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

Areas of Expertise

• Workplace Spirituality
• Teacher Education
• Eating Disorder Recovery
• Early Childhood Education

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Education
• Doctoral Foundations and Seminar
• Human Development
• Foundations of Education