Careers of Doctoral Students, Post Graduation
For some of the graduates, the positions reported below were those held directly after completion of the doctoral program.
2007-08
H. Robert Harper (2008) Director of Adult Education, Campbell Union High School District
George Manthey (2008) Founding Partner, Lead Learner Associates 2013-
Assistant Executive Director, Assoc. of California School Administrators -2013
2008-09
Tamara Ball (2009) Project Scientist, EE Dept, Jack Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Lorie Chamberland (2009) Director, Educational Equity and Leadership Development, San Jose Unified School District
Rhiannon Crain (2009) Project Lead, Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Citizen Science
Robert Curtis (2009) Director of Regional and District Support at ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, 2014-
Jean Gottlob (2009) Principal, Pajaro Valley Unified School District
Adele Hermann (2009) Senior Researcher, New Teacher Center
Kathie Kratochvil (2009) Graduate Program Coordinator for TV, Radio, Film, and Theatre, San Jose State University
Molly Loomis (2009) Education Program Director, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center
Arturo Rosette (2009) Chair, Fine Arts Department, Gavilan College
2009-10
Natalie Bernasconi (2010) Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz
2010-11
Nicole Hidalgo (2011) Lecturer, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Anne Rios (2011) Assistant Professor, Comparative & International Education, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Sara Tolbert (2011) Associate Professor of Science Education, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Mele Wheaton (2011) Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
William Zahner (2011) Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Associate Director of the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRMSE), San Diego State University
Assistant Professor, Math Department, Boston University, 2011-14
2011-12
Carrie Cifka-Herrera (2011) School Innovation Partner, Partners in School Innovation
Edward Lyon (2012) Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum Studies and Secondary Education, Sonoma State University
Soleste Hilberg (2012) Program Director Teacher Education MA/Credential Program, UC Santa Cruz
previously Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Newark School Board, CA
Angela Thompson (2012) Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Computing-Mathematics and Technology, Governors State University, Chicago, IL
2012-13
Lisa Algee (2012) Post doc in Science and Environmental Policy Department, California State University Monterey Bay
Ruth Kim (2013) Coordinator, Writing Program, Student Learning Center, UC Berkeley, 2014 -
Post-Doctoral Researcher, USF, San Francisco, CA, 2013-14
Dora Panayotova (2013) Adjunct Instructor, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
2013-14
Zoe Buck (2014) Science Educator, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado Springs, CO, 2015-
Ondine Gage-Serio (2014) Assistant Professor of Education, Dept of Liberal Studies, California State University Monterey Bay
Alisun Thompson (2014) Assistant Professor of Social Foundations, School of Education, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, 2017-
Lecturer and NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow, Noyce STEM Teacher Retention Study, Education Department, UC, Santa Cruz, 2014-17
Kara Ellynn Willett (2013) Grants and Professional Development Coordinator, Central California Writing Project, and Lecturer, Education Dept, UC Santa Cruz, CA
2014-15
Xiangyan Liu (2015) Founder at Angel Education, San Jose, CA, Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Graduate School of Education, Peking University, China in April (2017-2019)
Preetha Menon (2015) Post-Doctoral Researcher, Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) research group
Fe Moncloa (2015) 4-H Youth Development Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, San Jose, CA
Molly Shaw (2015) 6th Grade & Science Dept Chair New Brighton Middle School and Lecturer for CalTeach, UC Santa Cruz
2018 California Geographical Society Distinguished Teaching Award recipient
2015-16
Linnea Beckett (2016) Director, Apprenticeship in Community Engaged Research (H)ACER Program for College 9 and John R. Lewis College, UC Santa Cruz and Concha Delgado Gaitan Presidential Fellow for 2018-19
Margaret Clark (2016) Assistant Professor and Director, Early Childhood Education, University of Hartford, CT
Yolanda Diaz-Houston (2016) Outreach Coordinator, Academy for College Excellence, Cabrillo College, Watsonville, CA
Saul Maldonado (2016) Assistant Professor, Dept of Dual Language and English Learner Education, San Diego State University
Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano (2016) Lecturer, Dept of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, San Jose State University, and Part-Time Faculty, Dept of Intercultural and International Studies, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
2016-17
Rebecca Buchanan (2017) Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Maine-Orono
2017-18
Erik Green (2018) Adjunct, Education Department, City College of San Francisco
Farima Pour-Khorshid (2018) Assistant Professor in Teacher Education, University of San Francisco
Arnold Sanchez-Ordaz (2018) Senior Equity Data Analyst, Div of Student Success Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives, UC Santa Cruz
