Riding the Wave. Jeremy S. Adams

      Jeremy S. Adams is a social studies teacher at Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California, and a political science lecturer at California State University, Bakersfield.

      He has received numerous teaching honors, including the 2014 California Teacher of the Year Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution and the 2012 Kern County Teacher of the Year Award. In 2013, he was a semifinalist for the California Department of Education’s Teachers of the Year Program, and in 2014, he was a finalist for the prestigious Carlston Family Foundation National Teacher Award. The California State Assembly and California State Senate have both sponsored resolutions recognizing Jeremy’s achievements in education. In 2018, he became the first classroom teacher ever to be inducted into the California State University, Bakersfield, Hall of Fame.

      Jeremy is the founder of the Earl Warren Cup, a constitutional competition that quizzes students’ knowledge of U.S. civics and history. For the competition, he has obtained recorded questions from an assortment of influential people, including U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, congressional leaders, Hollywood and media celebrities, and foreign heads of state.

      He has authored two books on teaching: The Secrets of Timeless Teachers (2016) and Full Classrooms, Empty Selves (2012). He and his writings have appeared in numerous national media outlets, including the Washington Post, the HuffPost, the Los Angeles Times, the Sacramento Bee, C-SPAN, and the Educator’s Room. He frequently speaks to groups of teachers and other educators, whom he passionately motivates to adopt strategies and attitudes that help them find meaning and purpose in their profession.

      Jeremy received his bachelor’s degree in politics from Washington and Lee University and his master’s degree in education (curriculum and instruction) from California State University, Bakersfield, where he was named the Outstanding Student in the School of Education.

      To learn more about Jeremy’s work, follow @JeremyAdams6 on Twitter.

      To book Jeremy S. Adams for professional development, contact [email protected].