A Law professor was named the 14th recipient of the Walder Award for Research Excellence, an award given annually by the University provost to recognize faculty members’ research work at Northwestern.

Prof. Andrew Koppelman’s research focuses on issues of law and political philosophy. He is an expert on free speech, constitutional theory and gay rights, among other topics.

A graduate of the University of Chicago and Yale University, he has been published in The New York Times, USA Today and Salon. He also co-authored an amicus brief for the same-sex marriage case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence was established in 2002 by Dr. Joseph A. Walder, who received doctorate and medical degrees from NU and founded a company that supplies synthetic DNA for research purposes. The award comes with a $15,000 stipend.

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