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Department/College/UnitSocial Sciences Division

TitleDirector of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Teaching

AffiliationFaculty

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Primary Office LocationMcHenry Library
McHenry 3141

Mail StopEducation Department

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.