Deborah Baldini
Interests: Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Knowledge Base, Teacher Beliefs, Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies
Education: Dr. Baldini received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, an M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.A. cum laude in Spanish Language and Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Baldini completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University.
Personal History: Dr. Baldini grew up in Missouri. Her interest in literature grew from listening to novels read aloud during her childhood by her father, a professor of English literature. Dr. Baldini has traveled extensively but credits her love of Spanish language to having lived in Columbia, South America and having studied in Spain.
Professional Activities: A member of the foreign language faculty since 1980, Dr. Baldini teaches Spanish. She has published software for college level Spanish, has served as a consultant to high schools, community colleges, and universities, and has served as a reviewer of college level Spanish textbooks and multimedia projects. She has presented papers at numerous local, state, and national conferences.
Dr. Baldini is an active member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, serving on the 2006 ACTFL-MLJ Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research. In addition, Dr. Baldini is a member of the Foreign Language Teachers Association, the Foreign Language Association of Missouri, the University Continuing Education Association, and the American Council on Education Missouri Network for Women in Higher Education.
Dr. Baldini serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences/Continuing Education and as the Acting Associate Dean for the College of Fine Arts and Communication/Continuing Education. She provides leadership for the Advanced Credit Program, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, the Foreign Language Connection, the Gateway Writing Project, the Labor Studies Program, the Microcomputing Program, the St. Louis Storytelling Festival, the Write Stuff, and for Continuing Education programming for the departments, centers, and institutes within the two colleges.