Ester Suarez-Felipe

Education

• MA, Foreign Language and Literature, 1999, UW-Milwaukee
• MLIS, Library and Information Sciences, 1999, UW-Milwaukee
• BA, Spanish Major, 1996, UW-Milwaukee

Courses Taught

I teach a variety of levels of Spanish, from beginner’s level to advanced conversation and composition courses. I have also taught a Freshman Seminar and some culture courses, including Study Abroad in Madrid. I regularly teach a Spanish Immersion Course and the Practicum for Teaching Assistants in Spanish. Recently I have also been engaged in designing and teaching hybrid/blended sections of the first four semesters of Spanish at UWM

Research Interests

• Teaching and Learning
• Second Language Acquisition
• Latin American Literature and Culture

Related Activities

Since the summer of 2005, 50% of my appointment at UWM has been dedicated to perform the duties of Spanish Language Coordination. As such, I am directly involved in mentoring and closely monitoring instructors in the first four semesters of Spanish, especially Teaching Assistants. I am the first person to whom instructors and students in these courses come for advice on issues related to teaching, as well as to general UWM policies. I mediate and resolve student problems and complaints involving language courses, instructors and/or classrooms.

Biographical Sketch

I was born and raised in Spain and I am the oldest child of three. I moved to the United States with my husband and my two boys when I was 27 years old. Once I learned English, I worked for many years as a Social Worker, before I completed my higher education and started teaching. In addition to teaching, I like to go for walks and to the movies with my husband and adult children, spend time with family and friends, read--especially novels--in English or Spanish, cook and work in my garden.