Professor Gabriele W. Bosley
Gabriele completed her undergraduate work in Germany in
the Humanities, followed by graduate and post graduate degrees in
Foreign Language Education/ESL and German Studies from the University
of Paderborn in Germany and the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
Her research interests include 20th Century German Women's Literature,
Foreign Language Acquisition, Intercultural Education, and Curriculum
Development.
Gabriele has always been passionate about teaching and learning. She
developed Bellarmine’s trans-curricular Baccalaureate Degree in FLIS
(Foreign Languages and International Studies) in 1998, requiring the
study of two languages with areas of concentration in
History/Diplomacy, Translation/Interpretation, Teaching, Human
Services, and Business/Economics. In 2007, she developed a Minor in
International Studies which like the FLIS degree includes a study
abroad requirement.
In 1995, Gabriele secured outside funding and established the Bellarmine
International Programs Office, as well as the Foreign Language
Department, growing the languages from 3 to 8 language options, and
course offerings from 15 courses in 1995 to 82 courses over her 10 year
tenure as its founding chair. Today, Gabriele devotes her energy to
the broad internationalization of the University, and the IPO’s
continued collaboration across all of Bellarmine’s schools and majors,
growing the programs from a handful of students studying abroad in 1995
to currently over 30% of the full-time junior classes acquiring part
of their education abroad with study options at over 150 bilateral or
consortia partner sites in over 50 countries, while at the same time
bringing the world to Bellarmine through international student and
faculty exchanges, as well as foreign student recruitment.
Gabriele has devoted her career to internationalizing Bellarmine
University. This has taken her around the globe, working with
colleagues and programs on all continents, while also serving on a
variety of international, national, state, and city boards, including
the AIEA (Association of International Education Administrators)
Executive Board, the ISEP (International Student Exchange Program)
Board of Advisors, the CCSA (Center for Cooperative Study Abroad) Board
of Trustees, the KIIS (Kentucky Institute for International Studies)
Board of Directors, the CCCS (Center for Cross Cultural Studies) Board
of Advisors, the Kentucky Department of Education Foreign Language
Programs Review Board, The Sacred Heart Schools Board of Trustees, the
Crane House/Asia Institute Board of Directors, the AATG-KY Executive
Committee as State Testing Chair, the Mayor of Louisville’s Office of
International Affairs Advisory Board and numerous on and off campus
committees.
Gabriele is the recipient of the 2010 Mosaic Award for Outstanding
Contributions to the Profession and Community, the 2008 Bellie Award
for Internationalization at BU, the 2006 Kentuckiana Metroversity Award
for Instructional Development, funded by the Grawemeyer Foundation, the
2005 William T. Miles Award for Outstanding Service to the University
and Region, the 1999 Bellarmine Women’s Council Instructional
Development Award, the 1994 National Endowment for the Humanities
Teacher Scholar Award, the 1992 Council for Basic Education Fellowship
Award, the 1991 Rockefeller Research Fellowship Award, and several
Institutional Internationalization Grants.
In her limited free time, she enjoys reading, writing, painting, jazz,
yoga, hiking, an occasional golf game, international cooking, and
meaningful conversations with friends around the world. Her weaknesses
....... engaging in too much simultaneously, Tuscany & Provence, a
well brewed latté, licorice, a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and of
course chocolate, chocolate, chocolate …!!!
"Own what you can always carry with you; know
languages, know countries, know people, let your memory be your bag."
- A. Solzhenitsyn