Sharon D. Hartnett, PhD
Assistant Professor of Education
Sharon Hartnett arrived at Seattle Pacific University in the fall of 2000 following 15 years as a middle and high school English teacher, and seven years as a member of the teacher education faculty at Whitworth University. Oddly enough, Sharon did not plan to be a teacher. School counseling was her goal. But, as she says, “In those days you were required to teach first. Much to my astonishment, I knew how to do that job, and I loved it! I never looked back.”
During her time as a teacher education faculty member at SPU, Sharon taught several different foundations and methods courses and served in various leadership roles in the School of Education, including undergraduate chair of teacher education and foundations chair.
Sharon was often the only undergraduate teacher education faculty member in SOE, and in that role, consistently had the most regular interaction with undergraduate teacher education students. They described her as warm, inviting, good-humored, and no-nonsense, and her course evaluations often included the phrase “my favorite professor.” Sharon’s colleagues are pleased that Seattle is her home as she steps into retirement and that she remains close at hand.
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2014