USD Magazine Summer 2015

“I LIKE THAT PROFESSOR DIAZ CRUZ pushes me to go outside my comfort zone. She advocates from a feminist, minority perspective and gets people to stretch outside of their bubble.” — Deja Featherston ’18 (BA)

PROFESSOR MCGOWAN IS VERY engaging. She’s a dynamic lecturer and she’s so well organized, which I really appreciate. She brings a little bit of humanity to the law, where sometimes it’s lacking.” — Verin Valdez ’16 (JD)

“I FEEL LIKE DR. LORD REALLY knows what we’re going through. She understands just how difficult the material is and that’s a big factor in her teaching method.” — Madison Abron ’16 (BS/BA)

The Best

and the Brightest hink back to your most memorable classroom experience, and it’s likely what you remember is a dance, of sorts: The give and take, the push and pull, the back and forth of interaction between student and teacher that makes clear comprehension an inevitable end product. More than just instigators of a single “Aha!” moment, the best educators provide tools that last a lifetime. They inspire a love of learning for its own sake, and manage to help us forget how very many bad ideas precede the one that lights up our synapses like an over-the-top fireworks display. No, not just rock stars. These are the champions, my friends. A c o n t i n u e d c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y ’ s r o c k s t a r p r o f e s s o r s T

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