Faculty Profile

Deborah Dahl Shanks
Diablo Valley College

I am a 1980 graduate of California State University, East Bay and a former community college student.

My teaching experience includes 25 years at Diablo Valley College in Music and Humanities, five years at Contra Costa College and a few years teaching at Las Positas and Foothill Colleges.

My service to FACCC includes winning both the 2002 Part-Time Faculty of the Year Award and the 2009 Margaret Quan Part-Time Advocate Award. Additionally, I have served 10 years on the FACCC Retirement Committee and seven on the FACCC Board of Governors. I worked on the first FACCC/CalSTRS Retirement Task Force resulting in AB 1586 and am currently working to fix retirement issues for part-time faculty. Also, I have testified on behalf of FACCC before various legislative hearings and have been a presenter at workshops and conferences throughout the state.

FACCC has been a great voice for faculty. Various FACCC activities offer faculty opportunities to learn information that will be helpful in every aspect of teaching and academic life.

Through FACCC, I have personally met many people that have not only taught me things that have helped me professionally, but have fed my mind and soul as well.

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