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Emily Rose Kraus

I am happy to announce that I finished my PhD in French and Italian as well as an MA in German in 2024. I was fortunate enough to be able to complete both degrees simultaneously in 4 years. Starting fall 2024, I am working as a full-time instructor in the Romance Languages Department while pursuing an MA in Spanish.  My main areas of study are medieval and 19th-21st-century literature. 


Kate Daley-Bailey

Kate advises (2nd year and beyond) French, Romance Languages (including Italian and Portuguese tracks), and some Spanish majors (last name H-Z). She is the main contact for Italian and Portuguese minor questions. Kate Daley-Bailey received her A.B. (2001) and M.A. (2004) degrees in Religion from the University of Georgia. She taught Religion courses at the collegiate level for ten years at Georgia State University, Georgia Perimeter College,…


Paola De Santo

  RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS: The literature and culture of early modern Italy, particularly women's writing and performance. PUBLICATIONS: Monograph: The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy, is a book-length project that studies comparatively two key figures of the Italian Renaissance ­–the ambassador and the courtesan– in order to examine the formation of cultural subjects at the …


Jeff Kilpatrick


Thomas E. Peterson

Professor Peterson earned his M.A. in Italian at the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in Italian Studies at Brown University.  Before coming to UGA in 1990 he taught as visiting assistant professor at Wellesley College, Brown University and Middlebury College.  He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1999. Professor Peterson’s research focuses on the lyric and epic poetry of the Italian tradition (Dante, Petrarch,…


Steven Grossvogel

Steven Grossvogel holds a doctorate from Cornell University.  Before coming to UGA, he taught at the Università degli Studi di Bologna as a lector.  He is the author of Ambiguity and Allusion in Boccaccio's Filocolo (Olschki, 1992). His articles have appeared in Studi sul Boccaccio, Italiana, Il Veltro, MLN, This Rough Magic, Monocle.  He has also contributed to the Modern Language Association series volume Approaches to…
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