Commencement 2023: Teaching Excellence Award, Claire Adams

After 14 years of teaching at SLCC, Claire Adams describes her role in her humanities’ classes as a facilitator. She encourages her students to share their knowledge and lived experiences in class discussions.

Because the humanities typically explore the human experience and seek to better understand the world, Claire’s teaching style increasingly leans into a solution-oriented approach. “There are so many big social issues coming at our students so fast—school shootings, a global pandemic, racial injustices—that I think it is important to instill in them a thought process that is solution oriented, so they are not left feeling helpless,” she explains.

Claire wasn’t planning to become a college professor. “My first two years in college I had Imposters Syndrome,” says Claire, who grew up in Ireland and was the first in her family to attend college. “I just fell in love with the humanities and the excitement that comes with learning.” She is especially motivated by the students who come into her classes with a fixed mindset in how they view the world and then who evolve to a place of deeper understanding. “It’s so important to be open to changing your mind about things as you learn, for all of us.”

Claire obtained a bachelor’s degree in Modern Studies in the Humanities from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown in Northern Ireland. She earned her master’s in Irish Cultural Studies from Queen's University in Belfast and completed five years of PhD research in Language & Literature from the University of Ulster. In 2018, she earned a master’s degree in International Affairs and Global Enterprise from the University of Utah.

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