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Ally Bigham

My name is Ally Bigham and I am from Charlotte, North Carolina. I graduated from Wofford College located in Spartanburg, SC where I received my B.A. in Spanish with a minor in Business.  I am a second year M.A. Spanish Literature student here at UGA and I am currently teaching Elementary Spanish. I also am working as a Marketing and Publicity Intern with UGA Press. In my free time I enjoy hanging out with my friends, family, and dogs. I…


Ernesto Juárez


Daniela Hernández

Daniela Hernández is in her first year of her Master's program at the University of Georgia. She earned her bachelor's in World Languages and Culture with a focus in Spanish for the Professions from Georgia College & State University in 2023. Prior to enrolling at UGA, she was working with individuals aged 8 - 55  in the role of a Spanish tutor. Currently, she is a mentee for Spanish 1110 and is excited about honing her teaching skills…


Jessica Tiegs

J. Tiegs is currently a lecturer of Spanish in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She learned Spanish from a young age, prompting her interest in language and her later travels to Spanish-speaking countries. She has spent long periods of time working and/or doing research in Peru and Chile, as well as shorter stays in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Spain. Her training is as a laboratory phonologist working with Romance Languages. She studies…


Caroline Schneider

Caroline holds an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Georgia, where she is currently an instructor of Spanish and an member of the Second Language Acquisition and Cognition (SLAC) lab. She teaches a variety of Spanish courses, and her research interests focus on Hispanic Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Sociophonetics. Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Caroline earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at…


Fabio Mariano

I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but have lived in Campinas from my first year of life until I came to UGA. I went to Unicamp, where I got my undergraduate major in Literature Studies, an MA in Literary Theory and History and started a Ph.D in Literary History and Theory right before I came here. During that time, I have also taught Portuguese Language Literature in Brazilian High School and have pursued a career in creative writing. My…


Jessica Morales


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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…
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Michel Soares do Carmo

PhD Student and Teaching Assistant of Portuguese/Spanish at University of Georgia, Michel Soares do Carmo holds a M.A. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Portuguese, both from Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). He has extensive experience in teaching through different levels (middle and high school; university; adult education) and ages (from 12 to 71). Right before starting his PhD Studies, he was a…
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