Christina Isabelli

About Christina Isabelli

Christina is the Associate Provost for Global Engagement at Gonzaga University. In this role, she leads internationalization at Gonzaga, providing leadership for the university’s globalization strategies, and leadership and administration for the Center for Global Engagement personnel and programs, the International Student & Scholar Services, Study Abroad, and the ESL program. She works closely with the Dean of Gonzaga in Florence, Gonzaga’s academic deans, associate and vice provosts, and Gonzaga Global along with facilitating and overseeing the work of the International Education Council and the International Leadership Committee. Christina leads the university’s effort to cultivate, develop, deliver, and assess global education as a fundamental institutional goal as part of Gonzaga’s Jesuit, Catholic, and humanistic identity.She is also Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics, of two books, Motivation and Extended Interaction in the Study Abroad Context (Edwin Mellen) and Researching Second Language Acquisition in the Study Abroad Learning Environment (Palgrave), and has published a variety of articles on second language acquisition in the study abroad and domestic immersions contexts, identifying processes of forming social networks abroad and how they function as contexts for language learning. Her service includes being a Program Reviewer for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP/ACTFL) in which she evaluates university program reports submitted yearly by U.S. institutions seeking CAEP recognition of their world language teacher certification programs. She also served on the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - World Language Advocacy Committee which provides feedback and identifies emerging initiatives in world language learning statewide.

Experience

1. Associate Provost for Global Engagement

   Gonzaga University

   Jun 2023 — Present · Spokane, WA, US

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• Illinois State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• University of Iowa

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

Skills

• History
• Linguistics
• International Education
• Language Teaching
• Public Speaking
• Foreign Languages
• Teaching
• Intercultural Communication
• Spanish Linguistics
• Multilingual
• Second Language Acquisition
• Translation
• Spanish in the Us
• Research
• Spanish