Jessica Sheppard

Jessica Sheppard has recently graduated with her B.A. in Communication Studies from San Francisco State University. She was a SF State Scholar and was able to simultaneously complete her bachelor's and begin her master's in communication at the same time. She aspires to be a lecturer after graduating with their master's and hopes to do research in interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, and instructional communication. Jessica tries to evoke a critical teaching pedagogy that has an emphasis on compassion, and play. 

She has gained experience as a Research Assistant to Dr.Leah Wingard navigating and logging information into the Language and Social Interactions archive that Dr.Wingard had created. 

Along with teaching experience she has created a sense of community outside of the classroom establishing and being president of Rock-Climbing Club on campus. Being involved in her university community, and the Communication Studies department, taught her the value and importance of creating community for everyone.