The Lake Forest College LIT Department is pleased to have acquired Donnie Sendelbach as our newest Academic Technologist, filling the position vacated by Diane Snedden. Among her diverse talents, Donnie is Mac computer proficient, which will be appreciated by a number of the faculty on campus for whom she will be the IT liaison.

Donnie previously taught Russian language and literature at several colleges and universities before riding the the wave of new technologies into the new millenium. Recently she has been engaged in the digital manipulation of text to enhance faculty and student scholarship. She has also been exploring the ways technology can aid foreign language learning. At Lake Forest College Donnie plans to support Moodle, blogs, wikis, and other tools to build students’ writing and communication skills.

When not at work in academia, Donnie likes wine tasting and traveling. She hopes to return to Hawaii, a recent vacation destination. But having grown up in Ohio, Donnie is no stranger to midwestern winters. And her experiences at various academic institutions have led her to conclude that she appreciates the "close interaction" at a small liberal arts college.

Most recently Donnie was Director of Humanities Computing at Lawrence University, which, like Lake Forest College, is a member of Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Prior to that, she served as the Mellon Technology Fellow in Writing at Bard College. Donnie received her B.A. From Grinnell, another ACM school, and she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. We are very fortunate to have her as a member of the LIT staff.

Donnie may be reached at x5113. Her office is in room 233 of the Donnelley and Lee Library.