Contact Us
Main Office
HRH 2.114A
Phone: 512-471-5531
FAX: 512-471-8492
Mailing Address
Department of French and Italian
The University of Texas at Austin
201 W. 21st ST
STOP B7600
Austin, TX 78712
General Questions
Andy O'Brien
Department Manager
andrew.obrien@austin.utexas.edu
Advising Office
Heather Peterson
frit-advising@utexas.edu
BEN 2.108
(In-Person Availability W/Th 9am-3pm)
Advising Sessions:
Appointment Request
(Available M-F 9am-12pm & 1pm-3pm)
Virtual Walk-In Availability
(no appointment necessary)
Placement, Language Proficiency Evaluation, and Credit by Examination
Upper Division French:
Ellenor M. Shoemaker
eshoemaker@utexas.edu
Upper Division Italian:
Amanda Bush
amanda.bush@utexas.edu
Graduate Student Foreign Language Requirement (reading proficiency for students in other departments)
French:
Marc Bizer
mbizer@utexas.edu
HRH 3.112B
512-471-7780
Italian:
Cinzia Russi
russi@austin.utexas.edu
HRH 3.112C
512-471-5995
Study Abroad Advisors
Heather Peterson
Academic Advisor
BEN 2.108 (Office currently closed)
French:
Ellenor M. Shoemaker
eshoemaker@utexas.edu
HRH 3.114B
512-471-5737
Italian:
Amanda Bush
amanda.bush@utexas.edu
HRH 2.118
Valerie McGuire
vmcguire@utexas.edu
HRH 3.110A
Organizations
Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society
Cineforum Italiano
Tavola Italiana
Pi Delta Phi Chapter
Café Français
French and Italian Graduate Student Organization (FIGSO)