Erica Andree

Director, Center for Languages and International Collaboration
erica.andree@pacificu.edu
503-352-1607
UC Box 
A-153
CLIC, Scott 101

Erica Andree directs the Center for Languages and International Collaboration (the CLIC) and the Global Scholars Program.

After completing an undergraduate degree in German and English, Erica was a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Linz, Austria, bringing American language and culture to Austrian high school students. She also taught German and English at the German American School of Portland. When not supporting world language education at Pacific, Erica raises two bilingual children, knits, dabbles in photography, and creates hand-bound books.

Academic and Scholarly Interests

  • Global Learning - International and Diverse Perspectives
  • Proficiency Oriented Language Instruction and Assessment
  • Instructional Technology

Teaching

  • Introductory German (GER 101, 102)
  • Mentoring and Tutoring in the Languages (WORL 325)
  • Global Skills (HUM/IS 311)
  • Global Scholars Seminar (HUM 201)

Professional Service and Leadership

  • URSCI Summer Institute Faculty Mentor
  • Study Abroad Committee Member
  • International and Diverse Perspectives Team Member
  • Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching, 2012-2021, Executive Board Member and Post-Secondary Representative
  • NWACC Instructional Technology Roundtable Steering Committee 2010-2018

Education

MA in Comparative Literature
University of Washington, Seattle, with an emphasis on German, Kazakh, and Computer Assisted Language Learning

BA in German and English
College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

Beyond the University

After graduating from college, Erica served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Linz, Austria, bringing American language and culture to Austrian high school students. She also taught German and English at the German American School of Portland. When not supporting global learning at Pacific, Erica raises two bilingual children, knits, dabbles in photography, and creates hand-bound books.

Intellectual Interests (or what I read for fun)

  • Deep ecology
  • Complex adaptive systems theory
  • Positive psychology
  • Poetry (Especially of Mary Oliver, Elizabeth Bishop)
  • Non-dominant ways of knowing
  • Speculative fiction