French Linguistics
Tracey Adams
Assistant Instructor
traceygadams@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.168
Education: M.A. in French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Bilingualism, Language Contact, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics
David Barny
Assistant Instructor
dgbarny@gmail.com |
HRH 4.114C
Education: M.A. in the Teaching of Languages (MATL), concentrationin French, The University of Southern Mississippi
Interests: French as a Foreign Language, Intercultural and L2 Pragmatics, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Digital Game-Based Language Learning (DGBLL)
Genevieve Ferrier-Rainey
Walther Fellow
Education: Ph.D French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Intercultural and L2 Pragmatics; French as a Second Language; Sociolinguistics; Language Contact
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.
Rachel Poulin
Graduate student
rachel.poulin@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.104
Education: M.A. French, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Executive Control, Psycholinguistics, Language Contact, Language Variation, Sociolinguistics
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
Liron Shlesinger
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in French; B.A. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Phonetics
Lamia Trifi
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A. in Linguistics and TESOL, West Virginia University
Interests: Phonology, Sociophonetics, Sociolinguistics, Bilingual First Language Acquisition
French Studies
Andrea Blatz
Assistant Instructor
andreablatz@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.130
Education: M.A. in French Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: science fiction, translation, space and place, ecocriticism
Julia Burgin
Walther Fellow
Education: M.A. in French Literature, University of Florida
Interests: 19th century, romanticism, literature and the visual arts, jewish studies, orientalism, early colonial history
Valentin Duquet
Graduate student
Education: M.A. in French & Francophone Studies, Syracuse University
Interests: Travel Literature & Orientalism; Saint-Simonianism; Naturalism; Politics, Economics & Religion
Noemie Hamaide
Graduate student
Education: M.A in French Literature, Texas Tech University
Interests: 20th and 21st French literature, roman de gare, urban spaces, graphic novels
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
Emily Martin
Walther Fellow
Education: M.F.A in Poetry and Translation, Columbia University
Interests: 20th and 21st Century Literature; Poetry, Short Prose Forms, and Hybrid Genres; Cinema; Translation; Literature and Linguistics
Kathleen Nelson
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A. in French and Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Interests: 19th-21st Century, Literature of North Africa and the Banlieue, Francophone Cinema, Women and Gender Studies, Diversity & Equity in Higher Education, Second Language Pedagogy
Kevin P. Nonin
Graduate student
Interests: Long nineteenth century, romanticism and realism, nation-building, sociology of culture, transclasses
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
Keith Wagner
Graduate Student
keith.wagner@utexas.edu |
720-297-9030 |
HRH 4.116
Education: M.A. in French Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: fin de siècle culture, urban studies, architectural history, 19th century French literature, translation studies, Franco-Romanian relations
Italian Studies
Arianna Avalle
Assistant Instructor
arianna.avalle@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.132
Education: B.B.A. in Marketing with a minor in European Studies, Texas Tech University
Interests: Literary, Media-induced and Virtual Tourism, Travel Literature, Media Convergence, Transmedia Storytelling, Women's studies and Destination Marketing
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
Guido Capaccioli
Assistant Instructor
gucapaccioli@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.176
Education: Laurea Magistrale, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Magda Ivette Collazo Simonet
OGS Fellow
Education: M.A. in Italian, University of Notre Dame; B.A. in Anthropology, Forensic Science, and Italian Language, Literature, and Culture, Syracuse University
Interests: Luigi Pirandello, Perceptions of Humanity, Theater, Italian cinema, Women's studies, Anthropology, Criminal Justice and Forensics
Vanessa Fanelli
Assistant Instructor
vanessa_fanelli@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.140
Education: Laurea Triennale, Università degli Studi di Milano
Interests: Italian cinema, women and gender studies, gender inequality, sexual violence, violence, and modern Italian panorama
Carlos Devin Fernandez
Graduate student
cdf19@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.170
Education: M.A. in Italian Studies, B.A. in Greek and Latin, Florida State University
Interests: Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Italian Literature, History, and Culture; Dante Studies; The 'Questione della lingua;' The Classical Tradition in Medieval and Renaissance Italy; Historical Romance Linguistics; Ancient and Medieval Warfare
Samuel Gaglio
Ph.D Candidate
samgaglio@utexas.edu |
512-475-6438 |
HRH 4.156
Education: M.A. Italian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Italo Calvino, Posthumanism, Ecocriticism, Animal Ontology in the Humanities, Pedagogy
Dylan Gilbert
Graduate student
dylan.gilbert@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.166
Education: M.A. in Italian Studies, B.A. in History of Art and Architecture and Russian, Middlebury College
Interests: Visual Representations of Southern Italy, Photography, Matera, Anni di piombo, Environmental Disasters, Nuclear Anxieties, Second Language Acquisition
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
Assistant Instructor
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
Assistant Instructor
valerio.rossi@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.138
Education: M. A. in Geography, Università degli Studi di Milano & Università degli Studi di Genova; B.A. in History, Università degli Studi di Milano
Interests: 19th century Italian and European Literature, Comparative literature, Visual culture, Aesthetics, Picturesque, Travel Literature, Orientalism, Space and Landscape
Elisa Valentini
Ph.D. Candidate
elisa.valentini@utexas.edu |
512-475-6408 |
HRH 4.152
Education: M.A. in Protection of Human Rights and Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Region and Eurasia, University of Bologna (Italy); M.A. in Italian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Early Twentieth-Century Italian Cultural and Scientific History, Early Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde, Italian Futurism, Ardengo Soffici
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
