Sharon L. Shields
Professor of the Practice of Health Promotion and Education
Ph.D., George Peabody College, 1976
Short Biography
Sharon Shields' interests focus on community health and human issues. Sharon teaches courses that move students into strong university/campus service-learning partnerships that foster movement toward civic engagement and active citizenship. Sharon has worked on various national curriculums, has published articles related to service-learning teaching, and has been deeply engaged in the Community Outreach Partnership Center Grant at VIPPS. Currently, Sharon is the President of the National Association of Girls and Women in Sport and in that capacity has begun a national community organizing initiative directed at Title IX advocacy.
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Media Mentions
Faculty member leads citizenship training in East Tennessee
Sharon Shields, Tennessee Academic Civic Engagement Program training leader and professor of the practice of health promotion and education, helps students better understand democracy and citizenship while becoming active, contributing citizens through the services they perform.
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