Sharon Forkum
Assistant Professor, English
Phone: 916.577.2281
Email: sforkum [at] jessup [dot] edu
“I believe in God like I believe in the sun, not because I can see it, but because of it all things are seen.” - C. S. Lewis
Expertise
Rhetorician, British Literature, Gifted Education, Children’s Literature, Generational Differences, Millennial Generation, Staff Development, Principal Consultant for Advanced Knowledge Consulting.
Education
Ph.D. (abd), Education – Capella University - 2007
M.A., Education – United States International University - 1990
B.A., English – California Baptist University – 1973
Certificate in Gifted Education – University California Riverside – 1986
Trainer in Structure of the Intellect – Meeker Organization - 1987
California Certification CLAD, Leadership Institute of Sierra College Certificate
Courses Taught
ENGL 092: Fundamentals of Writing
ENGL 101a: Composition and Communication I
ENGL 101b: Composition and Communication II
ENGL 380: Topics in Literature: C. S. Lewis
ENGL 380: Topics in Literature: World Mythology
Publications
The Three Little Pua’a, 1998. Island Heritage Publishing
The Three Little Pua’a Meet the Menehune, 2000. Island Heritage Publishing
Gifted Education Communicator, Winter 2006, Book Review
Awards & Honors
Finalist, Harden Teaching Award, Monterey County, CA - 1989
NEWS10 Teacher of the Year, Sacramento, CA -2003
NEWS10 Teacher of the Month - November, Sacramento, CA – 2002
DROVLA Award, Riverside, CA – 1981
Riverside County Model Teacher - 1982
Associations, Board & Committees
Member: American Educational Research Association, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, C. S. Lewis Society, California Association for the Gifted, CCCU, National Council of Teachers of English, CCCC, International Reading Association, California Reading Association
Board: California Association for the Gifted
Rhetoric Symposium member for McGraw-Hill Publishing – October 2006
