Braude began his teaching career at Washington University in 1992 as a lecturer in University College. Five years later, he began teaching full-time in the Department of Biology. He has received multiple national awards for his work, including the 2004 College Biology Teacher of the Year award from the National Association of Biology Teachers and the 2011 Distinguished Teacher Award from the Animal Behavior Society. Outside of teaching, Braude's primary research focuses on the evolution of social behavior and senescence in naked mole-rats in east Africa. He earned his doctorate from the University of Michigan.
