Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Currently Enrolled Students
Jillian M. Bjerke
B.S., Physics, Certificate in Spanish Interpreting, Wake Forest University; M.S., Physics, Wake Forest University
Interests: Anglo-Norman and Plantagenet England; paleography
Luke Chambers
B.S., Physics and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
Interests: Languages, Anglo-Saxon England, Old English and Old Norse, twelfth-century Europe
Sam Dobberstein
B.A., Philosophy, Purdue University
Interests: The conversion of Scandinavia; ritual in Norse paganism; medieval Iceland; Old Norse
Mary Helen Galluch
B.M., Music Education, Northwestern University
Interests: East-West schism; iconography; Corpus Christi plays; the Church Fathers
Robin J. Henley
B.S., Visual Communications and English Literature, Western Washington University
Interests: Early Anglo-Saxon literature; William Langland's Piers Plowman
Mary C. Hoyle
A.B., History, College of Charleston
Interests: Anglo-Saxon England; Old English; paleography
Edward Kern
B.A., History and German, California State University–San Marcos
Interests: Social and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England; mead halls; the scop
Leah Kleinberger
B.A. Medieval Studies and Humanities, University of Oregon
Interests: Women, peasantry, and Islam in Byzantine Empire
Travis Lambert
B.A., English Literature and Philosophy, Spring Arbor University
Interests: Dante; Latin; Middle English romance; epic poetry; classical influences in the Middle Ages; Thomas Aquinas and medieval theodicy/apologetics
Lance Martin
B.A., English Language and Literature, Illinois State University
Interests: Nostalgia in Anglo-Saxon poetry; writings of Anselm of Canterbury
Brandon D. Pearce
B.A., History and English Literature, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Interests: Manuscript studies; Old and Middle English literature; medieval Christianity's modes of transmission
Sara Miller Schulte
B.A., Latin and English, The University of the South (Sewanee)
Interests: Medieval and renaissance music; history of the book; the classical tradition in medieval literature
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 M.A. program and would like to be in contact with currently enrolled students, please email us at medieval-institute@wmich.edu.
Photographs:
- Goliardic Society 2008 barbeque (photo: Annalisa Moretti)
- A graduate seminar meeting in the Rawlinson Center
- A graduate student studying in the Rawlinson Center