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Rewards of Language Study Central to Administrative Career and Teaching Ethos

A warm welcome to Dr. Leslie Gordon! The Department of Romance Languages is thrilled to have you with us full time.  Leslie Gordon joins the Department of Romance Languages as Lecturer of Spanish.  Fascinated with the Spanish language since early childhood experiences in Texas, Dr. Gordon pursued her bachelor’s degree in in our own department as a UGA Honors student majoring in Romance Languages (Spanish and Portuguese).…
Spanish

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New Faculty Member in Spanish Fascinated by Patterns of Language

A warm welcome to Dr. Brenda Ross! The Department of Romance Languages is happy to have you with us. This profile is part of a series featuring faculty members new to UGA campus in Fall 2022: Brenda M. Ross joins the Department of Romance Languages at UGA as Lecturer of Spanish. Born in the US, she lived in Uruguay for nearly twenty years and is a balanced bilingual in Spanish and English as well as fluent in Portuguese. Dr. Ross earned her…
Spanish

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Italian Masculinity and Migration Research Focus of New Faculty Member

A warm welcome to Dr. Lisa Dolasinski! The Department of Romance Languages is happy to have you with us. This profile is part of a series featuring faculty members new to UGA campus in Fall 2022: Lisa Dolasinski joins the Department of Romance Languages at UGA as Lecturer of Italian after previously holding appointments at SUNY New Paltz, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, and Indiana University. Dr. Dolasinski's teaching and…
Italian

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Faculty Member in Italian Views Language Study as Performance

A warm welcome to Dr. Samantha Gillen! The Department of Romance Languages is happy to have you with us. This profile is the first of a series featuring faculty members new to UGA campus in Fall 2022: Hi, I’m Samantha / Sam! I am thrilled to join the department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. I spent the last six years in Philadelphia obtaining my PhD in Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. I defended…
Italian

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Romance Languages Welcomes New Graduate Students

The Romance Languages faculty and staff welcome our new graduate students in Brazilian and Lusophone Studies, Francophone Studies, Hispanic & Romance Linguistics, Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies, and Italian Literary & Cultural Studies!

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Congratulations to Dr. Darío Lizancos-Robles!

Congratulations to Darío Lizancos Robles on the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled “Fluidez oral en ASL: Aplicaciones a los programas de estudio en el extranjero" ("Oral fluency in SLA: Applications to study-abroad programs"). Furthermore, we are happy to announce that Darío has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance, German, & Slavic…
Romance Languages

Congratulations to Dr. María Morado-Vázquez!
Congratulations to Dr. María Morado-Vázquez!

Congratulations to University of Georgia's newest PhD in Romance Linguistics, Dr. María Morado-Vázquez, who successfully defended her dissertation, "La adquisición del orden sujeto-verbo en la intransitividad y la interfaz sintaxis-discurso: Un estudio sobre la entrada lingüística dirigida al estudiante" on July 15, 2022. Enhorabuena and Parabéns, Dr. Morado-Vázquez! Timothy Gupton (major professor) Chad Howe Avizia Long Margaret Quesada
Linguistics, Romance Languages

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Congratulations to our 2022 M.A. and Ph.D. graduates

The Department of Romance Languages congratulates our M.A. and Ph.D. graduates whose degrees were conferred this morning at Stegeman Coliseum. Pictured here are Dr. Asmah Hyat and M.A.s Mélanie Longayrou and Raymond Friedman!

Congrats to Dr. Ingrid Abisambra
Congratulations to Dr. Ingrid Abisambra!

Please join us in warmly congratulating Ingrid Abisambra Miccheli on the successful defense of her dissertation, "Cognición y selección de sujetos: Análisis comparativo entre narrativas escritas y orales en el discurso de español como L2". The committee lauded her for her careful, in depth and insightful research and the clarity and organization of her writing. ¡Felicitaciones, Dra. Abisambra! Margaret Quesada (major professor) Sarah Blackwell…

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Congratulations to Dr. Jorge García-Granados!

Congratulations to Jorge García-Granados, who has successfully defended his dissertation, La travesía de tres Faustos andinos: Dramas de condenación en el Perú colonial del siglo XVIII. Congratulations, Dr. García-Granados!  Examination committee: Luis Correa-Díaz José Antonio Rodríguez-Garrido, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima (external evaluator) Alberto Villate Elizabet Wright (major professor)
Romance Languages
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