Interview with Patricia Rubio
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Title
Interview with Patricia Rubio
Date
April 14, 2021
Is Part Of
Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project
Description
Patricia Rubio began her career at Skidmore in 1983 after graduating from Valparaiso University in Chile and, after arrival at Skidmore, her PhD at the University of Alberta in Canada. She filled many roles at Skidmore - coordinator of the self-instructional language program, Director of Women’s Studies, Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, and Associate Dean of the Faculty. Since retirement in 2016 she has helped run her sister’s restaurant in Chile, taught ESL to backstretch workers at the Saratoga track, played a great deal of golf and serves as chair of the board of the Saratoga Chamber Players.
In this interview she also discusses the complexity of the self-instructional language program, changes in the Women’s Studies program and its evolution to a full major, the influence of Dean of Faulty Phyllis Roth, her work with Dean Muriel Poston, and issues of diversity.
In this interview she also discusses the complexity of the self-instructional language program, changes in the Women’s Studies program and its evolution to a full major, the influence of Dean of Faulty Phyllis Roth, her work with Dean Muriel Poston, and issues of diversity.
Language
English (en)
Subject
Retiree Oral History Project
Format
Oral History
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Lynne Gelber
Interviewee
Patricia Rubio
Location
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Original Format
Audio recording
Duration
44:21
Record Creation Date
October 24, 2022
Collection
Citation
“Interview with Patricia Rubio,” Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project, accessed January 31, 2025, https://ssmp.skidmore.edu/document/1399.
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