Emily Shirley

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Academic Advisor I, Biology Advisor
Emily is an undergraduate academic advisor for Biological Sciences majors within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at UGA. She graduated from UGA with A.B. degrees in French and international affairs, then spent a year teaching English in St-Etienne, France.
Prior to joining Franklin, she was an advisor in the College of Engineering for two years. Before that, she worked in the UGA Morehead Honors College, primarily coordinating the Foundation Fellowship scholarship program, where she first discovered her love of helping students pursue their goals.
She enjoys theatre, D&D, travel planning, fancy cheese plates, coffee, science fiction and fantasy, and pursuing adventures great and small with her son, Rowan, and her husband, Adam, who teaches middle school science.