Dr. Sarah McCallum is one of three university-wide recipients of the Provost Award for Innovative Teaching.
The Provost Awards for Innovations in Teaching were established to recognize “candidates whose teaching portfolios and instructional effectiveness merit special recognition" and "who have made significant contributions to innovation in teaching."
"The department is fortunate indeed to have such a dedicated master teacher among our faculty,” said Karen Seat, Religious Studies and Classics Department Head. “Few faculty spend as much time as Dr. McCallum outside the classroom with individual students to help them succeed and achieve the learning outcomes in her academically rigorous courses.”
McCallum joined the department in 2017 and she expertly teaches courses in two different languages—Latin and Ancient Greek—as well as English-language general education courses in Classics. She has been instrumental in increasing enrollments in both language programs, for which she teaches every level from 101 courses through graduate courses.
“Dr. McCallum has perfected the art of guiding students through complex, unfamiliar concepts from ancient Greek and Roman culture and language, through both clear and beautifully constructed presentation as well as active learning in which students are primed to grapple with the material themselves. While she is definitely a sage, she does not monopolize the stage; rather she equips students with the tools they need to develop their own mastery of the material,” wrote another faculty nominator.
McCallum will be recognized at the upcoming ceremony for recipients of the 2024 University of Arizona Distinguished Faculty Awards.