Genny Ballard
Professor of Spanish
Offices & Programs
Education
BA: government, Centre College
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 Centre College After School Program for immigrant, migrant and first-generation K-12 students.