Donna Gillespie

Office Hours

  • Monday, BIC2C06A 11:00-11:50 a.m.
  • Monday, NETVIRTUAL 11:50-12:40 p.m.
  • Monday, NETVIRTUAL 03:00-03:50 p.m.
  • Tuesday, NETVIRTUAL 12:00-12:50 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Thursday, NETVIRTUAL 09:00-10:40 a.m.
  • Wednesday, NETVIRTUAL 11:10-12:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, BIC2C06A 12:00-12:50 p.m.

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film
  • Multiculturalism and Migration Studies
  • Hybrid and Online Language Course Development

Courses Taught

  • Spanish 1101/1102, Elementary Spanish I and II (Traditional, Hybrid and Online)
  • Spanish 2201/2202, Intermediate Spanish I and II (Traditional and Hybrid)
  • Spanish 2251/2252, Conversation and Composition I (Traditional)
  • Humanities 1800, Culture and Civilization of Costa Rica
  • Humanities 1800, Culture and Civilization of Spain

Projects

  • Study Abroad in Costa Rica (Summer 2013 / 2016)
  • Study Abroad in Spain (Summer 2014 / 2015)

Conferences

  • "Engaging Students Online Using Blackboard Collaborate." Department of Instructional Improvement and Distance Learning of Elgin Community College: Enriching Learning Environments with Technology. Elgin, IL. March 2016 (with Edith Jaco).
  • "Student success in an online learning community in the teaching of culture and languages." Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Fall Conference: Packing the Essentials: the Journey to Professional Success. Tinley Park, Illinois, October 2015 (with Edith Jaco).
  • "Spaces Occupied, Literal and Metaphorical, in Contemporary Spanish Fiction and Film: 1997-2011." Chapter 11 in Toward a Multicultural Configuration of Spain: Local Cities, Global Spaces. Ana Corbalán and Ellen Mayock, eds. Lanham: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2014. [publication]
  • "Women Immigrants as the Other in Contemporary Spanish Fiction and Film 1997-2011." Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association: Art and Artifice. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 2013. [conference paper]
  • "Hybrid Learning: Reaching a Diverse Population of Students." Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Fall Conference: Diversity is Delicious. Tinley Park, Illinois, October 2013 (with Edith Jaco).
  • "Una identidad marginada en Canto rodado de Maria Barbal." 11th Annual Colloquium on Spanish Literature, Linguistics, and Culture, University of Central Florida, April 2011. [conference paper]

Education

  • Ph.D. Spanish (Literature), University of Florida
  • M.A. Spanish, Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus
  • B.S. Physical Therapy, UIC-Chicago
  • B.A. Spanish and Zoology, Miami University-Ohio