OLLI-UA Online Zoom Offerings

Study Group members who have taken Beginning Spanish will improve reading, writing, and conversational skills with stories, poems, plays, songs, and hands-on activities. Applicants should have a vocabulary of common Spanish words and should be familiar with the present and past tenses. Most of our work is done in groups, so regular attendance is critical for this class.

Instructor(s): Josephine Kelleher, Susan Sotelo

Dr. Josephine Kelleher is a retired educator who has been studying Spanish for the past four years at OLLI. In addition to teaching at the university level, Dr. Kelleher has been a science and mathematics teacher at the middle school level, a high school assistant principal and principal, and superintendent of schools in three school districts. Dr. Kelleher earned a bachelor's degree in science and mathematics education and a master of arts in teaching in biological sciences from Rhode Island College, and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Susan Sotelo has taught Spanish to undergraduates and seniors. Her doctorate from the University of Arizona is in Latin American literature. She has a PhD in Spanish Language Literature and has published a literary criticism of Chicano detective fiction. Dr. Sotelo has taught undergrads at the University of Arizona and Pima College, and seniors at OLLI and at Sun City Vistoso. She loves to teach and learns a lot from her students. Teaching is her joy and hobby.