Sabbatical Projects
Sabbaticals projects are an opportunity for faculty to submit work that will be edifying to "instruction" in some way (department level or broader). This larger work will then be made available for larger consumption for campus community. Sabbaticals are approved based on the criterion detailed in the COCFA contract. Requirements for Sabbatical Report and Submission outlined in the COCFA Contract.
There are two types of sabbaticals available:
- Formal course work
- Independent study programs.
The unit member will first submit a Sabbatical Application Request. The unit member will then submit a professional Sabbatical Report electronically to the Sabbatical Leave Committee within eight weeks of the start of the fall or spring semester immediately following the Sabbatical leave. The Sabbatical Leave Committee will review the Sabbatical Report to ensure that the Sabbatical Report requirements are met.
Past Sabbatical Project Archive List
| Sabbatical Term | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Erika Torgeson | Counseling | Persistence Rates in Students' Enrollment Choices |
| Spring 2025 | Regina Blasberg | Engineering | Professional Practice Sabbaticals |
| Spring 2025 | Shannon Doronio | VAPA: Graphic & Multimedia Design | Design in Storytelling using DEIA in the Design Classroom |
| Sabbatical Term | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | Tara Williams | Rising Scholars Program (Faculty Director) | Building a Campus Community for Rising Scholars Students |
| Spring 2024 | Tamera Stokes-Rice | Communication Studies | Gender Communication OER |
| Sabbatical Term | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall or Spring 2022 | Christopher Ferguson | Computer Science | Santa Clarita High School Computer Science |
| Fall 2022 | Matt Teachout | Math | Further Study of Data Science |
| Fall 2022 | Richard Howe | Psychology | Create OER Text for Psychology 104 |
| Sabbatical Term | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2021 | Tina Rorick | Nursing | Nursing Simulation & Skill Lab Enhancement |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2021 | Regina Blasberg | Engineering | Professional Practice Sabbaticals |
| Spring 2021 | Mary Bates | Geography | Incarcerated Student Teaching Best Practices Research and Instruction Guide |
| Spring 2021 | Sab Matsumoto | Mathematics | Revamping Math 100: Liberal Arts Mathematics |
| Spring 2021 | Patty Robinson | Civic and Community Engagement | Revisiting the Mission of California Democracy’s Colleges |
| Fall 2020 | Rebecca Eikey | Chemistry | Faculty Evaluation Modules |
| Fall 2020 | Anne Marenco | Sociology | An OER Textbook for Sociology 108-Thinking Critically About Social Issues |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2020 | Tracey Sherard | Humanities | Learning Trends Among Millennial: Supporting them on the Path |
| Fall 2019 | Pamela Williams-Paez | Sociology | Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Handbook |
| Fall 2019 | Tina Waller | Nursing | Nurse Educator Skills Enhancement |
| Fall 2019/Spring 2020 | Susan Hinshaw | Theatre | Developing Confidence in Young Women |
| Fall 2019/Spring 2020 | Anh Nguyen | Counseling | FYP Student Persistence and College Success Courses |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Fall 2018 | Cindy Stephens | ECE | Early Childhood Education Faculty/Center Handbook Project |
| Fall 2018/Spring 2019 | Mark Daybell | Graphics and Multimedia Design | Unequal Measure "The Practice of Creativity" |
| Fall 2018/Spring 2019 | Kevin Anthony | Business | Development of Educational Study Abroad Venues |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Fall 2017 | Mehgen Andrade | Psychology | Creating Cognitive Psychology Resources for Our Students |
| Fall 2017 | Victoria Leonard | Communications | Where Communication and Technology Meet |
| Fall 2017 | Stephen Branch | History | Screening the Past; Cinema and the History Survey |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Fall 2016 | Tammy Bathke | Nursing | Health Barriers that Impede High School Students' Transition to Community College |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2016 | Tammy Mahan | Psychology | Doctoral Program Coursework |
| Spring 2016 | Kevin Jenkins | Graphics and Multimedia Design | The Practice of Creativity |
| Fall 2015 | Kelly Burke | Biology | Microbial Yellowstone |
| Fall 2015 | Kathy Kubo | Math | Professional Development for Pre-statistics Instructors |
| Fall 2015 | Kelly Cude | Biology | Understanding Cancer Book & Cancer Awareness Day Symposium |
| Fall 2015 | Pierre Etienne | Modern Language | The Accents of the French-Speaking World |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2015 | Ron Dreiling | English | How Technological Innovation can Support the Teaching of Basic Skills Students |
| Spring 2015 | Kathy Flynn | Chemistry | Green Chemistry |
| Spring 2015 | Karyl Kicenski | Communications | Updating my Teaching and Learning Repertoire |
| Spring 2015 | Jonathan Amador | MEA | Professor. Dev. and CTE workforce training - Amador |
Note: No Sabbaticals take during this year.
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Fall 2009 | Ron Dreiling | English | Onground classroom use of technologies |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2009 | Diane Sionko | Business | Leadership in the New Internet/Technology Economy |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2008 | Betty Rose | Biology | Biology 101, 106 and 107: Made PowerPoint Lessons (Pictures) |
| Spring 2008 | Phylise Smith | Physical Education | Creating a Commercial Dance Curriculum - Internet Dance |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2007 | Deanna Davis | English | Best Practices of Assessment |
| Spring 2007 | Diane Morey | Nursing/Allied Health | Investigate Technological, self-paced software programs to provide students greater opportunities to hone their critical thinking skills. |
| Spring 2007 | Dorothy Minarsch | Interior Design | History of Architecture Interior: Preshistoric to Present |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Spring 2006 | James Glapa-Grossklag | PACE | Designing a Model Course Based on Best Practices for Online Teaching |
| Fall 2005 | Susan Crowther | MESA | MESA Program Study Centers (Cabrillo, SB, BUTTE, etc.) Looked at Best Practices and distributed to leaders in the State |
| Fall 2005 | Kathy Alfano | CREATE | Vision and Strategic plan for CREATE, a consortium of faculty and colleges |
| Sabbatical | Faculty Member | Discipline | Sabbatical Project Title |
| Fall 2004 | Linda Crosby | Early Childhood Education | Take a course of graduate study at UCLA related to her teaching assignment and to study ECE programs |