UGA en Buenos Aires Staff

Dr. Betina Kaplan  

Betina is the Administrative Coordinator and founder of the UGA en Buenos Aires program. A native of Buenos Aires, she is a currently the Associate Head of the Department of Romance Languages at UGA and the Director of UGA en Buenos Aires Fall 2025.

Dr. Jorge Garcia-Granados  

Jorge is part of the leadership team for the Fall 2025 program. He is originally from Peru and is a Lecturer of Spanish in the department of Romance Languages at UGA. 

Dr. Nicolás Lucero  

Author of La vuelta incompleta. Saer y la novela. Buenos Aires, Santiago Arcos Editor, 2017. Specializes in 19th and 20th century Latin American literatures, Modernization and Modernisms, Travel Writing, Journalism, politics and literature.

Marcela Garbagnati     

A resident of Buenos Aires, Marcela is the Local Coordinator and an integral part of our program. She has been with UGABA since the program began. She works with us to organize activities, excursions, host family experiences and internships for the students.