Monday: 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:30 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Thursday: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Kristin Gibson is a visiting professor of Spanish at Florida State University at Panama City. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a double major in Spanish and Business. Her first master’s was in Education-Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University-Wisconsin. From there, she taught middle school in Wisconsin for 3 years before moving to Florida to complete a masters in Spanish (emphasis in linguistics) and her Ph.D. in Spanish (emphasis in psycholinguistics and second language acquisition). During her education, she has taught for over 12 years at the collegiate level for the classes of Elementary Spanish 1 and 2, and Intermediate Spanish 1. She also created a Spanish for Careers course and is developing the Spanish program at FSU-PC. In the Fall Semester of 2023, she will be the first professor teaching high school students at the collegiate level for the Florida State University Collegiate School in Panama City, Florida.
Kristin also started a Spanish club at FSU-PC (starting Fall 2023) that is open to all students and hosts a Spanish conversation table open to all where students/faculty/staff can practice the language in an informal environment with people of other levels.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Ph. D., Florida State University, December 2019
Fields: Spanish, Linguistics, Psycholinguistics
Dissertation: Lexical Connections among Heritage Speakers and L2 Learners
Committee: Gretchen Sunderman (Chair), Carolina Gonzalez, Antje Muntendam, Michael Leeser, Michael Kaschak.
M.S., Spanish, Florida State University, May 2011
M.A., Education: Curriculum and Instruction, Concordia University, WI, May 2008
B.A., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, December 2004
B.B.A., Business, Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, December 2004
Professional Teaching Experience
Visiting Professor of Spanish, Florida State University-Panama City
- Taught Elementary Spanish 1, and 2
- Created interactive activities to make the material comprehensible.
- Taught Intermediate Spanish 1
- Created a Spanish 1 collegiate-level course designed for high school students in dual-enrollment classes at a new research laboratory school.
- Created and advised a Spanish Club for students.
- Organized a language speaking table for extra speaking practice; Met twice a month for an hour.
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, Florida State University-Panama City
- Taught Elementary Spanish 1 and 2
- Taught Intermediate Spanish 1
- Created all new materials, exams, and evaluations
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, Gulf Coast State University, Summer 2021
- Taught Elementary Spanish 1 and 2
Visiting Teaching Faculty, Florida State University, Fall 2019-Spring 2021
- Course Development: Spanish for Business
- Chose new textbook
- Created curriculum that was relevant to the students'
- Created in-class activities and evaluations
Primary Instructor of Spanish, Florida State University, Fall 2009-Summer 2019
- Spanish, Basic Level Classes
- Taught the first three basic levels:
- Beginning Spanish 1: 1120
- Beginning Spanish 2: 1121
- Intermediate Spanish 1: 2220
Adjunct Spanish Instructor, Tallahassee Community College, Fall 2017- Summer 2019
- Taught Spanish 1120 and 1121 (Beginning Spanish 1 and 2)
- Created all new materials for classroom teaching
- Wrote weekly quizzes and chapter exams
- Set up online homework and gradebook
Spanish Teacher, West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, West Allis, WI, August
2008-June 2009
- Taught first level Spanish to students in 6th and 7th grade
- Taught exploratory Spanish to 4th and 5th grade
Student Council Advisor- oversaw 30 students
Spanish Teacher, Mequon School District, Mequon, WI, August 2007-June 2008
- Taught first level Spanish to students in 7th and 8th grade
Adjunct Spanish Instructor, Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI, Fall 2007-Fall 2008
- Spanish for Law Enforcement (hybrid course)
- Spanish for Social Work (hybrid course)
- Spanish for Business (hybrid course)
Additional Training, Experience, & Skills
Peer Reviewer
Blanco, V., Saborido, J., Gallo, L. (2023., pp.1-64) Yo Soy Así (3rd edition), Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Freelance Tutor, 2016-present
- Tutor students in Spanish and Linguistics
Language Coordinator, Florida State University, 2010-2011
- Managed Spanish teaching assistants at the 1120 level.
- Assisted with implementing a new textbook.
- Collaborated on writing exams and updating the syllabus.
Department Office Assistant, Florida State University, Fall 2013-Fall 2014 & Spring 2017
- Assistant to the Finance and Administration Operations Manager
- Set up Interfolio for the department in 2013.
- Assisted in the textbook adoptions.
- Answered questions and helped professors and students.
- Study Programs (National and International)
- Proyecto Lingüístico Francisco Marroquín, Antigua, Guatemala
- Five-week Spanish immersion program, 2002 (Return visit in 2007 – 3 weeks; Return visit in 2012 – 1 week; Return visit in 2022 – 1 week)
- Studied Spanish one-on-one with a Spanish teacher for seven-hours a day, five days a week.
Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2003-2004
National Student Exchange Program
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México, Spring 2003
International Student Exchange Program
Completed one semester in Mexico
Awards
Excellent Teaching Assistant award nomination, academic years 2016-2017, 2017-2018
Excellent Faculty award nomination, academic year 2019-2020
Conference Presentations
KFLC: The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference. Lexical Connections Among Heritage Speakers, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2018.
Conference Attendances
- Terra Incognita: Encounters. Florida State University Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Graduate Student Conference, 2017 -Selected as the Panel Chair for Linguistics
- Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (BHL), at Florida State University,
- January 2017
- Wisconsin Association for Foreign Language Teaching (WAFLT), 2007, 2008
Academic Service and Affiliations
Undergraduate Program Committee, Spring 2017, Fall 2018
Website Development Committee Chair, 2016-2017
Graduate Student Conference: Terra Incognita
Linguistics Lunch Organizer, Spring 2017
Organized weekly meetings for linguistics presentations
Mentor Program, Fall 2016
Mentored an incoming TA on teaching ideas and policies
Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society, 2012-present