Committee Chair

Rebecca Rosa has been a Lecturer and Supervisor in the School of Education’s Social Science Credential program since 2001 and is the lead secondary social science supervisor. She has served on the Words Take Wing Committee since 2012. Rosa earned her BA at University of Redlands, majoring in political science and psychology and minoring in education, and her MA with an emphasis on international and multicultural education from the University of San Francisco. She became chair of the Words Take Wing committee in 2024.

Committee Members

Sara Anderson

Laura Dubcovsky

Dr. Joanne Galli-Banducci, Retired Lecturer/Supervisor, Multiple Subject Credential, UC Davis School of Education

Rebecca Hachmyer

Sharon Hallberg

Christie Hamm

Sandi Redenbach

The School of Education’s Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature program was established by Joanne Banducci, EdD, in 2004; she served as the program’s chair until retiring in 2024. Committee member Wendy Chason served as co-chairperson from 2015-2021.