Molly Mastantuono (Bentley University
Newsroom) writes about professor of English, Barbara Paul-Emile, who recently received the Adamian Award for Lifetime Teaching Excellence at Bentley University.]
“There are many classes here that teach you how to make a living,” says Barbara Paul-Emile. “But only a handful that teach you how to live.”
For more than 40 years, the professor of English has ensured her Bentley courses meet the latter category. A distinguished scholar, novelist and poet, Paul-Emile believes in the transformative power of literature: “It’s through reading the stories of others that we come to know ourselves.” She was recently honored with the 2020 Adamian Award for Lifetime Teaching Excellence.