Faculty

- Pronouns she or they
- Title
- Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Teaching
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Education Department
- Phone 831-459-2280
- Website
- Office Location
- McHenry Library, McHenry 3141
- Mail Stop Education Department
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95060
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Education
Biography, Education and Training
Soleste Hilberg is an Associate Professor and Director of Teacher Education at UCSC. She is passionate about equity and social justice in education. Prior to her current position, Dr. Hilberg served as a research specialist and managed a number of research projects for the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) at UCSC and UC Berkeley. At SRI International Center for Technology in Learning, she was an Institutional Partnership Manager, Program Manager and Principal Investigator of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant. She has three degrees from UCSC: an M.A. in Education Research (1998), an M.S. in Computer Engineering (2005) and a Ph.D. in Education (2012), as well as K-12 teaching and administrative services credentials.