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

 

Advising Office

Heather Peterson
frit-advising@utexas.edu
Office Location: BEN 2.108 
Working Hours: 7:30am - 3:30pm Monday through Friday 

Advising Sessions By Appointment: 
Apointment Request Here
Available: Monday through Friday 9am-12pm & 1pm-3pm
In-Person Availability: Wednesday and Friday only

 

General Questions

Zeinab Al-Zuhairi 
Department Manager
zeinab.alzuhairi@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 475-6463

 

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

 

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)