The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sondra Akins.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 18 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.108 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Akins, Sondra, 1944- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Sondra Akins |
| Portion of title | Sondra Akins |
| Abstract | Education professor and chemist Sondra Akins was born on March 16, 1944 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Akins earned her B.S. degree in chemistry in 1967 from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her M.S. degree in chemistry from Florida State University in 1970. Akins worked as a science teacher at Greco Junior High School before becoming a chemistry professor at St. Petersburg Junior College, Hillsborough Community College and Northern Virginia Community College. Akins began her long career at the Englewood Public School District in New Jersey in 1983 where she started as a science and mathematics teacher. She went on to become a director of mathematics, science, and technology, principal and a staff developer. In 1993, she received her Ed.D. degree in science education from Columbia University. From 2001, Akins worked as a professor in the Department of Secondary and Middle School Education at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Teaneck, New Jersey 2012 May 15. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2012.108 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |