Biography
Sharin Jacob is a first-year doctoral student in Language, Literacy, and Technology (LLT) at UC Irvine. She earned a MA with distinction in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Cal State University Los Angeles (CSULA).
Sharin’s research interests broadly focus on the areas of Second Language Acquisition, Computer Assisted Language Learning, and STEM participation. In particular, she would like to identify barriers to English Learners’ engagement in high quality computer science & engineering instruction and investigate how best to address those issues.
Sharin started in education serving second language learners in San Diego as an English as a Second Language teacher. In her final year of teaching, she facilitated the opening of the New Arrival Center (NAC) for the San Diego High School Educational Complex, a pilot program in its initial year of implementation. She also worked on the San Diego Unified School District's curriculum writing committee for the Office of Language Acquisition.
Post-graduation, Sharin worked as a Research Assistant for the Program Evaluation and Research Collaborative (PERC) office at Cal State LA. At PERC, she worked closely with the Training Workforce Development programs at Cal State LA, funded by the National Institutes of Health. Sharin has served as a grant evaluator through PERC and has co-authored manuscripts focusing broadly on issues of diversity and representation in STEM.
Sharin Jacob is a first-year doctoral student in Language, Literacy, and Technology (LLT) at UC Irvine. She earned a MA with distinction in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Cal State University Los Angeles (CSULA).
Sharin’s research interests broadly focus on the areas of Second Language Acquisition, Computer Assisted Language Learning, and STEM participation. In particular, she would like to identify barriers to English Learners’ engagement in high quality computer science & engineering instruction and investigate how best to address those issues.
Sharin started in education serving second language learners in San Diego as an English as a Second Language teacher. In her final year of teaching, she facilitated the opening of the New Arrival Center (NAC) for the San Diego High School Educational Complex, a pilot program in its initial year of implementation. She also worked on the San Diego Unified School District's curriculum writing committee for the Office of Language Acquisition.
Post-graduation, Sharin worked as a Research Assistant for the Program Evaluation and Research Collaborative (PERC) office at Cal State LA. At PERC, she worked closely with the Training Workforce Development programs at Cal State LA, funded by the National Institutes of Health. Sharin has served as a grant evaluator through PERC and has co-authored manuscripts focusing broadly on issues of diversity and representation in STEM.
