Medieval Institute

Medieval Institute

Graduate Students

Currently Enrolled Students

Image of a graduate seminar meeting in the Rawlinson CenterBen 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

Image of the Goliardic Society BBQ 2008Jason 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

Image of a graduate student studying in the Rawlinson CenterJohn 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

Image of T-shirts desinged and sold by members of the Goliardic Society at the International Congress on Medieval StudiesArthur 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

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The Goliardic Society

Id non convivium estThe 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.

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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)
 

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