Sharin Jacob awarded Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Dissertation Fellowship

​The California State University Chancellor's office awarded doctoral candidate Sharin Jacob the 2021-2022 Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) Dissertation Fellowship. The fellowship will support her dissertation work titled: Breaking the Language Code: Unlocking Computer Science for Multilingual Students.
 
CDIP fellowships are awarded to academically accomplished doctoral students with the goal of increasing the number of CSU faculty with the qualifications, motivation, and skills needed to teach the diverse students of the CSU system. Jacob will receive $5,000, faculty mentorship, and professional development and grant resources to support the timely completion of her dissertation.

​Jacob is specializing in Language, Literacy, and Technology for her doctoral studies. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, bringing theory from the learning sciences, computer science education, and applied linguistics to study the teaching and learning of computing and computational thinking to multilingual students. 

Sharin Jacob

She currently is serving as a 2021 Public Impact Distinguished Fellow, one of four graduate students at UCI to receive the 2021 honor. As part of her research, she is developing, implementing, and evaluating a curriculum that is being integrated into elementary schools across Santa Ana Unified School District as well as in San Francisco Unified and Chicago Public Schools. Professor Mark Warschauer serves as her advisor.