Throughout the years, students see loving professors come and go. This year, one of them is instructor of history, Sheila M. Williams, who began teaching at Pierce College in 1990 and retired last fall.
In 1983, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in History at the Cal State University Northridge.
Her teaching career began at Birmingham High School. She later continued onto the college level in 1988 as she began teaching at Los Angeles Southwest College.
At Pierce College, Williams taught such courses as Western Civilization, American History, Women’s History and Latin America History.
In 1995, she became chair of the History Department, a position that she served for three years.
Unable to contact Williams, Eugene S. Larson, current chair of the History Department, was contacted by phone.
“She was a wonderful instructor and essentially built up women’s history [at Pierce],” said Larson.
In June 2000, Williams received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Pierce Emeriti Professors Association.
