Jennifer Paxton , clinical assistant professor, history, was quoted in a July 4 New York Times article about professors who film lectures for the company Great Courses.
From: New York Times Date: July 4, 2014 Author: Neil Genzlinger
... "It had a transformative effect on me as a teacher," said Jennifer Paxton, who teaches at the Catholic University of America and has recorded two history courses for the company and is working on a third. "One of the things they told me is that I should not hold back from really demonstrating the enthusiasm that I felt for the material. I think that, in a sense, I had drunk the academic Kool-Aid: You present something in a serious, sober manner."
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