Current Graduate Students
Congratulations to our award-winning graduate students!
Below is a directory of currently enrolled graduate students at the Center for Medieval Studies as well as students in other departments with research interests in the medieval period. Directory alphabetized by first name.
Amanda Racine | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, History, University of Colorado-Boulder
BA, History, University of Idaho
Research Interests
Latin East, the Eastern Mediterranean, thirteenth-century, France, crusading, slavery, service, law, customary treatises
Benjamin Bertrand | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, History, Boston College
BA, History, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Research Interests
Intersections of violence and society in Medieval Europe, with a special emphasis upon the ways that violence served to construct identity in different communities.
Carmeliz Ramas-Fisk | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BS, Accounting, Santa Clara University
BA, History, University of San Francisco
Research Interests
Medieval Women, with a particular focus on the Anglo-Norman period.
Carolyn Cargile | PhD, English | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, University of York
BA, History with Spanish and Medieval Studies, Wake Forest University
Research Interests
Old English, Latin, and Old French literature; history writing; eleventh- and twelfth-century England and Normandy
Christie Olek | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, Fordham University
BA, History, Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA)
Research Interests
Law and medicine, especially illicit medical practice
Curtis Rager | PhD, History | [email protected] edu
Education
MA, History, San Francisco State University
BA, History, San Francisco State University
Research Interests
Monasticism, Orality and Literacy, and Cognition of the French High Middle Ages.
Diamantina Kefalas | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, Fordham University
Research Interests
Vernacular Greek and French literature, Byzantium from the 13th to the 15th centuries, collective identities
Douglass Hamilton | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, University of Toronto
BA, Skidmore College
E. Alice Grissom | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, English, University of Alabama at Birmingham
BA, History, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research Interests
Representations of the body in Old and Middle English literature; death and liminality; social identity formation and categorization in England and Ireland
Elizabeth Duchovni | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
PhD, Mathematics, CUNY Graduate Center
BA, English Language and Literature, Hunter College
Research Interests
Medieval Londoners, Maritime History, DH, Python programming, History of English, Beowulf, Medieval Icelandic History and Literature
Elissa Johnston | PhD, English | [email protected]
Education
BA English Literature, Wheaton College
Research Interests
Female devotional writers of late medieval England, Mariology, gender and devotional practice
Ellis Light | PhD, English | [email protected]
Education
BA, Literature, The New School
MA, English, Fordham University
Research Interests
Contemplative literature, visionary writing, bodily fluids, queer and trans studies
Emma Emrich | PhD, Philosophy | [email protected]
Education
BA, Liberal Arts, Thomas Aquinas College
MA, Philosophy, Fordham University
Research Interests
Medieval Philosophy especially medieval metaphysics and theories of the soul
Frances Eshleman | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, Fordham University
BA, History, Wheaton College
Research Interests
Late medieval canon law and its application, penance, punishment
Galina Krasskova | PhD, Theology | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, Fordham University
MA, Religious Studies, New York University
BA, Religious studies, Empire State University
Research Interests
Eunuchs, constructions of masculinity in early Christianity, asceticism, bodily affect.
Grant Pederson | PhD, Philosophy | [email protected]
Education
BA, University of St. Thomas
Research Interests
Medieval Philosophy
Jason Ray | PhD, English | [email protected]edu
Education
MA, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Columbia University
BA, Theater Studies, Yale University
Research Interests
Medieval languages and literatures of the British Isles; cultural contact and transfer; critical theory
John Keirouz | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, Hamilton College
Research Interests
How figures of authority expressed their power over others in the Mediterranean world, with a special focus on the Ottonian and Byzantine courts.
Katherine Tweedel | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, History, University of Dallas
Research Interests
Universities, Thomas Aquinas, medieval curricula, medieval cosmology
Kelly Kornell | MA, History | [email protected]
Education
BA, History, University of Oklahoma
Research Interests
Politics and power but specifically women and how they exercised power and the perceptions and representations of that power, social and cultural history of medieval Europe with a particular focus on England, France, and northern Europe.
Maria Carriere | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, History, University of Vermont
BA, History, Western Washington University
Research Interests
Political culture, gender, and women in the 12th and 13th centuries
Mark Host | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
M.A. Cleveland State University
B.A. Cleveland State University
Research Interests
Literature (Old English, Middle English, Arthurian), relic cults, Byzantine east, military religious orders
Matthew Glaser | PhD, Philosophy | [email protected]
Education
MA Philosophy Fordham University
BA Economics & Philosophy, Gustavus Adolphus College
Research Interests
Medieval theories of self-knowledge, the soul, and epistemology
Michael Innocenti | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
B.A., Fordham University
Research Interests
Medieval theology, Medieval philosophy, Monastic theology, Thomas Aquinas
Michael J. Sanders | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, History, Western Michigan University
BA, History & English (Minor in Spanish), St. Vincent College
Research Interests
Later Crusades, political culture, kingship, apocalypticism, interfaith relations
Natalie Reynoso | PhD, Theology | [email protected]
Nicholas Joseph Norita | PhD, Philosophy | [email protected]
Education
MA, Philosophy Fordham University
BA, Philosophy, University of San Diego
Research Interests
Metaphysics, Logic
Olivia Caroline Geraci | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, Classics, University of Chicago
Research Interests
Female mysticism, women religious, eroticism and spirituality, bodily fluids, book history
Patrick C. DeBrosse | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval History, University of East Anglia
BA, History, Temple University
Research Interests
Medieval political culture; the Angevin Empire; the crusading movement; Latin historiography; troubadour lyrics
Peyton Seabolt | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Trent University
BA, Armstrong State University
Research Interests
Horses, Medieval Equestrian Culture
Rose Rugendorf | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BA, Literature (Minor in Medieval Studies), Bard College
AA, Liberal Arts, Norwalk Community College
Research Interests
Animal symbolism and usage within 12th and 13th century English and French literary manuscripts
Sean Loritz | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, History, Fordham University
BA, Sarah Lawrence College
Research Interests
Gender and sexuality in late medieval France and the Mediterranean, crime, punishment, and public justice, urban history, marriage and family, sex trade, masculinity, queer studies, intersectionality
Sean Spillane | PhD, English | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, University of York
BA, History and English, Bridgewater State University
Research Interests
Old Norse Literature and Language, Old English Literature and Language, translation theory, Global Middle Ages
Tanner Smoot | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Marshall University
BBA, Marshall University
Research Interests
Early Medieval England and Europe; Monasticism; Religious Culture
Taryn DeLeon Mendiola | MA, Medieval Studies | [email protected]
Education
BFA, Studio Art, New York University
BA, History, New York University
Research Interests
Textile production, techniques, and fashion throughout the Medieval period; Viking-age material culture and religion
Tobias Hrynick | PhD, History | [email protected]
Education
MA, Medieval Studies, Fordham University
BA, History & English, University of Maine
Research Interests
Environmental History, especially late medieval English wetland drainage, digital humanities, and the history of cartography.
Wing Lai | PhD, English | [email protected]
Education
MA, University of Oxford
BA, University of Sheffield
Research Interests
Middle English Romance, Chaucer, the Gowain Poet
Alisa Beer
PhD Program, History
MA Medieval Studies, Fordham University
MLS, Rare Books and Manuscripts Specialization, Indiana
BA History, Yale University
Dissertation Title: "Managing Monastic Libraries in Medieval England"
Mentor: Dr. Maryanne Kowaleski
[email protected]
Ronald Braasch
PhD Program, History
MA Military History, Norwich University, VT
BS Military History, United States Military Academy
Research Interests: Medieval History, Military History, The Hundred Years’ War, The Crusades.
[email protected]
Kathryn Bresee
PhD Program, Philosophy
BA Eastern University
Research Interests: Natural law, contemporary Thomism
[email protected]
Robert Byers
PhD Program, English
MA English, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
BA English, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Research Interests: Old English Literature, Middle English literature, Icelandic sagas, animal studies, posthumanism.
[email protected]
Christopher Emrich
PhD Program, Philosophy
BA Liberal Arts, Thomas Aquinas College
Research Interests: the Thought of Thomas Aquinas and his interpretation of the works of Aristotle
[email protected]
Sally Gordon
MA Program, History
[email protected]
Patrick Landers
PhD Program, Theology
MAR, Yale University
MPPM, Yale University
BA, Williams College
Research Interests: Medieval and Patristic Theology
[email protected]
Doug Shephardson
PhD Program, Philosophy
Research Interests: Ancient and medieval philosophy, patristics, late antiquity, and the philosophy of religion
[email protected]
Katrine Funding Højgaard
MA Program, Medieval Studies
BA History, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Research Interests: High Middle Ages, Central Europe, and British Isles, History of Mentalities, Cultural History, Manuscripts, Literature.