French Linguistics
Tracey Adams
Assistant Intructor
traceygadams@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.168
Education: B.A. in French, B.A. in Linguistics, University of Florida
Interests: Bilingualism, Language Contact, Sociolinguistics
David Barny
Assistant Instructor
dgbarny@gmail.com |
HRH 4.102C
Education: M.A. in English, American Civilization concentration, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
Joshua Griffiths
Walther Fellow
j DOT griffiths AT utexas DOT edu |
512-471-7407 |
HRH 4.170
Education: M.A. in French Linguistics, UT Austin
Interests: Phonology, Corpus Phonology, Second Language Phonetics and Phonology
Karina High
Assistant Instructor
khigh@utexas.edu |
512-471-9618 |
HRH 4.148
Education: M.A. French, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Comparative and Diachronic Romance Linguistics; Language Variation and Contact; Grammaticalization; Sociolinguistics.
Brendon Kaufman
Assistant Instructor
bkaufman@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.144
Education: M.A. in French Linguistics, UT Austin
Interests: Sociolinguistics, Language Attitudes and Ideology, Language Variation
James Law
Assistant Instructor
jimlaw@utexas.edu |
512-471-9427 |
HRH 4.142
Interests: Lexical semantics; cognitive linguistics; historical corpus linguistics
Fanny Macé
Walther Scholar 2017-2018
fmace@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.110
Education: M.Ed. (Master Enseignement), Teaching English as a Second Language, Université de Tours
Interests: Critical Discourse Analysis, Semantics, New Media & Digital Culture, Political Communication, Interdiscursivity
Elizabeth Mayne
Assistant Instructor
elizabeth.anne.mayne@gmail.com |
512-471-8458 |
HRH 4.128
Education: MA in French Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interests: pragmatics, second language acquisition, memetics, semiotics, computer-mediated communication
Rozen Neupane
Assistant Instructor
rneupane@utexas.edu |
512-471-9636 |
HRH 4.150
Education: M.A. French, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Sociolinguistics, language contact, Québec, South Asian languages, computational linguistics, language planning and policies
Rachel Poulin
Graduate student
rachel.poulin@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.102A
Education: B.A. in French and Francophone Studies; B.A. in Global Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marylise Rilliard
Assistant Instructor
mrilliard@utexas.edu |
512-471-8771 |
HRH 4.102C
Education: M.A. in English Studies, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
Interests: Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Language Contact, Language Variation, Second Language Acquisition
French Studies
Andrea Blatz
Assistant Instructor
andreablatz@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.130
Education: B.A. in French and Linguistics, Colgate University
Interests: North Africa, Postcolonialism, early cinema
Stephanie Brynes
Assistant Instructor
stephaniebrynes@gmail.com |
512-471-5390 |
HRH 4.158
Education: M.A. in French Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: modernist literature, women's literature, autofiction, and questions of memory, gender, and identity
Valentin Duquet
Walther Fellow
vduquet@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.102A
Education: M.A. in French Studies, Syracuse University
Interests: Frenchness & Islam; postcolonial Maghreb & Middle East; contemporary French politics; film & new media.
Sarah Le Pichon
Assistant Instructor
lepichonsarah@gmail.com |
HRH 2.114 (main office)
Education: MA French, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: 19th century; epistolarity; life writing; trauma-informed teaching; inclusive pedagogies; critical pedagogy
Maxence Leconte
Assistant Instructor
mpl642@utexas.edu |
512-471-8540 |
HRH 4.134
Education: M.A in French Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, B.A in European History, Université Catholique de Lille.
Interests: 19th and early 20th century literature; spectacular realities, modernity and sport culture in France.
Kathleen Nelson
Walther Fellow
Education: M.A. in French and Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Heather Sanders
Graduate student
Education: M.A. in French Language and Literature, Boston College
Interests: 19th and 20th century literature; cinema; literary theory; narratology; adaptation studies; genre studies
Ashley Voeks
Ph.D. Candidate | Assistant Instructor
amvoeks@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.116
Education: M.A. in French Literature, Wayne State University
Interests: Early Modern French Literature and Culture; The French Wars of Religion; Rhetoric and Poetics; Theater and Performance; Digital Humanities
Laetitia Zembski
PhD Candidate / Walther Fellow
lzembski@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8250 |
HRH 4.126
Education: M.A. Romance Languages-French Literature & Civilization / M.A. Spanish Literature, University of New Orleans
Interests: 19th Century Lit./ Courtesans in French Literature, Culture and Arts / WGS/ Autobiography/ Memoirs / French Fashion
Italian Studies
Arianna Avalle
OGS Distinguished Fellow
arianna.avalle@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.132
Education: B.B.A. in Marketing with a minor in European Studies, Texas Tech University
Interests: Women Writers and Migration, Media Convergence and Gender Studies
Francesca Beretta
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A. in Language and Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK
Robert Bucci
Assistant Instructor
robert.bucci@utexas.edu |
512-471-8628 |
HRH 4.154
Education: M.A. in Italian Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Connecticut
Interests: Dante, Ecocriticism, Aesthetics, Medieval and Early Modern Italian Literature, Leopardi
Amanda Bush
Assistant Instructor
amanda.bush@utexas.edu |
512-495-6393 |
HRH 4.174
Education: MA Italian Studies- New York University, BA Italian Studies, English Literature- John Cabot University
Interests: 20th Century Literature, Post War Cinema, Southern Italy, Gender Studies, Dialects
Guido Capaccioli
Assistant Instructor
gucapaccioli@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.176
Education: Laurea Magistrale, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Vanessa Fanelli
Assistant Instructor
vanessa_fanelli@utexas.edu |
512-471-9464 |
HRH 4.140
Education: Laurea Triennale, Università degli Studi di Milano
Interests: Italian cinema, women and gender studies, gender inequality, and modern Italian panorama
Samuel Gaglio
Assistant Instructor
samgaglio@utexas.edu |
512-475-6438 |
HRH 4.156
Education: M.A. Italian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Italo Calvino, Postmodernism, Postwar Italy, Pedagogy
Altina Hoti
Ph.D. Candidate, Assistant Instructor
altina.hoti@gmail.com |
401-924-4771 |
HRH 4.172
Education: M.A.in Italian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Nineteenth-century nationalism and feminism in Italy and the Balkans; the writings of Dora D’Istria; Arbereshe literature; Catholic and Muslim religious orders and nineteenth -century Italian and Albanian nation-state formation; Ottoman literature; gender and science in early-modern Venice; Italian neorealist films; gender discourse and violence in 20th century film.
Pasquale Palmieri
Ph.D. Candidate, OGS Fellow
Interests: Early Modern History and Culture, Book History and Print Culture, Early Modern Italian Literature, Eighteenth-Century European Culture
Claudia Pisano
Teaching Assistant
claudia.pisano@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.178
Education: M.A. in European, American, and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Valerio Rossi
Teaching Assistant
valerio.rossi@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.138
Education: M.A. in Cultural Enhancement of the Territory and the Landscape, Universita degli Studi di Milano & Universita degli Studi di Genova; B.A. in History, Universita degli Studi di Milano
Elisa Valentini
Assistant Instructor
elisa.valentini@utexas.edu |
512-475-6408 |
HRH 4.152
Education: Master of Arts in International Cooperation, Protection of Human Rights and Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Sea and Eurasia, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy)
Interests: Early 20th century avant-garde, Italian Futurism, Futurist art and literature, early 20th century Italian cultural and scientific history
Patrick Vilim
Assistant Instructor
vilim@utexas.edu |
512-475-9461 |
HRH 4.182
Education: STB Theology, Università Gregoriana, Rome, ITALY, MA Italian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Medieval Italian cultural & religious history, Francis of Assisi, Boccaccio's Decameron, Italian cinema, Italian identity, and Italian nationalism
