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Ki Huppert


Caleb Setorglo

Caleb Setorglo is a first-year PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics. Before joining UGA, he obtained a Diploma in Basic Education from Mount Mary College of Education, affiliated with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and later earned a BA in French and Spanish from the University of Ghana, Legon. He also holds an MA in French and Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Alabama. His research interests include Sociophonetics, Language…


Louisiana Lightsey


Kathryn Hayes


María José Gutiérrez Jiménez

My research lies at the intersection of Latin American and Latinx studies, migration studies, affect theory, and digital humanities, with a particular focus on undocumented migration from the Andes to the United States. Since 2018, I am an active member of Humanizing Deportation, a public humanities project that collaborates with migrants to document and preserve self-authored stories through digital storytelling. I am currently completing…


Patricia Catoira

Patricia Catoira joined the University of Georgia in fall 2026 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Spanish. Her work at UGA focuses on experiential, applied, practice-based, and career-oriented instruction for Spanish students and students in other fields for whom Spanish supports their professional goals.  In addition to teaching all levels of Spanish, she teaches Medical Spanish and Introduction to Translation. Using a task-based,…


Juan Berríos

I am a linguist doing work at the intersection of language acquisition, sociolinguistic variation, and bilingualism. I am primarily interested in the linguistic and sociodemographic factors that drive language variation and its acquisition across the lifespan. Most recently, I have done research on the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology, in particular constructions involved in the expression of progressiveness and habituality. I am also…


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…


Francisco Zamparini

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