Dean Marcy P. Driscoll

PhD, Dean and Leslie J. Briggs Professor of Educational Research

Marcy P. Driscoll is the Dean of the Florida State University College of Education. Dr. Driscoll is also the Leslie J. Briggs Professor of Educational Research and a professor in the Instructional Systems and Educational Psychology programs within the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the university. Her past appointments include serving as Chair of the department from 1996 - 2003. She is also Past-president of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). She is the author or co-author of six textbooks in learning and instruction, including Psychology of Learning for Instruction, which won the 1995 Outstanding Book Award in Instructional Development from AECT, and, with Robert M. Gagné, Essentials of Learning for Instruction. She has also published numerous articles in professional journals on learning, instructional theory, and educational semiotics. In teaching, Professor Driscoll has won the Outstanding Instructor Award from the students in Instructional Systems and Educational Psychology in 1990-91, 1991-92, and 1994-95; a College of Education Teaching Award in 1989-90 for recognition of excellence in teaching undergraduate students; and a university Teaching Incentive Program award in 1995-96 for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Professor Driscoll received her A.B. magna cum laude from Mt. Holyoke College and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.


				Dean Marcy P. Driscoll PhD, Dean and Leslie J. Briggs Professor of Educational Research Marcy P. Driscoll is the Dean of the Florida State University College of Education. Dr. Driscoll is also the Leslie J. Briggs Professor of Educational Research and a professor in the Instructional Systems and Educational Psychology programs within the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the university. Her past appointments include serving as Chair of the department from 1996 - 2003. She is also Past-president of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). She is the author or co-author of six textbooks in learning and instruction, including Psychology of Learning for Instruction, which won the 1995 Outstanding Book Award in Instructional Development from AECT, and, with Robert M. Gagné, Essentials of Learning for Instruction. She has also published numerous articles in professional journals on learning, instructional theory, and educational semiotics. In teaching, Professor Driscoll has won the Outstanding Instructor Award from the students in Instructional Systems and Educational Psychology in 1990-91, 1991-92, and 1994-95; a College of Education Teaching Award in 1989-90 for recognition of excellence in teaching undergraduate students; and a university Teaching Incentive Program award in 1995-96 for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Professor Driscoll received her A.B. magna cum laude from Mt. Holyoke College and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.