Gregory McMahon wins 2016 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching

Monday, December 5, 2016

Gregory McMahon has received the Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2016. McMahon, who is an associate professor of classics, humanities and Italian studies and affiliate associate professor of history, discusses the importance of learning to “love the life of the mind” in this video. “Teaching students to think clearly and to learn to argue persuasively, to me, is the greatest public service I can possibly imagine,” he explains.