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Early Life and Career
editSharon Tettegah is a distinguished academic and leader in the field of interdisciplinary studies, known for her contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Black Studies Research:[1] and a professor in the Department of Black Studies[2] at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where she has been a faculty member since 2018. Tettgah is also an affiliated faculty in the Department of Computer Science at UCSB[3]. Tettegah's expertise lies in the areas of psychology, STEM and education.
Tettegah spent her formative years in Wichita Falls, Texas, until her family relocated to California when she was eight years old. While living in the San Francisco Bay Area, she began her academic career at the University of California, Davis, where she earned her bachelor's degree in philosophy. Tettegah began her pursuit of a master's in curriculum and supervision in education at UC Davis and later completed her coursework at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Prior to furthering her graduate studies, Tettegah held teaching positions in various public schools across California, including Davis, Los Angeles, and Oakland. It was during her time in Oakland that she became involved with the Bay Area Writing Project, serving as a mentor. This experience proved pivotal when she crossed paths with Dr. Sheridan Blau[4] from UCSB during a workshop. Encouraged by Dr. Blau, she decided to pursue her PhD at UCSB, specializing in educational psychology.
After successfully obtaining her doctorate, Tettegah went on to hold a new role as a faculty member at California State University, East Bay (formerly CSU Hayward) from 1998 until 2001. She currently actively continues to contribute her expertise around education to CSU East Bay. After her position as a faculty member at CSU East Bay, Tettegah continued on to hold a faculty position at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) from 2001 to 2015.
After her time at UIUC Tettegah went on to serve as the Associate Dean of Research and Sponsored Programs and hold a professor position in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Tettegah continued on to obtain a tenured faculty position at UCSB Tettgah, where she also served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at UCSB[5][6] from 2021 to 2023. During her role as AVC in DEI at UCSB, Tettegah played a pivotal role in advancing initiatives aimed at creating a more inclusive campus environment.
Tettegah's contributions to diversity and inclusion extends beyond her academic roles. From 2010 to 2012, she served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, where she contributed to efforts aimed at fostering diversity in STEM disciplines. She has also been actively involved in various leadership initiatives, including the IChange Initiative with the National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse Faculty and the Inspire Leadership Academy with ASPIRE: The National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty.
Awards and Recognition
editThroughout her career, Sharon Tettegah has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of her contributions to academia and diversity initiatives. Some of her notable awards include:
- Academic Senate Faculty Diversity Award, University of California, Santa Barbara (2023–2024)
- Margaret T. Getman Service to Students Award, Division of Student Affairs, University of California, Santa Barbara (2021)[7]
- Fellowship in the Advanced Computing for Social Change (ACSC) Community Development Fellows Program (2021–2022)[8]
- Fellowship in the National Science Foundation QCM Scholars Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed-Methodologies (ICQCM) (2021–2023)[9]
- Fellowship in the IAspire Leadership Academy with ASPIRE: The National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty (2020–2022)[10][11][12]
- Fellowship in the iFoundry Program, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2012–2015)
- Google Award for Inclusion Research (2020)[13]
- Fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Harvard, MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital (2012) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (2005–2009)[14][15]
Sharon Tettegah has made significant contributions as a series editor for Elsevier's Academic in the "Emotions and Technology" series. She has edited the following books[16][17][18][19][20]
- Tettegah, S. [Ed.] (June, 2016). Emotions, Technology and Social Media. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 7. London: Elsevier Publishers. (188 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & Garcia, Y.E. [Eds.] (January, 2016). Emotions, Technology and Health.Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 6. London: Elsevier Publishers. (250 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & Noble, S. [Eds.] (January, 2016). Emotions, Technology and Design. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 5. London: Elsevier Publishers. (268 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & McCreery, M. [Eds.] (December, 2015). Emotions, Technology and Learning. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 4. London: Elsevier Publishers. (318 pages)[21]
- Tettegah, S. & Espelage, D. (Eds.) [November, 2015]. Emotions, Technology and Behaviors. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 3. London: Elsevier Publishers. (240 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & Gartmeier, M. [Eds.] (October, 2015). Emotions, Technology, Design and Learning. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 2. London: Elsevier Publishers. (332 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & Huang, W.D. [Eds.] (October, 2015). Emotions, Technology and Digital Games. Series: Emotions and Technology: Communication of Feelings for, with, and through Digital Media. Volume 1. London: Elsevier Publishers. (364 pages)
- Tettegah, S. & Cologne, C. [Eds.] (2009). Identity, Learning and Support in Virtual Worlds. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers. (162 pages)[22]
Contributions
editWhile at the University of Illinois, Sharon Tettegah created the Intra/Inter Cultural Cross-Cultural Teaching portal (archived: www.icctp.net,[23] a resource for educators seeking to promote cultural competency in the classroom. Additionally, she coined the term "animated narrative vignette technology", (Animated narrative vignette) which have contributed to advancements in educational technology and instructional design.
References
edit- ^ "Director's Statement | Center for Black Studies Research". cbsr.ucsb.edu.
- ^ "Sharon Tettegah | Department of Black Studies - UC Santa Barbara". www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Faculty | UCSB Computer Science". cs.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Sheridan Blau | The Gevirtz School (GGSE) - UC Santa Barbara". education.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "Announcing new AVC of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Graduate Student Resource Center (GradPost)". gradpost.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Announcing New AVC of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion". diversity.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Getman Villa Awards". www.sa.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ Cahill, Kate Cahill (July 23, 2022). "Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Advanced Computing for Social Change (ACSC) Curriculum Workshop" (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "NSF2". ICQCM. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ UCSB, Jim Logan for (2020-07-23). "Black Studies Scholar Sharon Tettegah Named Fellow of IAspire Leadership Academy | UCSB". Noozhawk. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "APLU & University of Georgia Announce Second Cohort of Aspire Alliance's Leadership Development Program for STEM Faculty from Underrepresented Backgrounds". APLU. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Professor Receives Fellowship Aimed at Stoking Diversity in STEM". UCSB College of Engineering. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Google's Award for Inclusion Research | UCSB Computer Science". cs.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Illinois, Inside. "Eleven chosen as NCSA Faculty Fellows". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Shandor, John (2003-05-16). "NCSA CHOOSES EIGHT AS FACULTY FELLOWS". HPCwire. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Sharon Tettegah". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Sharon Tettegah ScholarGPS".
- ^ "Sharon Tettegah | University of California, Santa Barbara - Academia.edu". ucsb.academia.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Scopus preview - Tettegah, Sharon Y. - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Sharon Y Tettegah". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Emotions, technology, and learning | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Identity, Learning and Support in Virtual Environments. BRILL. 2009-01-01. ISBN 978-90-8790-994-9.
- ^ "www.icctp.net". web.archive.org. March 8, 2006.
External links
edit- Sharon Tettegah personal website
- Sharon Tettegah Center for Information Technology & Society (CITS) profile
- Sharon Tettegah Intra/Inter Cultural Cross-Cultural Teaching Portal
- Sharon Tettegah UC Santa Barbara Black Studies Department Faculty Page
- Center for Black Studies Research at UC Santa Barbara
- Sharon Tettegah, Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM)
- Sharon Tettegah publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Sharon Tettegah publications indexed by Google Scholar UK