Faculty List
Professors
Mary E Blockley
Associate Professor
blockley@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8362 | PAR 320
Education
Ph.D., 1984, Yale University
Interests
Language and Linguistics, Renaissance Literature, Old English language and literature, History of the English language, Medieval manuscripts, Germanic philologyJoan Holladay
Professor
holladay@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-2546 | DFA 2.128
Education
PhD., Brown University
Interests
Gothic Art in France and GermanyErnest Kaulbach
Professor
ekaulbach@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8365 | CAL 17
Education
Ph.D., 1970, Cornell UniversityGlenn Peers
Professor
gpeers@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-2594 | DFA 2.508
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Interests
Early Medieval and Byzantine ArtJeffrey Chipps Smith
Kay Fortson Chair in European Art
Education
PhD, Columbia University
Interests
Northern European art, c. 1400-1700Marjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8383 | Calhoun 301
Education
Ph.D., U. of Toronto
Interests
Latin palaeography, medieval literature; medieval and renaissance rhetoric and pedagogy; composition exercises in the premodern classroom; modern use of premodern compostion exercisesAssociate Professors
Alison K. Frazier
Associate Professor
akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6375 | GAR 2.148
Education
Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University
Interests
Medieval and Renaissance Europe, especially intellectual history, religion, hagiography, biblical exegesis, manuscripts and printingMichael P Harney
Associate Professor
harney@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4936 | BEN 3.148
Education
Ph.D.-Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature, Comparative literature, literary theory, cultural theory.Geraldine Heng
Associate Professor
heng@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7480 | PAR 213
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityGuy 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 EcoElizabeth Scala
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D., 1994, Harvard University
Interests
Medieval Studies, Bibliography and Textual Studies, Literary Theory, Women, Gender and LiteratureDenise A. Spellberg
Associate Professor
spellberg@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7202 | GAR 3.208
Education
Ph.D., 1989, Columbia University
Interests
Medieval Islamic history, religion, and gender, Islamic historiography, and Islam in Europe and AmericaMadeline Sutherland-Meier
Associate Professor
madelinesm@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-4513 | BEN 4.134
Education
Ph.D.-Spanish Literature, University of California, San Diego
Interests
The Romancero, Medieval and Golden Age literature, the Spanish periodical press, disability studiesAssistant Professors
Susan R. Boettcher
Faculty
susan.boettcher@mail.utexas.edu
Education
Ph.D., 1998, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Interests
Europe: Early Modern, Reformation history, early modern Germany (1450-1806), and the history of the early modern city.Luisa Nardini
Faculty
nardini@mail.utexas.edu | 232 2069 | MBE 3.602
Interests
musicology with a special interest in the late developments of Gregorian chant, tropes, prosulas, medieval music theory, music and visual arts, manuscript studiesNa'ama Pat-El
Faculty
npatel@austin.utexas.edu | 232-8292 | WMB 5.144
Education
Ph.D.- 2008, Harvard University
Interests
Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Syntax, Languages in Contact, Linguistic MethodologySenior Lecturers
Ann Johns
Faculty
acjohns@mail.utexas.edu | DFA 2.520
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
My research interests are the art and architecture of late Medieval Siena, Medieval monastic art in Italy, and the development of landscape painting in the early Renaissance.Professors Emeriti
Thomas M Cable
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., 1969, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Poetry and Poetics, History of the English Language, Rhythms and Rhetoric of English PoetryJohn Kolsti
Professor Emeritus
jkolsti@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-3607 | CAL 415
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversityJohn M Weinstock
Professor
weinstock@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6369 | BUR 354
Education
PhD, Indo-European Linguistics, Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
