Rebecca Tedesco
Pronouns: She/Her
PARC Director & Learning Coach
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Dean's Office
SDSU
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: 619-594-0929
Fax: 619-594-6974
Building/Location
Bio
Rebecca Tedesco’s superpower is that she can make anyone believe in themselves.
Rebecca has been a learning coach and writing tutor for more than 15 years. In addition to leading the team in the PSFA Academic Resource Center (PARC), Rebecca co-leads the PARC's faculty community of practice with Assistant Dean Lanie Lockwood and teaches upper-division writing courses.
Rebecca completed an EdD in teaching and learning in higher education from Gwynedd Mercy University. Her dissertation title was How Art History Students' Learning Is Shaped by Interactions with Their Embedded Tutor.
She was tutor coordinator in Peer Connections at San José State University from 2017-2019, where she received a 2018 CRLA Professional Development Award to continue developing the university's Tutor Supervisor Council.
Her passion, second only to her love of tutoring and academic support, is experiential learning. She completed a certificate in experiential education from Yeshiva University.
When she is not working, she is usually hanging out with her wife and their little menagerie of pets, at the beach, or watching baseball.
Education
- EdD, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Gwynedd Mercy University
- CAGS (post-Master's), Developmental Education - Boston University
- MA, English Literature - University of Massachusetts Boston
- BA, Sociology - Brandeis University
Certifications
- Level 3 Master Tutor (College Reading & Learning Association)
- Certified Learning Center Professional - Level 3 (International College Learning Center Association)
- Mental Health First Aid (National Council for Mental Wellbeing)
- QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper (QPR Institute)
Languages
- English (native speaker)
- Spanish (B1 - intermediate level)
Grants
- CSU Student Success Network Equity in Action Grant ($20,000) awarded in May 2022 for AY 2022-23