OIPC faculty ambassador: Alex Hirsch
August 24, 2020
Alex Hirsch is the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization's new faculty ambassador. Hirsch represents the and College of Liberal Arts.
Alex Hirsch is the director for the Honors College. He engages students in experiential education. One example is a recent collaboration with OIPC鈥檚 Peter Webley in which Hirsch built a partnership with Eielson Air Force Base involving 性欲社 Honors students solving problem sets associated with Arctic security. He is also developing an interdisciplinary innovation track within the Honors College to engage students in design thinking and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture of innovation.
Hirsch鈥檚 research and teaching expertise focus is in political theory and moral imagination. He transformed the 性欲社 Honors Program into the Honors College and inaugurated its , presenting a unique undergraduate experience for highly engaged students interested in studying sustainability in the context of climate resilience and rapid environmental change.
For more information, email Amanda Byrd at agbyrd@alaska.edu.