Vita

Anita Campitelli

E-mail Address: a_campit@uncg.edu

Education

New College

Sarasota, Florida

B.A. 1975

History and German

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

M.A. 1979

Ph.D. candidacy, 1982

German

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

January 2005 – present

M.A. candidacy, Spanish

Professional Experience

1985- present

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Lecturer in German

2008 – present: Instructor of Spanish

1990 - 1995

Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina

Instructor in German

1988-1993

Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro, North Carolina

Director of Religious Education

1985-present

Private tutor.

Independent contractor providing language instruction to individuals and small groups.

1981-1984

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

Instructor in German

1979-1981

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Teaching Assistant in German

Courses Offered

Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced-level German language courses

Intensive Summer School language courses in German

Introductory courses in Spanish language

Seminar in World Literature, Seminar in Religion, Philosophy & Ethics "Evil and the Quest for Knowledge: the Matter of Faust"

German for Music Lovers

online courses:

Intermediate German

German for Reading

German for Music Lovers

Faust

Publications

Editorials and book reviews in The Greensboro News and Record (1986-present)

German for Music Lovers, a flexible on-line textbook and language-learning resource for all levels of proficiency. (http://www.acampitelli.com).

Date of origin of site 1999; ongoing development.

Spanish for Music Lovers, a language-learning resource for Spanish

http://www.acampitelli.com/spanish_for_music_lovers.htm

Date of origin of site 2008; ongoing development.

Other Education and Training

Academic

Summer Program in Spain, UNCG

2006, 2007 (program participant), 2008 (tutor)

5-week program in Spanish language and culture

Goethe Institute, Rothenburg, Germany, 2004

A two-week intensive course for teachers of German

Goethe Institute, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany, 1978

A month-long intensive course in German language and culture.

University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, 1978

A month-long intensive course in German language and culture, especially for teachers of German.

Eurocenter, Cologne, Germany, 1973

A semester-long course on German language and culture.

Other Professional Training

Leadership School, The Mountain, Highlands, North Carolina, 1991

intensive week-long immersion in management skills and strategies for effective work with groups.

Leadership Training with Rusty Staub, Staub Associates, (now Staub-Peterson), Greensboro, North Carolina, 1993

intensive workshop similar to Leadership School.

Other Experience

Group Facilitator at Leadership School, the Mountain, Highlands, NC, 1992-1993

I facilitated group interaction through a series of assigned tasks designed to hone interpersonal skills, self-awareness and strategies for effective work with groups. Clients were professionals with leadership roles in their organizations.

Emerging Artist Grant, 1995

North Carolina Arts Council

Grant supported recording original blues songs.

Languages

excellent German, Spanish

good French, Italian

fair Latin

Current Professional Interests

Increasing multi-media support of learning, especially using music, the Internet, and the development of electronic learning resources.

German Hip-Hop: the new generation's reaction to history.

Research in Spanish literature.

Research in South American literature and culture, especially that of Chile.