Medieval Institute
Graduate Students
Currently Enrolled Students
Ben Ambler
BA, English, Univ. of Rochester
Interests: History through literature; Middle English romance
Juliette A. Arico
BA, English, BA, Gender and Women's Studies, Univ. of Rochester
Interests: Gender and sexuality in Middle English literature
Mary Blanchard
BA, History, Ave Maria Univ.
Interests: Rulership and power, especially in late Anglo-Saxon England
Robin Blanchard
BA, English, Western Michigan Univ.
Interests: Literature and culture; neomedievalism
Jason M. Clements
BA, History, The College of New Jersey
Interests: Education and literacy; studia generalia; intellectual history
Amanda DesLauriers
BA, History and French, Marquette University
Interests: women in positions of power, focused on those in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century France
Kevin Gladney
BA, English, Univ. of Georgia
Interests: Chaucer, Middle English romance, literary history
Nate McCall
BA, History, Michigan State Univ.
Interests: Germanic myth and literature; monastic military orders, especially Teutonic knights
John R. Mocek
BA, Loyola Univ. Chicago
Interests: Plague studies and the changes of the fourteenth century
Annalisa Moretti
BA, English, Rhode Island College
Interests: Old English and Old Norse literature; gender and religion
Jaime Myers
BA, English, History—European Studies, and International Studies—French, Southern Adventist Univ.
Interests: Migrations into Anglo-Saxon England and literature as a tool of conquest
Elan Justice Pavlinich
BA, English and Philosophy, Duquesne Univ.
Interests: Marginality and liminality; mysticism and philosophy; Boethius and
Chaucer
Christina Petty
BA, History, BA, English, Central Oklahoma Univ.
Interests: Cloth production and uses in the early Medieval period
Arthur J. Russell
BA, English, Kent State Univ.
Interests: Medieval religious culture; Old and Middle English; manuscript studies
Danielle Smith
BA, English, Loyola Univ. New Orleans
Interests: Twelfth- and thirteenth-century romance; gender studies
Shannon Spratto
BS, Literature and Philosophy, Central Michigan Univ.
Interests: Gender and women's studies; medieval languages and literature
Dan Toft
BA, Linguistics, Miami Univ., Ohio
Interests: Development of the English language through time, especially phonetics; Germanic epic literature
Jan Volek
BA, Political Science and German, Lipscomb Univ.;
MTS, Vanderbilt Univ.
Interests: Bohemian reformation and Central Europe in the late Middle Ages
Josh Withrow
BA, Classics and History, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln
Interests: Pre-Christian northern Germanic culture and religion, particularly Anglo-Saxon England
The Goliardic Society
The Goliardic Society is a social organization of the graduate students of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. The mission of the Society is to facilitate camaraderie among students, faculty, and friends while enhancing the academic environment and multiple opportunities of the Medieval Institute through various donations, volunteer work, and scholarly activities.
If you are applying to the MA program and would like to be in contact with currently enrolled students, please e-mail us at medieval-institute@wmich.edu.
Photographs:
- A graduate seminar meeting in the Rawlinson Center
- Goliardic Society 2008 barbeque (photo: Annalisa Moretti)
- A graduate student studying in the Rawlinson Center
- T-shirts designed and sold by members of the Goliardic Society at the Congress (photo: Annalisa Moretti)