Leslie Stockel, PhD, CSP, SMP
Education
Ph.D., Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Texas Tech University
M.S., Engineering Technology Management
Oklahoma State University
B.S., Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
Oklahoma State University
Leslie Stockel is a Certified Safety Professional with over 40 years of experience in the Safety and Health Profession. Leslie has worked in the manufacturing, petro-chemical and insurance industries as well as aviation, utilities, and public service before joining the OSU faculty in 2016.
Dr. Stockel holds the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Safety Management Professional (SMP) certifications from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). She was appointed to the BCSP Board of Directors where she served from 2017 to 2023 and held the office of President of the Board of Directors in 2022.
In 2018, she was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and was a founding trustee and director of the BCSP Foundation. In 2022, She served as President of the Board of Directors, and will conclude her six-year term in 2023.
She has been a professional member of the American Society of Safety (Engineers) Professionals since 1993 where she has held numerous leadership positions both locally and regionally. She a past-president and current member of the ASSP Oklahoma City Chapter where she currently serves as OSU-student section faculty advisor. In 2016 she was named Safety Professional of the Year for the ASSE Oklahoma City Chapter. In 2018, she was named ASSE Region III Safety Professional of the Year for Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
In 2024 Dr. Stockel was named the William E. Tarrants Outstanding Safety Educator by the American Society of Safety Professionals.
In the OSU Fire Protection & Safety Engineering Technology Program, Dr. Stockel teaches or has taught the following courses:
· FPST 1213 Fundamentals of Fire Protection and Safety
· FPST 2023 Occupational Safety Techniques
· FPST 3013 Safety Management
· FPST 3213 Human Factors in Accident Prevention
· FPST 3383 Building Electrical Systems
· FPST 4333 System and Process Safety Analysis
· FPST 4683 Risk Control Engineering
· CET 4443 Construction Safety and Loss control
· FPST 4982/4992/4993 Advanced Problems in Fire and Safety
· FSEP 5133 Fundamentals of Chemical Process Safety