Kate Zephyrhawke

Hi, I'm Kate Zephyrhawke, an English professor at a community college.

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After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English Literature, Kate Zephyrhawke postponed her goal of teaching in a community college by living in France for three years, both in Paris and in a country village not far from Provence. Her rich and wonderful adventure living in Europe provided a vital perspective on Americans, along with the valuable experience of being "a foreigner" in an adopted country. After her return to California, Kate Zephyrhawke pursued a master's in mass communications, and some years later a graduate degree in psychology. Life's twists and turns led her to Florida, another master's—in Rhetoric and Composition—and she now teaches English in a community college, her original career goal. She enjoys the diversity of age, race, and ethnicity in those who attend community college, and loves helping her students learn to think critically and express themselves with clarity and conviction. Kate Zephyrhawke also does research with Dr. Mykol Hamilton of Centre College on revealing unconscious juror bias, with the aim of eliminating inequity in the justice system and helping to ensure that defendants will receive fair trials. 

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professor at Hillsborough Community College

August 2010 - November 2017 | Tampa, Florida

I teach First-Year Composition (critical thinking on social issues, persuasive writing, introduction to literature)

professor at St. Petersburg College

September 2013 - December 2014 | Clearwater, Florida

University of South Florida

2007 – 2009

MA

Concentration: Rhetoric and Composition

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

MA

Concentration: Psychology/Counseling

San Jose State University

1986 – 1987

MA (ABT)

Concentration: Mass Communications

Activities: advertising and public relations

University of Paris – Sorbonne

1981 – 1982

Certificate in French Language and Culture

Concentration: French Culture and Language

UC Berkeley

Concentration: English Language and Literature

Foothill Junior College

Kate Zephyrhawke is interested in social psychology, cognitive bias, neuroscience, the vicissitudes of memory and perception, unconscious juror bias, evolutionary psychology, the art of persuasion, art and literature, language and culture, solving the mystery of autoimmunity, optimal health, animal cognition and emotion, dog training, and the delightful personality of collies.