Marcy P. Driscoll

Marcy P. Driscoll ’76 MS, ’78 PhD is Dean Emerita of the College of Education at Florida State University, where she served in that role for 13 years until her retirement in 2018. As a professor, Driscoll was co-principal investigator on projects that established at FSU the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (FCR-STEM) and FSU-Teach, a program for preparing science and math teachers with deep content knowledge combined with deep pedagogical knowledge. 

Her research included a focus on learning and instruction in technology-rich learning environments, and her award-winning book Psychology of Learning for Instruction, now in its 5th edition, is considered one of the top books in its field. She recently came out of retirement to assist in the college’s merger to become FSU’s College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

Driscoll received an A.B. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College and an MS and PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Tallahassee, FL, where she and her husband are enthusiasts of flying radio control planes.