Episode 6 of AUHSD Future Talks features Dr. JoAnna Schilling, who has been President at Cypress College since 2017. She began her career in community colleges as Dean of Arts and Cultural Programs at Rio Hondo College and went on to serve as Vice President of Academic Affairs at both Cerritos and Rio Hondo Colleges.
Dr. Schilling currently serves on the statewide Affordability, Food & Housing Access Task Force, and has previously served on the California Chief Instructional Officers Executive Board, and as co-chair of the CCCCO Curriculum Inventory project.
Dr. Schilling has published articles in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Community College Enterprise, and Management Learning, in addition to being the author of three Dog Lover Companion books for Perseus Books. She has a doctorate in education from Oregon State University, and MFA in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University, and a BA in English from Smith College.
