Prior to teaching at St. Petersburg College (SPC), Angela Blackshaw has served in a wide gamut of capacities in the Information Technology (IT) field. Blackshaw was a Business Analyst and Project Officer from 2000-2011 for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, NC. She also served as an IT Project Manager for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at Bay Pines, FL from 2011-2014.  She is currently an Adjunct Professor for the College of Computer & Information Technology (CCIT) department at SPC, where she teaches CGS 1100 Computer Applications and CIS 2321 Systems Analysis and Design, both online.

 Throughout her career, she has associated with professional organizations such as the BDPA, Triangle Chapter from 1996- 2011, as well as the Project Management Institute from 2004 to present. She attributes her desire to teach stemming from the instruction that she received while in school from adjunct instructors. She views teaching as an opportunity to “give back to the community.”

Blackshaw feels that the best part of her job would be interacting with students through the discussion boards in her classes. “The posts keep the students and me up-to-date about what is going on in the industry,” she said. She believes that this platform is effective since it allows everyone to see things from different points-of-view which contributes to an enjoyable interchange.

She advises students who would like to pursue a career in information technology to “keep persevering in their studies to get to their goal; its achievable.”