Tags: Romance Languages

We are pleased to announce that Raymond Friedman has passed his written and oral exams for the MA degree in French (non-thesis with a specialization in linguistics). Félicitations, Raymond ! Diana Ranson Catherine Jones Gary Baker
We are pleased to announce that Connie Taylor has passed her written and oral exams for the MA degree in French (non-thesis with a specialization in linguistics). Félicitations, Connie ! Diana Ranson Catherine Jones Gary Baker
Cris Lira holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia. She specializes in Contemporary Brazilian Literature. Her research focuses on contemporary Brazilian and Latin American literature and culture through interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. Her interests include women's writing, representations of women and violence, exile aesthetics, post-dictatorship literature, gender, and memory studies. Her…
I am associate professor of Latinx Studies and Spanish and serve as the faculty director of the Spanish Residential Community at Mary Lyndon. I specialize in Latinx and Caribbean literature and culture, with a particular focus on the cultural production of the Dominican Republic and its diaspora in the United States. Some of my research papers and reviews have appeared in various edited volumes and the academic journals Ciberletras, Centro…
I specialize in Latinx Studies with a focus in contemporary Afro-Latina writers and content creators. My research highlights the use of religion and spirituality as a tool for decolonial action and identity through prose, music, and digital mediums.  While studying at the University of Georgia, I have also had the opportunity to teach Introduction to Latinx Literatures and Cultures (ROML 2550), beginning and intermediate level Spanish…
Kate advises Majors in French, Spanish, and Romance Languages (including Italian and Portuguese tracks). Kate Daley-Bailey received her A.B. (2001) and M.A. (2004) degrees in Religion from the University of Georgia. She taught Religion courses at the collegiate level for ten years at Georgia State University, Georgia Perimeter College, and the University of Georgia. She left adjunct teaching and took a full-time academic advisor position at…
Jan Pendergrass specializes in Renaissance humanism, humanist pedagogy, epistolography and paleography. He received a master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Munich in 1981 and a doctorate from the University François-Rabelais (Tours, France) in 1987. He has published editions and commentaries of the neo-Latin correspondence of Antoine Arlier (Droz, 1990) and Jean de Pins (Droz, 2007) and is co-author of Images et lieux de mémoire d…
My primary area of research is language variation and change, focusing on structural phenomena in the Romance Languages. More generally, I investigate the forces that shape language use and the subsequent effect that these forces have on how language evolves. The most recent extension of this research involves analyzed data from social media for evidence of language change. I am also involved in work related to Spanish/Quechua contact. For a…
(Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2010) Research (my ORCID) I specialize in syntax, which means that I study sentence structure and word order. In my research, I seek to discover insight on how language structure is represented within the human mind—in monolinguals as well as bilinguals/multi-linguals. I do this by focusing on a variety of constructions in language.  My current research interests include the syntactic reflexes of information…
I am a scholar of early modern Spanish literature and culture. My research examines the literary and religious writings of the Spanish Empire, and how these forms continue to inform global culture and collective experience today. My publications include Heretical Mixtures: Feminine and Poetic Opposition to Matter-Spirit Dualism in Spain, 1531–1631, and a critical edition of Francisco de Osuna’s Norte de los estados, a Franciscan conduct…