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UGA Ranked Amongst Nation's Top Study Abroad Programs

According to the 2024 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released this week by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and U.S. Department of State, UGA ranks: 

The Germanic and Slavic Studies Department contributes to this accomplishment by offering three short-term study away programs over the summer term.

UGA Study Abroad in Berlin

  • Directed by Dr. Berna Gueneli and Dr. Jan Uelzmann

UGA Study Abroad in Freiburg

  • Directed by Dr. Heide Crawford

UGA Study Abroad in Armenia & Georgia

  • Directed by Dr. Sasha Spektor and Dr. Alexandra Shapiro

Thank you to our faculty, our students, the UGA Foundation, the Halle Foundation, the Max Kade Foundation, and many others for their contributions to our study abroad programs that helped make this achievement possible!

Personnel


Berna Gueneli

Associate Professor of German, Study Abroad in Berlin Co-director, Max Kade Found. Writer/Artist/Professor liaison
berna.gueneli@uga.edu


Jan Uelzmann

Associate Professor of German, Graduate Coordinator, Study Abroad in Berlin Co-director
Jan.Uelzmann@uga.edu


Heide Crawford

Principal Lecturer in German, Co-coordinator, ENGR-GRMN Dual Degree Program, Director of the Freiburg Study Abroad Program
hacraw@uga.edu


Sasha Spektor

Associate Professor of Russian, Russian Program Coordinator, 2016-2018 Lilly Teaching Fellow, Program Co-director, Study Russian in Armenia and Georgia Study Abroad
spektoa@uga.edu


Alexandra Shapiro

Lecturer, Russian Flagship Program, Program Co-director, Study Russian in Armenia and Georgia Study Abroad
aeshapiro@uga.edu

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