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Paula Elena Adamo

Teaching Professor, Spanish; Associate Dean

paula.adamo@du.edu

303-871-6659 (Office)

Sturm Hall, 2000 East Asbury Avenue Denver, CO 80208

What I do

Associate Dean for Academic Planning and Student Success, CAHSS
Teaching Professor, Department of Spanish Language, Literary & Cultural Studies

Specialization(s)

curriculum, instruction, Second language teaching, Inclusive and Holistic Pedagogies, Aesthetic teaching and learning

Professional Biography

Paula Adamo is the Associate Dean for Academic Planning and Student Success for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Spanish Language, Literary & Cultural Studies. Her passion focuses around what constitutes excellent teaching and comprehensive student support in the Higher Education context. Her main research interests include aesthetic teaching and learning, inclusive and holistic pedagogies, and curriculum design.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction , Morgridge College of Education, 2021
  • MA, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Colorado, Denver, 2006

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association of Teaching and Curriculum
  • American Educational Research Association
  • American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Areas of Research

Curriculum and Instruction<br>Inclusive and holistic pedagogies<br>Aesthetic teaching and learning

Presentations

Adamo, P. E., & Uhrmacher, P. B. (2019). Transformational Teaching and Learning: Turning Ordinary Classrooms into Extraordinary. Office of Teaching and Learning .
Adamo, P. E. (2018). Live Encounter with Parker Palmer & Diana Chapman Walsh: A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Courage of Teach . Courage and Renewal in Higher Education, University of Denver. University of Denver: University of Denver, Faculty Senate and Morgridge.
Adamo, P. E. (2017). Broadening The Concept of Creativity . American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference. Colorado : AATC.
Adamo, P. E., & Witt, M. (2017). Caring Teaching and Holistic Leadership in Higher Education. AATC Annual Conference. Denver, CO: AATC.
Adamo, P. E., & Uhrmacher, P. B. (2017). Enhancing L2 Teaching and Learning . DU Faculty Workshop. International House, DU: Languages and Literatures, ELC, CWLC.