Christina Isabelli, PhD
Associate Provost for Global Engagement
Mailing address: Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave, AD 41, Spokane, WA, USA 99258
Dr. Christina (Tina) Isabelli serves as the Associate Provost for Global Engagement. 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 English Language Center (ESL program). She works closely with the Dean of Gonzaga in Florence, Gonzaga’s academic deans, associate and vice provosts, and Gonzaga Global. The Associate Provost for Global Engagement facilitates and oversees the work of the International Education Council and the International Leadership Committee. The Associate Provost for Global Engagement 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 also holds the position of Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature (PhD, University of Texas at Austin). She is the author 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.
Christina served as 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.
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Education Academic Positions Administrative Positions Recent National Service 2021–2023 Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - World Advocacy Committee. 2020–2023 AAUSC Board of Directors - responsible for coordinating language sections and promoting 2015–2022 ALD-MLA Language Program Consultant (formerly ADFL) - advise language departments on a Published Articles and Chapters (blind, peer-reviewed): Isabelli-García, C., Bown, J., Plews, J.L., & Dewey, D.P. (2018). Language learning and study abroad. Language Teaching, 51(4), 439-484. Isabelli-García, C. (2017). Key concepts in applied linguistics: Second language acquisition and study abroad learning environments. Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada, 17, 273–282. Isabelli-García, C., & Lacorte, M. (2016). Language learners' characteristics, target language use, and linguistic Lord, G., & Isabelli-García, C. (2014). Program articulation and management. In M. Lacorte (Ed.), The Routledge Isabelli-García, C., Pan, Y., & Lubkemann, S. (2012). Observing census enumeration of non-English-speaking Hartweg, D., Isabelli-García, C., McEwen, M., & Piper, R. (2012). Being physically active: Perceptions of Mexican Isabelli-García, C., & Slough, R. (2012). Acquisition of the non-generic definite article by Spanish learners Isabelli-García, C. (2010). Acquisition of Spanish gender agreement in two learning contexts: Study abroad and Hartweg, D., & Isabelli-García, C. (2007). Health perceptions of low-income, immigrant Spanish-speaking Latinas Isabelli-García, C. (2006). Study abroad social networks, motivation and attitudes: Implications for second Zeiss, E., & Isabelli-García, C. (2005). The benefits of asynchronous computer-mediated communication in Isabelli-García, C. (2003). Development of oral communication skills abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal Recent Invited Presentations Recent Organized Workshops |