Dr. Teresa W. Aldredge

Dr. Teresa Aldredge was hired as Counseling Faculty at Cosumnes River College in 1992.  She is the Program Coordinator/Counselor for the Umoja Diop Scholars Program and also teaches in the Human Services department.  Dr. Aldredge has statewide organizational leadership experience as President of both the California Counseling Association (CCA) and the California Community College Counselors Association (4CA). In addition, she has served two terms on the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges (FACCC) Board as Regional Governor Area F and Governor at Large.  She has served as Academic Senate President, Vice President and Secretary and served as the Counseling Department Chair at Cosumnes River College. 

Dr. Aldredge is a founding member of the Umoja Community and currently holds the position as President of the Board of Directors of the Umoja Community Education Foundation.  She also serves as a member of the Black and African American Advisory Panel, which develops recommendations for advancing opportunities for Blacks and African Americans in the California Community Colleges’ system.  In addition, she is a member on the GIRL (Girls in Robotic Leadership) Advisory Board (a component of the UC Davis C-STEM Center) which provides input for increasing the number of girls in middle and high schools to learn computing and STEM. 

Dr. Aldredge received her A.A. in Liberal Arts from Palomar College, a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, her M.A. in Education: Counselor Education from San Diego State University, and her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of California, Davis and California State University, Fresno joint doctoral program.