Contact Us

Hours
Due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19 on campus, the Department's main office is closed. Core staff are working remotely, so please reach out to us via email.   

Phone/Fax
512-471-5531 (ph) / 512-471-8492 (fax)

Location
Homer Rainey Hall 2.114A

Campus Mail
Department of French and Italian
HRH 2.114A
Campus mail code: B7600

U.S. Mail
Department of French and Italian
University of Texas at Austin
201 W 21st Street STOP B7600
Austin, TX 78712-1800

Administrative Staff

Undergraduate Advising

Graduate Advising

• French Studies - Hervé Picherit, Graduate Advisor
• French Linguistics - Cinzia Russi, Graduate Advisor
• Italian Studies - Daniela Bini, Graduate Advisor

Organizations

• Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society Advisor, Amanda Bush 
• Cineforum Italiano, Amanda Bush
• Tavola Italiana Sponsor, Italian Study Abroad Advisor, Antonella Olson,  HRH 2.106B, 471-5706
• Pi Delta Phi Chapter Advisor, Beatriz Schleppe, HRH 3.114C, 471-7823
• Café Français Sponsor, Nancy Guilloteau, HRH 2.106A, 471-5511
• French and Italian Graduate Student Organization (FIGSO), Marylise Rilliard, President

Placement Testing

Graduate Foreign Language Proficiency Evaluation (reading proficiency for students in other departments)

• French: Marc Bizer, HRH 3.112C, 512-471-5995
• Italian: Daniela Bini, HRH 3.112B, 512-471-7780

 Study Abroad

• Elli Shoemaker, Lyon Summer Program, Director, HRH 2.106A, 471-5511
• Antonella Olson, Rome Summer Study Abroad Program, Director, Tavola Italiana Sponsor, HRH 2.106B, 471-5706
• Françoise Debacker, Normandy Scholar Program, GAR 1.104, 471-3261