Christina Isabelli

Dr. Christina Isabelli (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) serves as Gonzaga’s Associate Provost for Global Engagement and Senior International Officer. 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. In addition, she facilitates and oversees the work of the International Education Council. 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 also holds the position of Professor of Spanish in Gonzaga’s Department of Modern Languages and Literature. 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 immersion contexts, identifying processes of forming social networks abroad and how they function as contexts for language learning.

Christina serves 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.