Kristen Sneddon, M.S.
- Earth and Planetary Sciences, teaching ERTH 111 - Dynamic Earth, ERTH 115/ENVS 115
- Environmental Geology (Lecture and Lab), ERTH 131 - Geological Field Studies
About Kristen
I grew up in a small family of my mom and my sister in Los Angeles, before coming to Santa Barbara in high school. When it came time to go to the college I was accepted to, I realized I had not saved enough money to put myself through. I started working more hours and coming to Santa Barbara City College full-time, and I loved it! I took my first field courses in Geology and got really interested in groundwater and water rights. While I was at SBCC, I also tutored for the Philosophy Department, and this is where I learned that I love to teach and to just generally be around people who are excited about learning and questioning and observing and sharing. I went to five different colleges before eventually graduating from UCLA and Colorado School of Mines. I started teaching at SBCC in my 40’s, after years of tutoring, teaching part-time, running a college counseling business, volunteering for the AVID program, and raising my three kids. My kids all went to Starr King Parent-Child Workshop, an extended learning opportunity through SBCC, where parents learn about community and inclusion and celebrating diversity. In that time between my first class at SBCC over thirty years ago and now, my mom returned to college at SBCC to eventually graduate from UCSB (at 61), and each of my kids, my husband, and many of my inlaws have all taken SBCC classes or transferred. I love Santa Barbara City College. It is a place for learning at any stage in life, for as long as you need, for whatever your interests might be. It is my goal to offer you something interesting that relates to your real world experience while supporting you reaching wherever you’d like to be in your education.