Danielle Geary
Coordinator of Spanish Program, Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Minor Advisor for Spanish
- School of Modern Languages
Overview
Dr. Danielle Geary is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish and the Coordinator of the Spanish Program. Her extensive international travel experience includes living in Spain for several years, directing study abroad programs in Spain and Mexico, and conducting ethnographic field research in Costa Rica. She also serves as the director of the Spain Visit & Live it! Study Abroad program. Since joining Tech in 2010, she has been awarded multiple CETL certificates for excellence in teaching. In 2023, she received the Distinguished Non-Tenure Track Academic Faculty Teaching Award from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
In 2013, she created the first online Spanish program at Georgia Tech. She also designed the course Spanish for the Professions to prepare students for careers abroad or bilingual positions in the United States. Her special topics course Spanish TV Series intertwines the fun of following a series with the serious historical themes of Franco's dictatorship, WWII, and espionage. Her Chat Challenge course is designed to push students out of their comfort zones to build confidence in their speaking. The goal is to converse with as many native speakers as possible over the course of the semester. The top student speaker to date talked to 46 native speakers by the semester's end.
Dr. Geary's scholarly articles address the topics of study abroad, online learning and international students. She is often invited to review new digital learning materials and textbooks, and has presented at various universities and conferences on how to use technology to teach foreign language courses. Her teaching style is featured in six chapters of more than 30 original Spanish video lessons she created for the educational platform Study.com.
She holds a Master's in Spanish from the University of Salamanca in Spain and a Doctor of Education with research concentration in study abroad and foreign language acquisition from Nova Southeastern University.
Her favorite thing about teaching at Georgia Tech is the students - they're phenomenal!
Interests
- Instructional Technologies for Foreign Language Acquisition
- Pedagogy and Curriculum Development
- Spanish
- Studies Abroad
Focuses:
- Europe
- Latin America and Caribbean
- United States
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Grammar
- Higher Education: Teaching and Learning
- Intercultural Issues
- International Communication
- Language Acquisition
- Language and Popular Culture
- Technology
Courses
- SPAN-1001: Elementary Spanish I
- SPAN-1002: Elementary Spanish II
- SPAN-1101: Patterns of Spanish I
- SPAN-1102: Patterns of Spanish II
- SPAN-2001: Intermediate Spanish I
- SPAN-2002: Intermediate Spanish II
- SPAN-3101: Conversation I
- SPAN-3102: Conversation II
- SPAN-3151: Conversation Practicum
- SPAN-3813: Special Topics: Spanish TV Series
- SPAN-3813: Special Topics: Spanish in Media and Pop Culture
- SPAN-4102: Spanish For Professions
- SPAN-6503: Professional Portfolio
All Publications
Journal Articles
- The Power of Weekly Group Video Recordings in Asynchronous Courses
In: eLearn Magazine [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning
In: Faculty Focus Magna Publications
Date: 2018
- How Do We Get People to Interact? International Students and the American Experience
In: The Journal of International Students [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2016
- Karaoke in Costa Rica: A Multidimensional Approach to Study Abroad
In: International Journal of Society, Culture & Language [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
- Using Facebook to Enrich the Online Classroom
In: Faculty Focus Magna Publications
Date: 2015
- eLearning in a Foreign Language
In: eLearn Magazine [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2012
- Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies: A Review of the Literature
In: FLAG Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2012
- Trend and Data Analysis of Homeschooling [and the Transition to College]
In: Academic Leadership: The Online Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2011
Conferences
- Using iLrn to Teach Foreign Language (ACTFL Convention)
Date: November 2015
Presentations
- Tips and Tricks for Teaching Foreign Language Asynchronously (Old Dominion University)
Date: October 2020
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (Morehouse College)
Date: September 2016
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (Lee University)
Date: August 2016
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (Georgia College)
Date: September 2015
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (Georgia State University)
Date: September 2015
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (Emory University)
Date: August 2015
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (University of Georgia)
Date: August 2015
- Teaching Foreign Language with Technology (University of Northern Iowa)
Date: August 2014
Internet Publications
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Ch.10: Present tense of -AR Verbs (4 lessons)
Date: 2013
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Ch.21: As a Child and the Imperfect (5 lessons)
Date: 2013
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Ch.2: Describing People, Adjective Agreement and Ser (7 lessons)
Date: 2013
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Ch.4: Household Terms, Articles and Gender Rules (8 lessons)
Date: 2013
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Chapter 12: Pastimes and the Near Future (5 lessons)
Date: 2013
- Study.com Spanish Video Textbook Chapter 15: Shopping and the Present Progressive (5 lessons)
Date: 2013
Translations
- Los Retablos de Edilberto Jiménez / The Retablos of Edilberto Jiménez
Date: 2012
Thesis / Dissertations
- The Comprehensive Impact of a Short-Term Study Abroad Program on Adult Foreign Language Students
Date: 2012