Lecturer’s work focuses on people, place, technology May 7, 2021 Jessica Fernandez keeps up with rapidly changing landscape design skills Jessica Fernandez is in her second year at UGA as lecturer of design communication and visual literacy in the College of Environment and Design and will be an assistant professor in the fall. If you can catch her as she leads students out of the studios and lecture halls and into the living landscapes of the UGA campus, you’ll meet an enthusiastic, highly energized designer who takes delight in her surroundings and the challenges that await her and her students.