John Alcalde
Teaching Interests
I was born in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia. I did my undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia. I received my Masters of Arts in History in 1998. After college, I moved to England to learn the language and, a year later, to Illinois as a visiting teacher to teach in a Bilingual Education program in East Aurora. I served as a secondary teacher for ten years. I taught in bilingual, mainstream, and honors programs at both the high school and middle school levels. I was a bilingual team leader at the middle school level. I began work on my Ph.D. in history at Northern Illinois University in 2009 with the purpose of combining my interests in legal history, labor history, and immigration history. Right now, I am a Ph.D. candidate and the Assistant Director of History & Social Sciences Secondary Educator Licensure Programs.
Courses Taught
- ILAS 301
- HIST 401
- HIST 496
- HIST 400
Contact
John Alcalde
Director of History and Social Sciences Secondary Educator Licensure Programs
815-753-5903
jalcalde1@niu.edu
Zulauf 615A
U.S. Law and Society, Immigration
Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University