Anca Garcia
TOP CLAW RECIPIENT
Biography
Dr. Anca Garcia has been teaching both in the US and abroad for almost 20 years. She has taught Romanian literature, English as a second language, composition, professional and technical communication, and literature courses at Sapientia University of Transylvania (Romania), Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA), University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), and Danville Community College (Danville, VA).
Garcia has a bachelor’s degree in Romanian and English as a second language, a master’s degree in Romanian and a master’s degree in English, a graduate certificate in professional and technical communication, and a Ph.D. in Old and Middle English literature. She is interested in trauma theory, disability studies, and the rhetoric of health and medicine.
Education
- Doctorate – English – University of South Florida
- Master's – English – Valdosta State University
- Master's – Romanian – Transylvania University, Romania
- Bachelor's – Romanian and English as a second language – Transylvania University, Romania
Distinctions
- 2021 Irving H. Rubin and Molly M. Rubin Scholarship for outstanding graduate student, University of South Florida.
- 2020 John and Dorothy Iorio Scholarship for outstanding academic record and leadership, University of South Florida.
- 2020 The Irving Deer Memorial Scholarship for theoretically oriented scholarship, published or unpublished, University of South Florida.
- 2016 The Blazer Book Award at Valdosta State University for faculty and staff academic and community service.
Professional Affiliations
- International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME)
- Medieval Academy of America
- College English Association (CEA)