Catherine Gillespie, Ph.D.

School of Education Associate Dean

Contact Information

Email: catherine.gillespie@drake.edu
Phone: 515-271-4602
Address: 2702 Forest Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311

Office: Collier-Scripps Hall 230

Education

B.A.: Wellesley College

M.Ed.: Lesley University

Ph.D.: University of Tennessee/Knoxville

Honors & Professional Memberships

Mary Collier Baker Distinguished Professorship, 2007-2017
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Fulbright Scholar Selectee
Chancellor's Citation for Professional Promise in Human Ecology
Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Child and Family Studies
Clarence Kuo Outstanding Nursery School Teacher Award
Albert N. Minor Scholarship
Ruby McKeel Rives Scholarship

Prior Positions

Instructor, Middle Tennessee State University
Toddler Teacher and Student Teacher supervisor, University of Tennessee/Knoxville
ESL Teacher, Cambridge, MA and Hamm, Germany
Sixth Grade Teacher, Salem, NH