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DU faculty member Paula Adamo claims her PhD at graduation this week by Nicole (Krasavage) Militello, Senior Media Relations Specialist at University of Denver. 

 

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When Paula Adamo, a teaching professor in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, attends her hooding ceremony this week after completing her PhD in curriculum and instruction out of the Morgridge College of Education, it will mark the end of a six-year journey.  But for Adamo, it’s just the beginning. Her graduation symbolizes more than the culmination of her studies and degree requirements.

“It means that with lots of intention, planning, commitment and much support from mentors, family, friends, babysitters and neighbors, you can do it,” Adamo says. “Personally it means I’m ready for my next challenge. For me, it wasn’t about the degree. It was really about the journey and love of the learning.”

Adamo’s journey at the University of Denver began in the early 2000s when, newly married, she arrived on campus to pursue her undergraduate degree...

Over the next years, Adamo learned to juggle all the different areas of her life — taking six classes a year for her PhD program, teaching several classes herself, taking care of her two young children and even stepping into a teacher role when their schools shut down during the pandemic. That was in addition to working on her dissertation.

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