Dr. Unnold has extensive teaching experience at the university and also at the secondary education level; she has taught Spanish, German, and ESL in language, culture and teacher education programs in Costa Rica, Mexico, the United States and Germany. Dr. Unnold routinely contributes to regional, national and international conferences and has published on instructional technology and second language acquisition, as well as on Latin American and German literary and cultural discourse.  Dr. Unnold’s educational training includes an Ed.S. in Higher Education Leadership and Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi, a Ph.D. and MA in Comparative Literature with emphasis in Latin American and German literature from the University of Washington, and additional graduate studies in the Latin American Literature Program at the Universidad de Costa Rica. She obtained a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of California in Davis. Born and raised in Germany, Dr. Unnold completed her primary and secondary education in her native country.