RS Celebrates 2021 Graduates & Award Winners
The Romance Studies Department is proud to recognize our 2021 graduates and award winners!
At a virtual celebration held on May 14, Department chair Odile Cazenave noted that the students have, over the past year and a half, faced ‘unimaginable challenges,’ but that they have shown resilience and resourcefulness in facing those challenges. They have travelled with their mind, irrespective of physical location, to explore a multiplicity of worlds through literature and have learned to build communities of learning in virtual classrooms, defying the difficulties posed by the inability to meet in person!
A big congratulations to all of our graduates and award winners:
Award Winners
| College Prize
Presented by: Prof. Jennifer Cazenave, Director of Undergraduate Studies Rachel Watson College Prize in Romance Studies Barbara Argote Awards French – Presented by: Prof. Irit Kleiman, Associate Chair Cody Arnold Barbara Argote Award for a Senior in French Ana Obergfell Barbara Argote Award for a Junior in French Spanish- Presented by: Prof. Anita Savo Sofía Oline Arnold Barbara Argote Award for a Senior in Spanish Jackson Brown Barbara Argote Award for a Junior in Spanish Italian – Presented by: Prof. Nancy Harrowitz Sebastian Themelis Barbara Argote Award for a Senior in Italian Andrew Reilly Barbara Argote Award for a Junior in Italian Book Awards Presented by: Prof. David Colmenares Sarah Kiamie Isabella Leen Book Award in French Justin Dynia Romance Studies Book Award in Spanish |
Graduates
Bachelor of Arts
Cody Arnold
Sofia Arnold
Emily Farmer
Sarah Kiamie
Jonathan Lazeroff
Alyssa Lee
Lara MacIntyre
Nathan Plowman
Sebastian Themelis
Rachel Watson
Master of Arts
Gonzalo Carretero Martinez, MA in Hispanic Language & Literatures
Sara Ladino-Cano, MA in Hispanic Language & Literatures
Doctor of Philosophy
French Language & Literature
Jenai Engelhard-Humphreys, PhD; Advised by Prof. Dorothy Kelly
– “Decadence Embodied: Anorexia, Allegory, Marrow,”
Constance Vottero, PhD; Advised by Prof. Odile Cazenave
-“Theorizing the Black Diaspora Across the Atlantic
Hispanic Language & Literatures
Laurie Garriga, PhD; Advised by Prof. Christopher Maurer
– “Juan Ramón Jiménez and his migrant archive: Memory Across Borders”.
Philip Noonan, PhD; Advised by Prof. Christopher Maurer
– “From Stage to Page: Toward a History of the Literary Lecture in Spain (1900 – 1926)”
Mike Vinces, PhD; Advised by Prof. Rodrigo Lopes de Barros
– “Espiritualización del tigre Lugoniano: Leopoldo Lugones, precursor del populismo moderno Latinoamericano.”