Christina Huhn

Christina Huhn serves as Professor of Spanish Education and Coordinator of the Spanish Education program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs within the Language, Literature, and Writing Department. She also functions as the department webmaster, leveraging her technology expertise.

Her research focuses on teacher preparation programs, classroom language proficiency development for beginning learners, program assessment methodologies, and technology integration in language education. She actively contributes to National Language Standards implementation in higher education settings through her scholarly work and presentations.

Huhn holds a PhD in Foreign Language Education and Technology from Purdue University, with master's and doctoral research centered on program reviews. She volunteers for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and serves as president of the Appalachian Professional Language Educators' Society.

• 2014 Faculty Recognition Award for Content Pedagogy
• 2018 Faculty Recognition Award for Teaching of Writing
• 2020 PSMLA Post-secondary Educator of the Year

She maintains active leadership in professional organizations including the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, and Pennsylvania State Modern Languages Association (where she co-edits the PSMLA Language Forum). Her prior industry experience includes bilingual customer service and translation/interpretation work before returning to academia.