Faculty List
Professors
Daniela Bini
Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature
bini@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5995 | HRH 3.112C
Education
Ph.D, University of Texas, AustinDouglas G. Biow
Superior Oil Company-Linward Shivers Cenntenial Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
biow@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7267 | HRH 2.110B
David P Birdsong
Professor, Department Chair
birdsong@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7299 | HRH 2.122
Education
Ph.D, Harvard UniversityBarbara E. Bullock
Professor
bbullock@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9095 | HRH 3.108B
Education
Ph.D., Delaware (Linguistics)
Interests
Bilingualism and language contact, language variation and change, lab phonology & sociophoneticsAlexandra K Wettlaufer
Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Acting Director of Plan II
akw@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1442 | WCH 4.104, HRH 3.104C
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests
19th-century literature, visual arts, culture, and gender studies in France and BritainAssociate Professors
Marc Bizer
Associate Professor
mbizer@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7780 | HRH 3.112B
Education
PhD, Princeton University
Interests
early modern Europe & France, classical reception, national identity, genderCarl S Blyth
Associate Professor
cblyth@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7600 | HRH 3.114A
Education
PhD, French Linguistics, Cornell University
Interests
Applied linguistics (instrutional technology, corpus linguistics, pedagogical grammar); French sociolinguistics (style, stance and interaction); Discourse studies (narrative analysis, cultural scripts, indexicality)François P Lagarde
Associate Professor
lagarde@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5531 | HRH 3.104B
Education
PhD, StanfordGuy P Raffa
Associate Professor
guyr@utexas.edu | 512-232-5492 | HRH 3.104A
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests
Dante Studies, medieval Italian literature and culture, digital humanities, history and philosophy of science, Italo Calvino and Umberto EcoCinzia Russi
Associate Professor
russi@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7024 | HRH 3.110B
Education
PhD Linguistics 2003, University of Washington
Interests
Historical linguistics, Grammaticalization, Aspectualizers, Morphosyntax, Morphology, Italian Dialects, Comparative Romance Linguistics, Cognitive Grammar, Pragmatics, Lexical SemanticsHélène Tissières
Associate Professor
htissieres@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5531 | HRH 3.114C
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Interests
African and Caribbean Francophone literatures, African and French film, African contemporary art, African music, Biennale of Dakar.Assistant Professors
Paola Bonifazio
Assistant Professor
pbonifazio@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1561 | HRH 3.112AA
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Interests
Italian Cinema; Italian Literature-Modern; Italian Cultural Studies; Film theory and history, including documentary; Futurism; P.P.PasoliniBryan Donaldson
Assistant Professor
bdonaldson@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9390 | HRH 3.108C
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests
Historical linguistics (French and Occitan), corpus linguistics, second language acquisition, discourse analysisMichael Johnson
Assistant Professor
mjohnson@utexas.edu | 512-471-7470 | HRH 3.110A
Education
PhD, Emory University
Interests
Classical and medieval rhetoric, Medieval European literature and culture, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, European comicsKaren A Pagani
Assistant Professor
kpagani@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5737 | HRH 3.112B
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century moral theory (British, French, German); Seventeenth and eighteenth-century French novel; Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie; Historical semantics; Secularization.Hervé Picherit
Assistant Professor
picherit@utexas.edu | HRH 3.114C
Education
PhD, Stanford
Interests
20th century French literature, French cinema, the novel, the avant-garde, philosophies of fictionSenior Lecturers
Antonella D Del Fattore-Olson
Distinguished Sr. Lecturer
adolson@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5531 | HRH 2.106B
Education
Laurea (Master Degree in Comparative Literature), L'Università degli Studi La Sapienza. Rome, Italy
Interests
Italian Language and Culture, Teaching Methodology, Play Production, Contemporary Italian Theatre, Modern Italian Literature, Italian dialectsKaren W Kelton
Sr. Lecturer
kkelton@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5511 | HRH 2.106A
Education
M.L.S., University of Texas at AustinLecturers
Eric N Edwards
Lecturer
e.n.edwards@utexas.edu | 512-471-5706 | HRH 2.106B
Education
Master of Arts, Emporia State University, Emporia, KansasIrene Eibenstein-Alvisi
Lecturer
iea@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8540 | HRH 4.134
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityMarcy D Farrell
Lecturer
marcyfarrell@austin.utexas.edu | HRH 4.126
Education
PhD, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAdria Frizzi
Lecturer
adriafrizzi@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8900 | HRH 4.110
Education
PhD, The University of Texas at AustinNancy C Guilloteau
French Lower-Division Language Program Director
nguilloteau@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5511 | HRH 2.106A
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at AustinBeatriz E Schleppe
Lecturer
bea@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9242 | HRH 4.132
Education
PhD, The University of Texas at AustinMelissa E Skidmore
Lecturer
mskidmore@austin.utexas.edu | HRH 4.124
Education
PhD, University of Texas at AustinProfessors Emeriti
Jean-Pierre B Cauvin
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph. D., Princeton University
Interests
Poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries; Surrealism; The Arts in France; 19th-20th C. French historyJane N Lippmann
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Interests
Pedagogy; Teaching with Technology; Developing Online Course Materials, Foreign Language DisabilitiesSeth Wolitz
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
