French Linguistics
Tracey Adams
Assistant Intructor
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 4.102C
Education: M.A. in English, American Civilization concentration, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
Joshua Griffiths
PhD. Candidate | Assistant Instructor
j DOT griffiths AT utexas DOT edu |
HRH 4.110
Education: M.A. in French Linguistics, UT Austin
Interests: Phonology, Corpus Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Science
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.
James Law
(on leave)
Assistant Instructor
jimlaw@utexas.edu |
512-471-9427 |
HRH 4.142
Education: M.A. in French Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Diachronic syntax and semantics, corpora, cognitive linguistics, Construction Grammar
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, social 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
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
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
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
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
Graduate student
vduquet@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.152
Interests: France in/and the Méditerranée; French Fascism and Orientalism; the Midi; 19th–21st century
Noemie Hamaide
Graduate student
Education: M.A in French Literature, Texas Tech University
Interests: 20th and 21st French literature, roman de gare, urban spaces
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: Cultural and Literary studies, 19th and early 20th century ; spectacular realities, modernity and physical culture in France. Gender studies and masculinities.
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
Walther Fellow
Education: M.A. in French and Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Kévin P. Nonin
Graduate student
Interests: Long nineteenth century, romanticism and realism, nation-building, the European myth, history and memory, Digital Humanities.
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
Walther Fellow
keith.wagner@utexas.edu |
720-297-9030
Education: B.A. in Applied Romance Languages, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Interests: French literature, Francophone literature, French language pedagogy, Non-native francophone writers, français comme langue d'adoption, translingual writers, bilingual writers, Eastern European diasporas, literatures of exile, Franco-Romanian relations, Romania and la Francophonie, Southeast European francophony (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and the former Ottoman Empire), historical sociolinguistics, translation studies, technical translation, literary translation, spoken-language interpretation
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
Teaching Assistant
arianna.avalle@utexas.edu |
HRH 4.132
Education: B.B.A. in Marketing with a minor in European Studies, Texas Tech University
Interests: Literary and Virtual Tourism, Travel Literature, Media Convergence, 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
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
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
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
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
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 Cultural Enhancement of Territory and Landscape, Università degli Studi di Milano & Università degli Studi di Genova; B.A. in History, Università degli Studi di Milano
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
