Anca Garcia

Dr. Anca Garcia has nearly 20 years of teaching experience in both the United States and abroad. Her expertise includes various subjects from Romanian literature and English as a second language to composition, professional and technical communication, and literature. Before joining the faculty at GGC, she taught 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.

• 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

• 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• 2020 The Irving Deer Memorial Scholarship for theoretically oriented scholarship, published or unpublished, University of South Florida.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. 

• Early Career Board of Reviewers for the Journal of Writing Analytics
• International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME)
• Medieval Academy of America
• College English Association (CEA)
• South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)