Graduate Student List
French Linguistics
Amanda Jo Dalola
2012-2013 Walther Scholar
amanda.dalola@utexas.edu | HRH 4.148
Education
Masters in French Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University
Interests
historical linguistics, language contact, lab phonetics, loanword phonology, lexicography, Scandinavian languagesAnne Gaskill
Graduate student
anne@mail.utexas.edu | HRH 4.170
Education
MA, French Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Dialectology, GrammaticalizationLibby Mallonee Gertken
2012-2013 Dissertation Fellow
libmall@yahoo.com | HRH 4.128
Education
PhD Candidate French Linguistics, MA Foreign Language Education, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Second Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Sentence Processing, French SyntaxViola Green
Graduate student
violamakarova@hotmail.com | 512-471-9447 | HRH 4.146
Interests
Second Language AcquisitionAbigail Mack
Graduate Student
amack@utexas.edu | 512.471.8682 | HRH 4.102A
Education
B.S. in Linguistics & B.A. in French, Truman State University in Kirksville, MO
Interests
sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, dialectology, phonetics/phonologyAdam McBride
2012-2013 Walther Scholar
adamfmcbride@gmail.com | HRH 4.124
Education
B.A. French Studies, Brigham Young University
Interests
Historical Linguistics, Syntax, Phonology, Applied LinguisticsCharles Mignot
Graduate student
charles.mignot@hotmail.com | HRH 4.150
Education
MA Linguistics, University of Paris 13
Interests
syntax, semantics, Cognitive Linguistics, foreign language pedagogyMonique Murphy
Graduate student
monique.murphy@utexas.edu | HRH 4.130
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
psycholinguistics, phonetics/phonology, sociolinguistics, second language acquisitionJenna Nichols
Graduate student
jennic@utexas.edu | HRH 4.110
Education
BA French and Linguistics, University of Florida
Interests
Sociolinguistics, phonetics, language contact, bilingualism, North American FrenchMegan Oprea
Graduate student
Mgoprea@utexas.com | HRH 4.140
Education
MA French, University of Texas
Interests
Language contact, French/Arabic bilingualism, sociohistorical linguistics, language choiceRebekah E Post
Graduate student
re@utexas.edu | HRH 4.142
Education
MA in French Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin
Interests
French/Arabic language contact, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, code-switching, syntaxStephanie Russo
Graduate student
sclrusso@utexas.edu | HRH 4.166
Education
MA in French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Endangered Romance dialects, Comparative Romance Linguistics, Contact Linguistics, Historical LinguisticsAnna Troyansky
2012-2013 Walther Scholar
anna.troyansky@gmail.com | HRH 4.102C
Education
B.A. in French, Bowdoin College
Interests
bilingualism, language contact, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, dialectologyFrench Studies
Katy Branch
Graduate student
katy.branch@gmail.com | 512-471-8846 | HRH 4.106
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th Century French Literature and Culture, Women's and Gender Studies, Representations of Paris in Literature and Film, the BildungsromanYasmina Fawaz
Graduate student
yazzfawaz@utexas.edu | 516-471-9866 | HRH 4.164
Education
Master of Arts, University of Georgia
Interests
Francophone Literature, Race and Gender studies, EcocriticismClaire C Jones
Graduate student
clairejones@utexas.edu | HRH 4.138
Education
PhD Candidate, French Literature and Culture, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
20th and 21st century Literature, the French Documentary and Short Story, Everyday StudiesMeredith Lehman
Graduate student
lehman.meredith@gmail.com | 471-9853 | HRH 4.152
Education
MA French Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th century literature and visual culture, technology and the arts, word and image, French cinemaValérie Masson
Graduate student
valeriemasson11@gmail.com | 512 471 9865 | HRH 4.162
Education
Master of Arts, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th century literature and cultureClémence Ozel
Graduate student
clemence.ozel@gmail.com | 512-471-8805 | HRH 4.104
Education
Maîtrise in Anglophone Literature and Culture, University of Burgundy, Dijon, FranceClare Perry
Graduate student
clare.perry@gmail.com | HRH 4.168
Interests
Theory of the Novel, influences of Horace, the long 17th centurySarah Lube Roe
Graduate student
sarah.lube@gmail.com | 4718964 | HRH 4.114
Education
M.A. in French Literature, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Interests
17th Century French Theater, French theater and adaptations across the centuries, Women and Gender StudiesNicholas Spinelli
Graduate student
nick.spinelli@att.net | 415-699-4814 | HRH 4.102A
Education
M.A. French Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th Century French, Womens and Gender Studies, Economic Change and Cultural ExpressionRyan Swankie
Graduate student
swank1@utexas.edu | 512-4718566 | HRH 4.136
Education
Masters of Arts / Master 2, Arizona State University / Paris XII
Interests
18th & 19th Century Literature specializing in érotisme, revolution, and névrose diaboliqueJocelyn Wright
2012-2013 Walther Scholar
jocelyn.wright@utexas.edu | 512-471-8771 | HRH 4.102C
Education
BA in French Studies & History, Rice University
Interests
Immigration, 20th & 21st Century LiteratureItalian Studies
Paola D'Amora
Graduate student
pdamora@utexas.edu | 512 475 6334 | HRH 4.172
Education
Laurea in Lettere Moderne, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Interests
Contemporary Italian Literature, Post World War II Italian Film, P. P. PasoliniMelissa Demos
2012-2013 Dissertation Fellow
m.demos@utexas.edu | PCL 5.541
Education
MA, University of Pittsburgh (Italian Language and Literature); BA, California State University at Chico (Humanities),
Interests
Renaissance and baroque art history and literature, text/image relationships, Italian national identityElizabeth Florea
Graduate Student
eflorea@utexas.edu | HRH 4.158
Education
M.A. - Italian Studies, Middlebury College
Interests
Medieval and Italian Renaissance cultural history, women writers, travel literature and gender studies.Alessio Maria Giudice
Graduate student
alegiud@hotmail.it | 471-8628 | HRH 4.154
Education
MA World Cultures and Literatures, University of Houston
Interests
Medieval history and literature with particular focus in Dante AlighieriAltina Hoti
Graduate student
401-924-4771 | HRH 4.176
Interests
Film, nationalism and identity in Italy. Interaction between mass media and language acquisition. Modern history of Italian language. Italian dialects. Romance languages.Stephanie Hotz
Graduate Student
shotz87@gmail.com | 512-465-6393 | HRH 4.178
Education
B.A. in Italian Studies, B.S. in Nutritional Sciences - Dietetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Interests
Contemporary Italian Literature, Post War Italian Cinema, Gender StudiesBeatrice Giuseppina Mabrey
Graduate Student
bmabrey@gmail.com | HRH 4.174
Education
Master of Arts in Italian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Contemporary Italian LiteratureEttore Marchetti
Graduate student
ettore@utexas.edu | HRH 4.158
Interests
Contemporary Italian linguistics. Language and mass-media. Language and Italian CinemaMatthew Rabatin
2012-2013 Dissertation Fellow
rabatin@utexas.edu | PCL 5.541
Education
Master of Arts, University of Pittsburgh
Interests
20th century and Contemporary Italian literature, Literature of the Resistance, Literary theory, Sicilian literature, Italian cinema, Queer Studies,Patrick Vilim
Graduate student
vilim@utexas.edu | 512-475-9461 | HRH 4.182
Education
STB Theology, Università Gregoriana, Rome, ITALY, MA Pastoral Ministry, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas
