Jonathan Shea
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Office: BH- 231
Phone: (203) 332-5279
Email: Jshea@hcc.commnet.edu
Jonathan Shea, a New Britain native, has two decades of experience teaching languages at the college level and served on the faculty of Central Connecticut State University, Tunxis Community College and Trinity College before coming to Housatonic. He was previously employed by the New Britain School System in the Office of Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language. His academic preparation in the field of languages and linguistics has been enriched by living experience in Europe and study at the Universidad de Madrid in Spain, St Petersburg State University in Russia and the Uniwersytet Jagiellonski in Poland. In addition to being a foreign language educator, Prof. Shea is a trained archivist and professional genealogist with specialization in Eastern Europe and Ireland and frequently lectures and presents workshops nationwide on the topics of document translation and other linguistic issues, immigration history and European archival resources. His recent publications include the two volume series In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide, volume 1 Polish, volume 2 Russian. In addition to the languages he teaches, Spanish, Polish and Russian, Prof. Shea also speaks Italian and French and has reading knowledge of Portuguese, Belarusian and Ukrainian.
Education
B.S., Georgetown University
M.A., University of Massachusetts
M.L.S., Southern Connecticut State University