Education

B.A., Early Childhood Education, University of South Carolina 
M.Ed., Higher Education Administration, Columbia College

Background

Shana Watson spent four years teaching first grade in Orangeburg and Richland county school districts where she was nominated for 2017-2018 teacher of the year prior to working at USC. Shana has worked at the university for seven years in a variety of roles: senior advisor for graduate programs of the School of Information Science, assistant principal of Rhodos Fellows Living Learning Community, and adjunct faculty for the College of information and Communications.

Teaching

Watson is an instructor for the University 101 Program and teaches University 101 . Watson is also an adjunct instructor for the School of Information Science and teaches Storytelling: Theory, Practice, and Development, Children’s Literature, and LIS internships.

Service

Member, American College Personnel Association
Member, South Carolina Association of School Librarians
Member, American Library Association
Member, National Academic Advising Association
Volunteer, Cocky’s Reading Express

Awards

Spring 2023 recipient of the Two Thumbs Up Award from the USC Student Disability Resource Center for "having gone above and beyond to accommodate students."

Nominated for: 1) Stuart Hunter Award for Outstanding Teaching in University 101 (2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023) and 2) Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Advisor Award.

Personal

In her free time, Watson enjoys reading, teaching yoga, traveling, true crime podcasts and documentaries. She lives in downtown Columbia with her daughter and two dogs, Boss and Phoebe.