Jana Radmann earned her M.A. in Latin American Studies in December 2016. She is a native of Rodgau near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Mainz, focusing on English Translation, Spanish and Italian. She holds an M.A. in Spanish Linguistics from Louisiana State University, where she also spent an exchange year as a teaching assistant in Spanish. Her thesis was entitled, 'Do You Speak English?: A Study on English Language Proficiency Testing of Hispanic Defendants in U.S. Criminal Courts.' In addition to serving as a TA at LSU, Jana taught Spanish for two years at St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge and spent two semesters teaching a Latin American Studies course at Metairie Park Country Day School. Jana has studied and traveled in Spain, particularly in Seville and Madrid. At the Stone Center, Jana's research focus was on U.S.-Latin American Relations, Venezuela, neo-populism, and contemporary Latin American Politics. She presented her paper 'U.S.-Venezuelan Relations: Can They Recover?' at the 2009 SECOLAS conference held in New Orleans.
