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Alvaro Ley Garrido

My name is Álvaro Ley Garrido and I'm currently a fourth-year PhD student in Hispanic Studies at UGA. I also serve as a Teaching Assistant in the Spanish Program (SPAN 2001/2550). My currents field are Spanish Golden Age culture and Latinx Studies, but I've been working in Nineteenth century Peninsular literature for the last years and my interests have guided me to work in Translation studies as well.


Carine Sigaud

Carine Sigaud is a PhD student in Francophone Studies at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on taking a linguistic approach to study literary texts. She is especially interested in the way authors have represented different categories of underrepresented peoples' speech as well as the sociological and philosophical implications of these stylistic choices. She wrote her masters theses on 19th century post realism, with a particular…


Anaïs Jandot

My name is Anaïs Jandot (they/them). I was born in Lyon, France. I am a 28-year old non-binary scholar in arts and humanities. I moved to the US in July 2019 and met my husband Colin a few months later. I am the proud owner of two cats and three greyhounds who make my home the happiest place on earth. I studied at the University of Jean Moulin Lyon III for 5 years and had the pleasure to work with Dr. Lawrence Gasquet on my master’s thesis. At…


Eliot Westdorp

Hola! My name is Eliot Westdorp and I am a PhD student in the Hispanic Linguistics program as well as a Spanish TA here at the University of Georgia. My areas of study include sociolinguistics (language variation and change, dialectology, bilingualism, language contact, language attitudes), L2 pronunciation acquisition, and applied linguistics with my focus on languages of the Iberian Peninsula.


Laura Vieira

Olá! I was born in Roraima, Brazil, and I am a sixth year PhD candidate in Romance Languages, studying the construction and representation of Latin American identities in contemporary comic books and graphic novels. During my Master's at Universidade Federal Flumimense (Niteói - RJ), I researched contemporary Brazilian literature and graphic novel adaptations, and the representation of indigenous identities in the Amazon. I have over 10 years of…


Angela Blash


Luiz Roberto Farias

Luiz Roberto Farias is a Ph.D. student at The University of Georgia. He researches Brazilian cinema and literature from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Farias has written the preface to Hermilo Borba Filho's novel, Agá, 2019, and has taken part in the documentary by acclaimed Brazilian director Hilton Lacerda, A Prática da Anarquia: Uma leitura de Sobrados e Mocambos. Farias has an M.A in Theory of Literature at the…


Caitlin Samples

Caitlin E. Samples is a PhD candidate in Hispanic linguistics. Broadly, she is interested in morphosyntax and semantics, specifically, as they pertain to second and heritage language acquisition, linguistic theory, and language variation. Other interests include applied linguistics, L2 pedagogy, and language change. Her dissertation analyzes how learners of English and Spanish acquire possessive structures at the interfaces among…


Timeko McFadden

Timeko McFadden is a doctoral candidate in Hispanic Studies in the Romance Languages Department. She earned a double BA from Converse College in Spanish and Religion and completed her MA in Spanish at UGA.  She teaches Spanish language courses as well as SPAN 2550: Introduction to Latino Literature. She also has served as a writing coach for the Writing Intensive Program and is a member of the editorial board forThe Classic Journal. A…


María González-Ferrer

Born in Madrid, Spain, María is a Ph.D. candidate in the Hispanic Linguistics program. Recently honored with the Sigma Delta Pi Award for international research, she will spend the Fall 2024 semester conducting research in Spain and Mexico. In addition, she will be teaching two sections of the SPAN 2001E online course. Her primary research interests are Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics. For her dissertation, María is examining…
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