The 2025 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS) was a success! It was great seeing UGA alumni like Matt Kanwit (University of Pittsburgh), Lamar Graham (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and María Morado-Vázquez (Ohio State University) presenting alongside current faculty and graduate students. We look forward to the 2026 iteration of HLS in Colorado, at the University of Colorado!

Come see the colloquium presentation entitled: “How to teach the Spanish Present Progressive to L1 English Students to avoid Negative Crosslinguistic Influence?”

See attached flyer for presentation abstract.

This fall, Sharina Maíllo-Pozo, associate professor in the Department of Romance Languages, taught a First Year Odyssey class focused on rapper, singer, and record producer Bad Bunny and the reggaetón music genre, which encouraged students to engage with Bad Bunny’s music from global and personal perspectives.  

Dr. Giampaolo Molisina of the University of Georgia’s Department of Romance Languages, delivered the keynote address at Florida Atlantic University’s Film Retrospective dedicated to Rome on November 6. The event, organized by FAU’s Italian Program within the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, brought together an enthusiastic audience of graduate and undergraduate students as well as members of the local community.

We will welcome Dominican author and screenwriter Miguel Yarull as our guest speaker. His talk, From Page to Screen: Exploring the Dominican Dream, Identity, Translation, and Film, promises to be a compelling exploration of literature and cinema.

Next week, students and faculty in Romance linguistics will be presenting linguistic research on Romance Languages at the 2025 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, hosted by the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ November 13-15, 2025

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The Department of Romance Languages is proud to announce that Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo, Associate Professor of Latinx Studies and Spanish, has been selected as one of the University of Georgia’s 2025–2026 Aspire Fellows.

The Aspire Fellows program, coordinated by UGA’s Office of Faculty Affairs, supports mid-career and senior faculty in completing a signature project that extends their professional impact. Fellows engage in interdisciplinary workshops focused on leadership, project management, and team building, while fostering strong community connections across campus.