Meet Our Graduate Students
Kate Bastin
kabastin
indiana.edu
PhD Student
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
Caroline Benton
cebentonindiana.edu
MA Student
Francophone North African literature, postcolonial literary theory, postcolonial identity
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Comparative Humanities with Honors & French, Bucknell University, 2010
Florin Beschea-Fache
fbescheaindiana.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
Adeleen Brown
adebrownindiana.edu
MA Student
20th-century and Francophone literature
BA, French and Sociology & Anthropology, Principia College, 2009
Marie-Line Brunet
mbrunetindiana.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
Anemarie Calin
anecalinindiana.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
tcarrellindiana.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
dcervoneindiana.edu
PhD Student
BA, French, Southern Illinois University, 2003
MA, French, Florida State University, 2005
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008
Amy Conrad
conradaindiana.edu
MA Student
Medieval literature, 19th-century French and British female writers
BS, Secondary Education, Indiana University, 2009
Audrey Dobrenn
adobrennindiana.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
eedgingtindiana.edu
PhD Student
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
whinkleindiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Medieval French literature (fabliaux and comic literature); Literature and the law
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2006
Cynthia Kanko
ckankoindiana.eduMA 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
gekhabarindiana.edu
MA Student
20th-century French literature; Literatures of the Francophone worlds
BA, French and English Education, Kaluga State University, Russia, 2008
Chris Lysack
clysackindiana.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
amcveyindiana.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
fmulotindiana.edu
PhD Candidate
20th-century French and francophone literature and film
MA, French literature, Indiana University, 2005
Erin A. Myers
easipeindiana.edu
PhD Student
Revolutionary period life sciences, especially Lamarck
BA, Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2005
Benjamin Niehaus
beniehausindiana.edu
PhD Student
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
Michèle Schaal
mischaalindiana.edu
PhD Candidate
20th/21st century francophone women writers; Contemporary French feminism
Maîtrise d'anglais, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France, 2001
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004
Anna Shailer
ashailerindiana.edu
PhD Student
20th Century Literature; Film Studies
BA, French & Western European Politics, Wittenberg University, 2006
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2009
Caroline Strobbe
cstrobbeindiana.edu
PhD Candidate
19th-20th Century Literature and Visual Arts
Licence de Droit, Université du droit et de la santé, Lille II, France
Maîtrise d'Histoire et de Civilisation Américaine, Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille III, France
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, 2006
David Wagner
dkwagnerindiana.edu
MA Student
Seventeenth & eighteenth century French literature; literature and music
BS, Mathematics & French, Hillsdale College, 2009
Katrina Zlatkovsky
katzlatindiana.edu
MA Student
Literary translation, Medieval and 20th-Century
BA, French, University of Evansville, 2009
Antoinette Afriyie
aafriyie indiana.edu
MA Student
Sociolinguistics, Phonology & Phonetics, History of the language, Language (policy) & development
MA, International Affairs & Administration Missouri State University, 2010
MA, Science du Language, University of Strasbourg, France, 2008
BA, Foreign languages (French & English) Univreisty of Ghana/University of Strasbourg, 2006
Carly Bahler
clbahler 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 indiana.edu
PhD Student
Historical French Linguistics; Translation; Lexicology; Lexicography; Morphology
BA, French Honors, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2009
Jennifer Betters
jesonge indiana.edu
PhD Student
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 indiana.edu
PhD Student
Phonology; Sociolinguistics; Language and gender
BA, French and English, Minnesota State University, Mankato, May 2009
Mark Black
blackma indiana.edu
MA 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 indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
MA, French, Indiana University, 2003
Michael Dow
mcdow indiana.edu
PhD Student
Phonology; Pidgin and creole studies; Language contact
BA, French and Classics, St. Olaf College, 2008
Kelly Farmer
farmerk indiana.edu
PhD Student
Second Language Acquisition; Syntax; Pidgins and Creoles
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 indiana.edu
MA 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
Eric Halicki
ehalicki indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Romance phonology and morphology
BA, French, Department of Foreign Languages, St. Joseph's University, 2000
MA, French, Department of French and Italian, Indiana University, 2002
Ryan Hendrickson
ryadhend indiana.edu
PhD Student
Phonology; Sociolinguistics/Dialectology; Second Language Acquisition
BA, French, University of Kentucky, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2010
Allie Hettlinger
amhettli indiana.edu
MA Student
Language contact; Sociolinguistics
BA, French, DePauw University, 2009
Larry Komrower
lpkomrow indiana.edu
MA Student
Historical French linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language variation
BA, French, Ithaca College, 2009
Michael Kunz
makunz indiana.edu
PhD Student
Language Death, Language Change, Syntactic Analysis
BA, French, Southeast Missouri State University, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2011
Amandine Lorente-Lapole
alorente indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Second Language Acquisition; Syntax; Sociolinguistics; Language contact
MA, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Université de Pau, 2005
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008
Miguel Márquez Martinez
mamarque 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
Danielle McShine
dmcshine indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
History of French; Diachronic Syntax
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2004
Amanda Kate Miller
am27 indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
BA, Berea College, 2001
MA, Miami University, 2004
MA, Indiana University, 2008
Francisco (Paco) Montaño
fmontano indiana.edu
PhD Student
Romance linguistics; Phonology; Historical linguistics; Prosody; Language contact
BA, French, Princeton University, 2003
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2006
Amber Panwitz
apanwitz indiana.edu
MA 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 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 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 indiana.edu
MA Student
Sociolinguistics; Language contact; History of the French language
BA, French/Linguistics, University at Buffalo, 2011
Olga Scrivner
obscrivn indiana.edu
PhD Student
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 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 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
Ben Trotter
bftrotte indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Linguistic politeness; Sociopragmatics; Second Language Acquisition; Language Pedagogy
BA, French, Lipscomb University, 2002
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2007
Krista Williams
krimwill indiana.edu
PhD Student
History of the French Language; Phonetics; Translation
BA, French, College of Charleston, 2008
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2010
Nicholas Albanese
nalbanes indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
MA, Italian, Middlebury College, 1998
Giulia Benghi
gbenghi 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 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 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
Ermanno Conti
econti indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Second Language Acquisition
Laurea in lettere, Università di Urbino, Italy, 1996
MA, Indiana University, 2004
Luisa Garrido-Baez
lgarrido 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
Stephen Hiller
schiller indiana.edu
MA Student
Medieval/early Renaissance literature
BA, Italian, Indiana University, 2010
BS, Spanish Education, Indiana University, 2010
Matthew Liberti
mliberti indiana.edu
MA Student
20th-century Italian poetry and 20th-century Irish literature
BA, Wake Forest University, 2010
Anna Love
annlove 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 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
Mary Migliorelli
mgmiglio indiana.edu
PhD Student
BA, Theatre, Florida State University, 2004
MA, Modern Languages, Florida State University, 2006
Mary Migliozzi
mmiglioz indiana.edu
PhD Student
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 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 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 indiana.edu
MA 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
Emanuela Pecchioli
pecchioe indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Modern and contemporary Italian literature, cinema, comparative literature
MA, Indiana University, 2008
Andrea Polegato
apolegat 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 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
Angela Porcarelli
anporcar indiana.edu
PhD Candidate
Medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, and Modern Italian literature and cinema
Laurea, Modern Letters, Università degli Studi di Urbino, 1997
MA, Italian, Indiana University, 2002
Sandro Puiatti
spuiatti 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 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 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 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
ameealiindiana.edu
MA Student
20th Century/contemporary question of identity, 18th-20th century poetry
BA, French, Denison University, 2009
Feray Baskin
fbaskin indiana.edu
MA Student
MA, French Linguistics and Literature, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2005
MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University Bloomington, 2007
Solfils Telfort
stelfort indiana.edu
MA Student
Language variation; Language contact; Phonology; Morphology
BEd, Enseignement secondaire, Université Sherbrooke du Québec, 2007
