Posted 10 a.m. Friday, June 21, 2024
Adam Driscoll receives 2024 Eagle Teaching Excellence Award
UW-La Crosse is home to many outstanding instructors who make a difference in students’ lives inside and outside the classroom. This year, UWL’s Provost Office received hundreds of nominations from students hoping to recognize their favorite faculty. From these nominations, a university committee selected seven faculty to receive 2024 Eagle Teaching Excellence Awards.
They are:
- Adam Driscoll, Sociology & Criminal Justice
- Charlotte Roberts, Educational Studies
- Tori Svoboda, Student Affairs Administration
- Diana Tempski, Finance
- Darci Thoune, English
- Sherwin Toribio, Mathematics & Statistics
- Melissa Weege, Health Professions
This is the last of seven articles highlighting the winners. View previous installments by clicking the names above.
Adam Driscoll, Sociology & Criminal Justice
Started at UWL: 2014
Courses: I teach a number of our general sociology courses (Introduction to Sociology and Foundations of Sociological Analysis), but my main area of expertise is environmental sociology. I teach two upper-level courses on this topic (Environmental Sociology and Environmental Justice) and tend to work related material into most of my other courses.
Background: This was my first job out of graduate school. However, prior to starting to study sociology at the graduate level, I taught biology at Drexel University and spent an “off year” working as an organic farmer in central Pennsylvania.
Favorite part of teaching: My favorite part of teaching is easily the students. When the students are interested and engaged, my job is both easy and remarkably rewarding. I love getting to help students understand their own lives and their place in the world better. When students show up curious and eager to learn, all I need to do is provide them with a little guidance and mentoring, and the rest of the learning just happens organically. It’s a magical thing to be a part of.