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Hamid Alawadhi
Instructor of French
hamidalawadhi@gmail.com
Naty Clark
Instructor of French
nac258@pitt.edu
James Coleman
Assistant Professor of Italian
james.coleman@pitt.edu
Caitlin Dahl
Visiting Lecturer - French
cmd166@pitt.edu
Cinzia Delfini
Instructor of Italian
cid5@pitt.edu
Lorraine Denman
Teaching Professor
denman@pitt.edu
Astou Fall Gueye
Assistant Professor of French
af.gueye@pitt.edu
Chloe Hogg
Associate Professor of French
412-624-6266
hoggca@pitt.edu
Lina Insana
Associate Professor of Italian
insana@pitt.edu
Rachel Love
Visiting Assistant Professor in Italian
rel131@pitt.edu
Jenny McCord
On-site Faculty, CAPA Florence
Giuseppina Mecchia
Associate Professor of French and Italian
mecchia@pitt.edu
Chiara Montera
Teaching Assistant Professor in Italian
chiara.montera@pitt.edu
David Pettersen
Associate Professor of French and Film and Media Studies
pettersen@pitt.edu
Ryan Pilcher
Visiting Lecturer in French
ryp33@pitt.edu
Todd W. Reeser
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
reeser@pitt.edu
Amgad Serour
Visiting Lecturer in French
ams1095@pitt.edu
Kaliane Ung
Visiting Assistant Professor
khu3@pitt.edu
John Walsh
Interim Chair, Dept. of French & Italian
jpw64@pitt.edu
Brett Wells
Teaching Professor
412-624-6261
wellsb@pitt.edu
Graduate Faculty
James Coleman
Assistant Professor of Italian
james.coleman@pitt.edu
Chloe Hogg
Associate Professor of French
412-624-6266
hoggca@pitt.edu
Lina Insana
Associate Professor of Italian
insana@pitt.edu
Giuseppina Mecchia
Associate Professor of French and Italian
mecchia@pitt.edu
David Pettersen
Associate Professor of French and Film and Media Studies
pettersen@pitt.edu
Todd W. Reeser
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
reeser@pitt.edu
John Walsh
Interim Chair, Dept. of French & Italian
jpw64@pitt.edu
Secondary Appointments
Christopher Drew Armstrong
Associate Professor
cda68@pitt.edu
Yves Citton
Adjunct Faculty
yves.citton@gmail.com
Felix Germain
Associate Professor of Africana Studies
412-648-2024
ffg4@pitt.edu
Christopher J. Nygren
Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art
cnygren@pitt.edu
Pernille Røge
Associate Professor of History
per20@pitt.edu
Graduate Students - French
Elsie Campbell
Graduate Student - French
elc174@pitt.edu
Yacine Chemssi
Graduate Student - French
yac57@pitt.edu
Joanna Conings
Graduate Student - French
joc271@pitt.edu
Nawel Cotez
Graduate Student - French
nac137@pitt.edu
Brendan Ezvan
Graduate Student - French
bre25@pitt.edu
Spencer Fricard
Graduate Student - French
cff7@pitt.edu
Don Joseph
Graduate Student - French
dlj45@pitt.edu
Hyunjin Kim
Graduate Student - French
hyk55@pitt.edu
Nneka Lilian Idiaye
Graduate Student - French
Nasim Madadi
Graduate Student - French
nam336@pitt.edu
Phoebe Marshall
Graduate Student - French
phoebemarshall@pitt.edu
Casey Montgomery
Graduate Student - French
Leopold Mvuezolo
Graduate Student - French
Lucas LaVere Proper
Graduate Student - French
llp43@pitt.edu
Karen Woolstrum
Graduate Student (MA) - French
Graduate Students - Italian
Gianluca Bufo
gib46@pitt.edu
Dario Chimenti
Alessandro Combina
Angela Lucente
AFL15@pitt.edu
Gaia Prunotto
gap123@pitt.edu
Nada Salim
nms187@pitt.edu
Işın Sezer
Graduate Student - Italian
Daniel Turillo
djt59@pitt.edu
Staff
Sara Abbott
Faculty Actions Coordinator
412-624-2842
sea127@pitt.edu
Yasha Breslove
Department Coordinator, German and FRIT
412-383-0680
yyb4@pitt.edu
Kelly
Faculty Actions Coordinator
(412) 383-1692
ksb85@pitt.edu
Laura Brooks
Business Coordinator
412-624-8041
laurabrooks@pitt.edu
Erin Delaney
Department Coordinator, Hispanic and Classics
412-624-5226
Andrew Gray
Assistant Business Coordinator/Website Coordinator
412-383-0256
asg68@pitt.edu
Stephen Lander
Payroll/Personnel Coordinator
412-624-2695
sll4@pitt.edu
Monika L. Losagio
Administrative Officer
412-624-5221
losagio@pitt.edu
Michael Orbin
Graduate Administrator
412-624-5227
mio43@pitt.edu
Alexandra Rodwick
Events Coordinator
412-638-3564
alr297@pitt.edu
Briar Somerville
Academic Coordinator
412-624-5906
kbs47@pitt.edu
Matthew Spinneweber
Fiscal Administrator
412-383-2792
mjs427@pitt.edu
Scholars in Residence
Flavia Cavaliere
Distinguished Italian Fulbright Chair
Martina Cvajner
martina.cvajner@unitn.it
Daniela Fargione
daf172@pitt.edu
Raffaella Patimo
Visiting Fulbright Professor
Faculty Emeritus/a
Walter Albert
Professor
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Distinguished Professor Emerita
renate@pitt.edu
Clare Godt
Professor
godt@pitt.edu
Benjamin E. Hicks
Professor
hicks1@pitt.edu
Diana Meriz
Professor
meriz@pitt.edu
Francesca Savoia
Professor Emerita of Italian
savoia@pitt.edu
In Memoriam
Philip Koch
Daniel Russell
Professor
Barbara N. Sargent-Baur
Jerome Schwartz
Professor