Dr Joe Goldstein grew up in Birmingham,
Alabama. He received his B.A. in English (1995) from Armstrong
Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia, his M.A.
in Spanish (1999) from Appalachian State University in
Boone, North Carolina, and his Ph.D. in Romance Languages
(2006) from The University of Georgia in Athens. Dr Goldstein
worked in Guatemala as a secondary school English teacher
(1996-1998) and in Peru as an English instructor at a
national university (2001-2002). Dr Goldstein's wife,
Ana, is from Peru. They married in 2002. Their daughter,
Glory, was born in 2004.