Vicki Galloway

Professor Emerita of Spanish

Member Of:
  • School of Modern Languages
  • ADVANCE IAC
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Overview

Vicki Galloway was a professor of Spanish and associate chair for research and graduate programs in the School of Modern Languages. She served as the director of the School of Modern Languages' Language for Business and Technology (LBAT) overseas programs in Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru and taught a wide variety of courses in language, literature, business, film, and culture studies, focused on themes of sustainable development, immigration, indigenous issues and perspectives, and intercultural communication.

She has authored eight textbooks, including Saldo a favor. She has published extensively in nationally prominent journals and professional volumes on second-language acquisition and intercultural learning; and has been editor of three volumes of intercultural pedagogy and of the journal Foreign Language Annals. She was a recipient of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language's Nelson Brooks Award for the Teaching of Culture in recognition of her writings in the field of intercultural pedagogy, Georgia Tech's E. Rowe Stamps Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Ivan Allen College Faculty Legacy Award for Leadership. Before her time at Georgia Tech, she served as project director for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NY) and as South Carolina's State Supervisor for Foreign Language and International Education. She was also the Spanish advisor for the IAML, GEML, and ALIS degree programs.

Education:
  • Ph.D., Foreign Language Education, University of South Carolina
  • M.A. Spanish, University of South Carolina
  • B.A. Spanish, Michigan State University
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • IAC Faculty Legacy Award, 2015
  • IAC Million Dollar Club, 2014-2018
  • IAC Gold Star Award for "Excellence in Research", 2013
  • ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2002
  • IAC E. Roe Stamps Excellence in Teaching award, 2001
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Education For Sustainable Development (EDS)
  • Film Studies
  • Indigenous Histories, Issues And Imaginaries, Latin America
  • Intercultural Communication Pedagogy And Assessment
  • Politics And Identity In Latin American Art
  • Problem-based Learning