Indiana University Bloomington
Department of French and Italian

Meet Our Graduate Students

Kate Bastin

kabastinatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

The intersection of French art and literature in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century French studies
BA, History of Art and French, Indiana University, 2007
MA, History of Art and French, Indiana University, 2011

Florin Beschea-Fache

fbescheaatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Medieval French Literature
BA, French and English Literatures and Languages, Babes-Bolyai University, 1996
MSE, University of Southern Indiana, 2002
MA, French literature, Indiana University, 2006

Noelle Brown

brownno@indiana.edu
MA Student

19th century French Literature; the evolution or non-evolution of women's thoughts
Bachelor of Arts, French and Computer Science, Principia College, 2011

Marie-Line Brunet

mbrunetatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

20th century French and Francophone literature; the cinema of Jean Renoir
Maîtrise of Anglo-American language, literature, civilization and culture, Université Paris X, Nanterre, France, 2006
MA, French literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, May 2009

Nicole Burkholder

nlburkho@indiana.edu
MA Student

Role and representation of dreams in French literature
BS, Biology; BA, English, Shippensburg University, 2008
BA, French, Indiana University, 2012

Anemarie Calin

anecalinatindiana.edu
MA Student

Film adaptations and literature, 19th- and 20th-century French literature
BA, English and Norwegian, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2001
BA, French, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, 2005
MA, French Literature, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2010

Tamara Carrell

tcarrellatindiana.edu
PhD Student

Renaissance and Medieval French Literature; Roman de la Rose; Montaigne studies
BA, German, Central College, 1995
MA, French, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2005

Diana Cervone-Nichols

dcervoneatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

BA, French, Southern Illinois University, 2003
MA, French, Florida State University, 2005
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008

Audrey Dobrenn

adobrennatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

21st century francophone male writers; Gender Studies; Masculinity Studies; Sexuality Studies
Maîtrise d'anglais, Université Paris-10, 2005
MA, Indiana University, 2008

Erin Edgington

eedgingtatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Material culture and dress in nineteenth-century literature; Symbolist poetry; Gender studies
BA, French Language and Literature and Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2008
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2010

W. Travis Hinkle

whinkleatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Medieval French literature (fabliaux and comic literature); Literature and the law
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2006

Nicole Jones

nsjones@indiana.edu
MA Student

18th Century French Literature, especially the novel
BA, French, University of Kansas, 2007
MA, French Literature, University of Kansas, 2010
BA Option, Italian, University of Kansas, 2011

Cynthia Kanko

ckankoatindiana.edu

MA Student

Francophone African and Caribbean Literature
BA with Honors, English and French, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi – Ghana (West Africa), 1998
MA, French and Francophone World Studies, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2011

Georgy Khabarovskiy

gekhabaratindiana.edu
PhD Student

20th-century French literature; Literatures of the Francophone worlds
BA, French and English Education, Kaluga State University, Russia, 2008

Loïc Lerme

llerme@indiana.edu
MA Student

19th-century French literature, the Body in literature, Gender studies, Monsters in literature
Maîtrise of anglophone literature, Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3, France, 2009

Chris Lysack

clysackatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

19th-century opera; 19th-century poetry and art song
BSOF, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000
BM, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000
MM, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2006
DM, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009
MM, Manhattan School of Music, 2010

Aubri McVey Leung

amcveyatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Medieval lyric poetry, the 20th Century Novel, and interdisciplinary/interarts research relating to French
BA, French and Violin, Butler University, 2002
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2005

François Mulot

fmulotatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

20th-century French and francophone literature and film
MA, French literature, Indiana University, 2005

Erin A. Myers

easipeatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Revolutionary period life sciences, especially Lamarck
BA, Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2009

Benjamin Niehaus

beniehausatindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Literature of the late 19th and 20th centuries, focusing primarily on the intersections of art and literature
The development of digital-based literature in the 21st century
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2011

Emily O'Brock

eobrock@indiana.edu
MA Student

20th century French Literature
BA in French, English, and Gender Studies from Calvin College, 2011

Anna Shailer

ashaileratindiana.edu
PhD Candidate

20th Century Literature; Film Studies
BA, French & Western European Politics, Wittenberg University, 2006
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2009

David Wagner

dkwagneratindiana.edu
PhD Student

Seventeenth & eighteenth century French literature; literature and music
BS, Mathematics & French, Hillsdale College, 2009

Carly Bahler

clbahler at indiana.edu
MA Student

Phonology and semantics of French dialects outside of France, especially those of North America; historical linguistics
BA, French Studies, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 2011

Eric Beuerlein

ebeuerle at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Historical French Linguistics; Translation; Lexicology; Lexicography; Morphology
BA, French Honors, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2009

Jennifer Betters

jesonge at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Sociolinguistics, phonology and language pedagogy in North American varieties of French
BA, Political Science, Azusa Pacific University, 1999
Certificat de Langue Française - Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne, 2000
MA, Linguistics and French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2010

Kelly Biers

kbiers at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Phonology; Sociolinguistics; Language and gender
BA, French and English, Minnesota State University, Mankato, May 2009

Mark Black

blackma at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Phonology
BA, French, University of Wyoming, May 2003
MA, French, University of Wyoming, May 2006
Licence, Sciences du langage, Université de Rouen, June 2010

Amy Brewster

abnorman at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

MA, French, Indiana University, 2003

Scott Cawthon

cscawtho@indiana.edu
MA Student

Sociolinguistics; Regional variants of French particularly in Belgium and North America; Gallo-Roman Dialectology; Language Contact
BA, Linguistics and French (German Minor), Western Washington University 2012

Michael Dow

mcdow at indiana.edu
PhD Student

French linguistics; Linguistics; Phonology; Pidgin and creole studies; Language contact
BA, French and Classics, St. Olaf College, 2008

Kelly Farmer

farmerk at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Second language acquisition, Media-based language studies, syntax
BA, French & Political Science, University of South Carolina, May 2000
MA, French, University of Louisville, May 2006
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, May 2010

Rodica Frimu

rofrimu at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Second language acquisition, History of French
Licence LEA (Foreign applied languages, English- Portuguese), Aix-en-Provence, France, 2009
Master 1, LEA (Foreign Applied languages, English - Portuguese), AIx-en-Provence, France, 2010

Ryan Hendrickson

ryadhend at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Phonology; Sociolinguistics/Dialectology; Second Language Acquisition
BA, French, University of Kentucky, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2010

Sarah Kay Hurst

sshurst@indiana.edu
MA Student

Phonology; historical linguistics; lexicology/lexicography
BA, Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures (French and Spanish concentrations), Colorado State University 2012
BA, International Studies (European Studies concentration), Colorado State University, 2012

Kelly Kasper-Cushman

kmkasper@indiana.edu
MA Student

Sociolinguistics, language variation, language contact
BA, Anthropology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2004
MA, Romance Languages, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012

Larry Komrower

lpkomrow at indiana.edu
MA Student

Historical French linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language variation
BA, French, Ithaca College, 2009

Michael Kunz

makunz at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Language Death, Language Change, Syntactic Analysis
BA, French, Southeast Missouri State University, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2011

Margarita Madanova

mmadanov@indiana.edu
MA Student

French language in Francophone and non-Francophone countries. Language contacts and interactions. Bilingualism, multilingualism. Inter-languages lexical similarities (cognates, borrowings, homonyms etc.)
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Institute of Literature and Art, Almaty, 1990
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Kazakh State University, Almaty, 2000
Diplome d'Université Supérieur pour l'Enseignement du Français à l'Etranger, Univesrité Toulouse2, Toulouse, 2011

Miguel Márquez Martinez

mamarque at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

The acquisition and perception of French nasal vowels
BA, Translation and Interpreting, Granada University (Spain), 2003
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008

Francisco (Paco) Montaño

fmontano at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Romance linguistics; Phonology; Historical linguistics; Prosody; Language contact
BA, French, Princeton University, 2003
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2006

Amber Panwitz

apanwitz at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Historical change and regional variation
BA, French, University of Wyoming, 2008
Licence, Sciences du langage, Specialty: FLE, Université de Rouen, 2010

Rebecca Anne Petrush

rpetrush at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Second Language Acquisition; Phonology; Morphology
BA, Languages and International Trade, Clemson University, 2003
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2006

Alisha Reaves

areaves at indiana.edu
MA Student

Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Dialectology
BS, French and Linguistics, Tulane University - Newcomb College, 2006
MA, International Affairs, The George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC, 2009

Jamie Root

rootjm at indiana.edu
MA Student

Sociolinguistics; Language contact; History of the French language
BA, French/Linguistics, University at Buffalo, 2011

Olga Scrivner

obscrivn at indiana.edu
PhD Student

French linguistics; Linguistics; Diachronic Syntax of Old French and Corpus Linguistics
MA, French Language and Literature, Saint-Petersburg University, Russia, 1998
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2009

Jason F. Siegel

siegeljf at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Sociolinguistics in Francophone and Creolophone societies
AB, French and Spanish, Middlebury College, 2006
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008

B. Devan Steiner

bdsteine at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Old French; Diachronic Syntax; Prosody-Syntax Interface; Theories of Language Change
BA, Psychology/French, Gettysburg College, 2006
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008

Renata Uzzell

rcuzzell@indiana.edu
MA Student

Language contact, variation, sociolinguistics
BA French Wellesley College, 2002
MA French Language Literature & Civilisation Middlebury College, 2005

Krista Williams

krimwill at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

History of the French Language; Phonetics; Translation
BA, French, College of Charleston, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2010

Sabina Zeynalova

sazeynal@indiana.edu
MA Student

Second Language Acquisition / Syntax / Semantics
Maitrise Philosophie Universite de Rennes 1 France, 2005
DEA Communication Universite de Rennes 2 France, 2007

Austin Alexander

ausaalex@indiana.edu
MA Student

Renaissance, Italian Cinema
M.A. History Syracuse University, 2007
M.A. Middlebury College (Expected, 2013)

Giulia Benghi

gbenghi at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Manuscript Tradition and Literature in 13th- and 14th- Century Italy
Laurea Triennale in Letteratura e Arti all'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, 2005
Laurea Specialistica in Filologia Moderna all'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, 2009
MA, Italian, Indiana University, 2011

Carla Bicoff

cbicoff at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Contemporary Italian Literature and Cinema, Translation, and Comparative Studies (especially with Spanish Literature and Cinema)
BA, Global Business,University of Florida, 2004
MA, Italian Studies, Florida State University, 2007

Edward Bowen

embowen at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Italian Cinema; Renaissance Literature
BA, History, James Madison University, 1998
MA, History, Wake Forest University, 2000
MA, Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007

Aysehan Julide Etem

aysetem@indiana.edu
PhD Student

Italian cinema and film adaptation
BA, Italian Studies, University of Virginia
BA, Studio Arts (Film, Installation and Performance Arts) University of Virginia, 2010
MA, Italian Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2012

Luisa Garrido-Baez

lgarrido at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Teaching Italian as a second language; prostitution and witchcraft in Italian Renaissance literature
BA, Filologia Francese, Universidad de Granada, 2007
BA, Filologia Italiana, Universidad de Granada, 2007
MA, Italian Literature, Indiana University, 2010

Lucia Gemmani

lgemmani@indiana.edu
PhD Student

Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Italian literature, 19th century war novels and poems. Correlation between music and literature. Linguistic, especially correlation among romance languages. Italian Neorealism in film, particularly Roberto Rossellini.
Laurea in Italian Language and Literature, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, 2008
Laurea Specialistica in Modern Philology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, 2010

Matthew Liberti

mliberti at indiana.edu
MA Student

20th-century Italian poetry and 20th-century Irish literature
BA, Wake Forest University, 2010

Anna Love

annlove at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Renaissance Literature; Women's Studies; Women and Mafia
BA, Wake Forest University, 2007
MA, Italian, Middlebury College, 2009

Isabella Magni

isamagni at indiana.edu
MA Student

Modern and contemporary Italian literature
Laurea triennale (BA), Foreign languages and literature, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, 2007
Laurea specialistica (MA), Foreign languages and literature, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, 2009

Paola Marrero Hernandez

pjmarrer@indiana.edu
MA Student

The portrait of women in Italian Renaissance Culture, Italian Renaissance Literature, and Italian Cinema
BA, Modern Languages, University of Puerto Rico, 2012

Mary Migliorelli

mgmiglio at indiana.edu
PhD Student

BA, Theatre, Florida State University, 2004
MA, Modern Languages, Florida State University, 2006

Mary Migliozzi

mmiglioz at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

The relationship between language and Italian literature, especially in the twentieth century, as well as contemporary musical texts
BA, Italian and English, University of Notre Dame, 2007
MA, Italian, Indiana University, 2010

Letizia Montroni

lmontron at indiana.edu
MA Student

Italian Storytelling and Theater; Teaching Italian as a Second Language
Undergraduate Degree, University of Bologna, Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators SSLMIT, Forlì, Italy, 2007
Postgraduate Degree, Specialist Translation, University of Bologna, Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators-SSLMIT, Forlì, Italy, 2011

Anthony Nussmeier

anussmei at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Medieval and Contemporary Italian Literature; cross-cultural interactions between Italian and Arab literature
BA, History and Italian from the University of Minnesota, 2005
MA, Italian Literature, Indiana University, 2008

Marianna Orsi

morsi at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Italian Renaissance Literature; Gender Studies (Female Homosexuality in Italian Literature)
Laurea triennale (BA) in Modern Literature, Università di Pisa, 2003
Laurea Specialistica (MA) in Italian Language and Literature, Università di Pisa, 2006
Master in Psicopedagogia, Università di Pisa, 2007

Carlotta Paltrinieri

carlpalt@indiana.edu
MA Student

Renaissance Literature
Laurea Triennale in Foreign Languages and Literature (Major in Spanish and Portuguese, minor in Anglo-American Literature), University of Bologna, March 2012

Emanuela Pecchioli

pecchioe at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Modern and contemporary Italian literature, cinema, comparative literature
MA, Indiana University, 2008

Andrea Polegato

apolegat at indiana.edu
PhD Candidate

Machiavelli; Comparative Studies (cultural relations between Italy and China)
Laurea in Philosophy, summa cum laude, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy, 2004
MA, Italian, Indiana University, 2007

Laura Ponziani

laponzia at indiana.edu
MA Student

Interdisciplinary studies between Italian literature and the arts; Italian cinema and theater; Second Language Acquisition
BA, English & Spanish, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, 2004
MA, English & Spanish, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, 2007
Doctor of Modern Languages, Italian & Spanish, Middlebury College, expected 2013

Sandro Puiatti

spuiatti at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Renaissance Italian literature; Burlesque and satirical literature
Laurea in Lettere, Università Ca' Foscari, 2007
MA, Italian Studies, Florida State University, 2009

Paola Quadrini

pquadrin at indiana.edu
MA Student

The use of literature in teaching Italian as a foreign language
BA, Modern Languages and Literatures, Pisa University, Pisa, 1995
MA, Pedagogy and Promotion of Italian to Foreign Students, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, 2006

Adriana Varela

avarela at indiana.edu
PhD Student

20th century, Fascism, Visual Culture
BA, Italian and British Literature, University of Southern California, 2004
MA, Italian Studies, Middlebury College, 2009

David Winkler

dnwinkle at indiana.edu
PhD Student

Contemporary Italian Literature; Primo Levi and the social psychology of fascism and Nazism
BS, Ithaca College, 2006
MA, Middlebury College, 2010

Ameena Ali

ameealiatindiana.edu
MA Student

20th Century/contemporary question of identity, 18th-20th century poetry
BA, French, Denison University, 2009