Medieval Institute

Alumni

Western Michigan University first granted the MA in Medieval Studies in 1964, and over 150 degrees have been awarded in the years since. Many Medieval Institute alumni who have remained active in medieval studies gather at a reception sponsored by the Goliardic Society at the International Congress on Medieval Studies.

Featured Alumna
Graduates of the Medieval Institute

Featured Alumna

Juleen Audrey Eichinger, MA, 1992

Portrait of Juleen Eichinger I earned my MA in Medieval Studies while working full time as Production Editor at Medieval Institute Publications. It was a particularly intense period: mediaevalia day, night, and weekends. But it was also an intellectually exhilarating period . . . so much so that I went on to earn a PhD in History in 1999! I could never have done it without lots of support and patience from colleagues, administrators, professors, and family. But the research, critical thinking, and discipline skills acquired as a student inform virtually all aspects of my intellectual life and communications, making the "investment" invaluable.

My subsequent career path has been rather non-traditional but equally satisfying: a period as Director of Communications for WMU's Research and Graduate Studies, then a move to Tucson, Arizona, where my editorial business, Eichinger Communications, LLC, provides editorial services to scholars and publishers in Medieval Studies, History, and Literature. What career could be better than reading interesting articles and books, working with long-time colleagues as well as with an expanding group of talented professionals from around the world?

Archive of past featured alumni.

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1964

Albert George Crawford
E. Rozanne Elder
Tryell D. Hughes

1965

Judson I. Mather, Jr.
Burns K. Seeley

1966

John E. Martell, Jr.

1967

Susan S. Huston

1968

Michael E. Moriarty

1969

Lila Beth Burke
Richard Green
Marilyn Hughes

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1970

Apostolos Andritspoulos
James B. Bettendorf
Ursula Ilse Dissmann
Thomas Michael McElmeel
John C. Parsons
Willard T. Wolff

1971

Raymond Eugene Bierlein

1972

Eleanor Krawutschke
Stanley David Pikaart

1973

Raymond M. Rademacher

1974

Wayne B. Householder
Diane H. Routt

1975

Dennis J. Clarke
Patrick H. Ryan

1976

Robert C. Brinker
Mary Lohr Haab
James E. Myers

1977

Stephen Paul Foster
Valerie Catherine Hauch

1978

Diane L. Harwood

1979

Margaret Mary King
Rick M. Rogers

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1980

Michael Alan Benton
Hugh C. Griffith, Jr.
Claire Kriebel

1981

Elvira Borgstadt
Steven F. Vincent

1983

John S. Penman

1984

Joseph P. Huffman
Dennis R. Overman
Patricia Ann Quattrin

1985

Constance Reik
Elizabeth Ann White

1986

Luann M. Weber

1989

Daniel M. Huisman
Germaine Manuel
Scott W. McCloskey
Connie Nelson
Gaylon Vaughn Owens
Ross Alan Roberts
Betty A. VanderWielen

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1990

Christopher J. Beiting
Jonathan Cloud
Yvonne Carmichael
Andrew Lennart Pearson
Chun Ping Shen
Ulrike Strasser

1991

Karl Edmund Boehler
Daniel M. La Corte
Pongracz Sennyey
Robert Thaddeus Wojtowicz

1992

Steven Richard Cartwright
Juleen A. Eichinger
Mildred H. Spurbeck

1994

Sandra Kay Masters
Maureen Mae O'Brien

1995

Janet S. Evenson
David Harrison Horton
Margaret T. Mudroch
Laura Jean Radiker

1996

Brian Robert Carniello
Amy Eleanor Dawson
Michael C. Johnson
Michael Thomas Martin
Karen J. Ostertag
Erica K. Tolley
Anthony John Warnick
Kathryn Leigh Woodruff

1997

Colleen Marie Bos
Jana L. Byars
Lewis M. Coleman
Robert William Doyle
Norman B. Frost
Patricia Relf Hanavan
Kate M. LaPorte
Anthony D. Lippincott
Frances K. Lippincott
Deborah A. Oosterhouse
Pamela S. Rups
Nina Steed

1998

Mary Maxine Browne
Kevin Lee Glick
Robert D. LaPorte
John Andrew Scofield

1999

Samantha J. Cairo
William E. Hamilton
Troy Roger Ortman
Mark Edward Porath
Tyler Sergent
Amy Michelle Stout
Amy Lynn Weinberger
Joshua A. Westgard

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2000

Gregory L. Beckelhymer
Christopher J. Burgess
Matthew Bryan Gillis
Melodie F. Harris
Judith A. Krane-Calvert

2001

Scott Anthony Borling
John Henry Chandler, Jr.
Scott A. Havens
Michael Donald Livingston
Dorothy C. Porter
Andrew J. Robinson
Scott T. Smith
Larry J. Swain
Kerry Mondele Warren

2002

Elisabeth Marie Carnell
Christopher W. Coppeans
Shawn T. Herlihy
Toruko Ishihara
Alan Keith Kelly
Bridgette Kristen Slavin

2003

Benjamin R. Andresen
George Walton Benson
Kenneth Howard McMaster
Laura M. Reinert

2004

Jill Colleen Bogart
Megan E. Bowman
Kimberly Dawn Campbell
Steffany R. Campbell
Sarah M. Eaton
Patrick Todd Gavin
Gregory Lee Laing
Cynthia Marie Wilcox

2005

Hilary E. Fox
Rachel T. French
Amanda G. Madden
Elisabeth A. McCaffery
Bryan Lee VanGinhoven

2006

Jack R. Baker
Erik A. Carlson
Kristi M. DiClemente
James R. Gregory
Terri M. Jenkins-Suggs
Christine Kozikowski
Melissa D. Williams

2007

David E. Clark
Micah A. Erwin
Matthew S. McConnel
Theresa M. Whitaker

2008

Katie Joann Brambrink
Jill D. Hamilton
Ellen Nancy Herron
Anthony H. Minnema

2009

Michael Brinks
Sarah Kelley Brish
Colleen Dunn
Louis Shwartz
Lydia Walker

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Photographs:

Juleen Audrey Eichinger (MA, 1992)
Duane Starcher and William Combs in 1964
Waldo Library in 1972
The Hillside Buildings, former home to the Medieval Institute
WMU campus in 1983
Stewart Clock Tower
Walwood Hall, current home to the Medieval Institute
Untitled sculpture by Charles Huntington on the WMU campus
Class field trip to the Toledo Museum of Art in 2006
Campus entrance marker
Medieval Institute students and staff in the Rawlinson Center (photo: James Kison)

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