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Kurakan Language Village

A program of North Georgia College and State University

 

 

Ms. Mariana Stone was born in La Pampa, Argentina. She did her undergraduate at the National University of La Pampa where she received a degree in Educational Sciences with a concentration in learning theories. Ms. Stone received her MA degree in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Florida in Gainesville where she specialized in language acquisition. She has been working as Lab Director at NGCSU for 5 years and while there she developed numerous innovative approaches to integrate language learning technologies into the curriculum.  She is fully involved with ESL discussions at the state level and loves the field with great passion.

Tel: 706-864-1682
email: mpstone@ngcsu.edu

 

 

Dr. Alvaro Torres Calderón is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the Department of Modern Languages. He earned his degree in law and political sciences at Universidad de Lima, Perú. He attended the University of Memphis where he earned his M.A. degree in Romance Languages with concentration in Spanish. Dr. Torres-Calderón received his Ph. D. degree in Spanish at The Florida State University with his focus on 19 th and 20th Century Latin American Literature.  He has a great passion for teaching and for the Arts, he has actively performed in many theatrical plays that have given him the opportunity to meet people from the Community, he also enjoys playing the guitar and using music as a learning component in his classroom and also loves to paint.

Tel: 706-864-1978
email:
atorrescalderon@ngcsu.edu

 

 

 

Mrs. Nancy Schwartz - Administrative Assistant

 

She is our devoted brain power behind this whole program.  She will be your point of contact for everything and anything.

 

Tel: 706-864-1683

email: ncschwartz@ngcsu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Chi-Hsuan Catterson

 

email: CHCatterson@ngcsu.edu

 

 

North Georgia College & State University
Dahlonega, GA 30597
706.864.1400

 

This page last modified on: Jan 25, 2007                                                          Webmaster: Mariana Stone