Student Success Staff
Dr. Michael D. Gillespie
Dean of Student Success Office: 2230 McAfee - Old Main2230 McAfee GymnasiumPhone: 217-581-6690
Phone: 217-581-6690
Email: mgillespie@eiu.edu
Website: https://mdgillespie.substack.com/
INTRODUCTION
Michael D. Gillespie is Dean of Student Success and Professor of Sociology at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Gillespie has previously served as the Director of the Faculty Development and Innovation Center .
Working with a diverse group of students and faculty who have their own biography, struggles, and passions is inspiring. When these worlds collide, as Carl Sagan writes, ‘something incredible is waiting to be known’.
"I am hopeful, not out of mere stubbornness, but out of an existential concrete imperative" ~Paulo Freire