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Genny Ballard

Professor of Spanish

Offices & Programs

SpanishLatin American Studies

Education

BA: government, 海角论坛

MAT: University of Louisville

PhD: Hispanic studies, University of Kentucky
 

BIOGRAPHY

Genny Ballard is a professor of Spanish. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Costa Rica where she has been taking students since 2006, and in the fall of 2019, she spent six months in Colombia as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING AND TEACHING ABROAD

Ballard is actively engaged in community-based learning and student internships. She has extensive study abroad experience having directed programs in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Nicaragua, Spain, and Andorra. Ballard is one of the founders of the 海角论坛 After School Program for immigrant, migrant and first-generation K-12 students.

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