Providence College Professor Named ‘RI Professor of the Year’
Monday, December 06, 2010
Dr. Nuria Alonso García, associate professor of Spanish at Providence College, has been named the Rhode Island 2010 Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Alonso García was one of 38 state winners and four national winners--selected from a list of more than 300 professors from throughout the country--who were honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC, recently.
The US Professors of the Year program is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
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Criteria for earning the honor includes impact on and involvement with undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contribution to undergraduate education in the institution, community, and profession; and support from colleagues and students. Judging is undertaken by three separate panels assembled by the Carnegie Foundation and CASE. The winners are selected in four categories: baccalaureate professors, community college professors, doctoral and research university professors, and master’s university and college professors.
Earlier this year, Alonso García, was named the recipient of the 2009-10 Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award--the college’s premier teaching accolade. She is the second PC faculty member--and Accinno Award recipient--to receive the honor in three years. Dr. Robert B. Hackey, professor of health policy and management, earned both honors in 2008.
Alonso Garcia active in all communities
Alonso García has been a member of the PC faculty since 2000. From 2005-2008, she was interim director of the Global Studies Program and has served as chairperson of the Department of Foreign Language Studies since 2008. She has been actively involved in the community and developed partnerships with nonprofit organizations such as Volunteers in Providence Schools (VIPS), which provides ESL tutoring services to elementary school students, and the Diocese of Providence, where she co-founded the Citizenship Tutoring Program.
Along with academic articles that have appeared in various peer-reviewed journals, Alonso García has co-authored several textbooks, including ¡Trato hecho! (Prentice Hall, 2005) and Hoy dia. Spanish for Real Life (Prentice Hall, 2010). Alonso García earned her bachelor’s degree from Universidad de Oviedo in Spain. She received her master’s degree in Spanish philology and doctorate in applied linguistics from Universidad de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Spain.
