Tags: Spanish


Juan Berríos


Heather M. Fletcher


Maravillas Lencina

Mara is a native of Alicante, Spain. She has taught Spanish at all levels for undergraduates, graduates, and professionals for over 20+ years. She has been awarded multiple times for her teaching excellence and commitment to student success. She has also provided translation services to the public and private sectors and served as the director of Spanish studies abroad. Mara is a former NCAA Division I All-American tennis player who also was a…


Fabio Passos

Fabio Passos is a second-year M.A. student in Spanish at the University of Georgia (UGA). He serves as a Teaching Assistant for PORT 2001: Intermediate Portuguese, SPAN 1001: Elementary Spanish I, and SPAN 1002: Elementary Spanish II. During Summer 2026, he worked as a Program Assistant for the UGA in Spain – Seville Study Abroad Program, supporting academic and cultural activities. He is the recipient of the 2026 PORT-LACSI Brazilian Studies…


Anna Phillips


Javier Agredo


Priscila Calatayud-Fernández

Priscila Calatayud-Fernández works as an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Iberian Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Georgia. She defended her dissertation, Inoperative Figures of Work (1930-2014), at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she also taught courses on Peninsular Cinema and Narrative. Priscila’s field of expertise is Modern and Contemporary Iberian Studies, with an emphasis on literature and…


Luis C. Pérez

One of my main commitments is to implement new and effective methods of teaching, such as the use of audiovisuals and the implementation of new technologies that empower and help students invest in a deeper way with their learning. Practices and educational experiences in past times have led us to enrich the philosophical concept of education. Search, understanding, and reflection have always been and continue to be the main drivers for…


Lisette Whitehead (Herrera)

Lisette C. Whitehead is a master's student in Hispanic Studies in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include Latin American literature written by women, Latinx Studies, decolonial perspectives, gender theories, and education.  Currently, she teaches SPAN 1001 at UGA and also teaches Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL) at The Hello House in East Athens, Georgia. In the summer…


Madeline Gilbert

My research interests lie in phonetics and phonology.  More specifically, my research focuses on laboratory phonology, phonological representations, and sociophonetic variability.  Disentangling surface forms (the sounds we produce) from abstract forms (how they are represented in the brain) has always been a primary goal for phonological theories, but finding appropriate methods to test these questions is challenging.  I use a…
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