Medieval Graduate Students in English

MSC03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Physical Location:
Humanities
2nd Floor

Alumni/ae

It is a testament to the power of the UNM Medieval Studies program that so many MeGSE alumni go on to accomplish so much, either in advanced programs or in academic pursuits in and outside of the Academy.  The following is a list of the students who have made great use of the program upon its completion.

If you graduated from the UNM English Department and were a member of MeGSE, please contact Anita Obermeier and let her know where you are and what you're doing!

Alumni/ae and Current Affiliations

Megan Abrahamson

Dr. Megan Abrahamson

MA, 2014
PhD, University of Missouri 2020
Part-Time Faculty at the University of New Mexico
maeglin@unm.edu

 

Dr. Sarah Baechle

MA, 2007
MSSA President, 2005–07
PhD, University of Notre Dame 2015
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi

Dr. Mary Blum

Dr. Mary Blum

PhD, 2004
Middle Form, Latin Faculty at Stuart Hall & Convent of the Sacred Heart Schools, San Francisco
mary.blum@sacredsf.org 

Justin Brock

Justin Brock

MA, 2013
Currently enrolled in a PhD program at the University of Oregon
jbrock@uoregon.edu 

Bram Cleaver

Bram Cleaver

MA, 2012
PhD, program at St. Louis University 2022
acleaver@slu.edu 

Dr. Leslie Donovan

Dr. Leslie Donovan

MA, 1986
PhD, University of Washington 1993
Professor, Honors College, University of New Mexico
ldonovan@unm.edu 

 

Dr. Annie D’Orazio

PhD, 2017
Diss Title: "Long Life of Visual Narratives"

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Dr. Colleen Dunn

PhD, 2015
Bilinski Foundation Fellow
Diss Title: "God's Chosen: The Cults of Virgin Martyrs in Anglo-Saxon England"

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Robert Esquibel

MA, 2022

 

Emily (DD) Frontiere

MA, 2017

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Scooter Gatsch

MA, 2022
Gallagher Fellow

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Fr. Christopher Hallada

MA, 2005
Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Albuquerque

 

Asa Holcombe

MA, 2024
Currently enrolled in a MFA Program at the University of New Mexico

Emilee Howland-Davis 

Emilee Howland-Davis

MA, 2014
MSSA President, 2010-13
PhD, University of Missouri 2019
Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Superior
emileejhowland-davis@mail.missouri.edu

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Dr. Kevin Jackson

PhD, 2022
Outreach Fellow, 2014–16
Dissertation Title: "Beyond Seeing: Sight, Mind, and Power in Early-Medieval England"

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Stéfan Koekemoer

MA, 2021
Portfolio: "The Monstrous Face of Fate: Agents and Casualties of Fate in Medieval English Thought"
Faculty at John Paul II Catholic High School, Greenville, North Carolina
Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year (2021)

Dr. Christine Kozikowski

Dr. Christine Kozikowski

PhD, 2013
MSSA President, 2007-08
Assistant Professor, College of the Bahamas
christine.kozikowski@cob.edu.bs

 

Justin Larsen

PhD, 2018
MSSA President, 2013–15
Bilinski Foundation Fellow
Diss Title: “Material Culture and the Exeter Book”

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Dr. Jerry Lavin

PhD, 2021
Diss Title: "Literacy, Rhetoric, Tradition, and Truth in the Age of Bede"
Faculty at Estancia Valley Classical Academy in Edgewood, New Mexico

Dr. Karmen Lenz

Dr. Karmen Lenz

PhD, 2004
Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize Recipient
Associate Professor, Middle Georgia State College, Macon
karmen.lenz@mga.edu 

 

Nicholas Lyle

MA, 2019
Portfolio Title: Fairies in Medieval Literature

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Apsyn Maes

MA, 2022
MSSA President 2020–2021

 

Lukus Malaney

MA, 2022

 

Ian Martin

MA, 2024
Currently enrolled in a PhD Program at the University of New Mexico

Kellie S. Meyer

Dr. Kellie S. Meyer

MA, 2000
PhD, University of York 2005
Faculty Member, TMI: the Episcopal School of Texas
kelmeyer7@gmail.com

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Dr. Lisa Myers

PhD, 2015
Visiting Faculty, University of New Mexico
Diss Title: "Wilderness and Genre in Medieval English Literature: Audience, Society and Ideology"
myersl@unm.edu

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Dr. Doaa Omran

PhD, 2019
Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellow 2016–17
Diss Title: "Female Protagonist Mega-Archetypes: A Study in Medieval European Romances"

 

Ford Peay

MA, 2024
Currently in a PhD Program at Arizona State University

 

Marybeth Perdomo

MA, 2019
Medieval Outreach Fellow, 2017–19
Currently enrolled in a PhD Program at Purdue University

 

Amelia Ranney

MA, 2008
Outreach Fellow 2007–08
Portfolio Title: "Don't Lose Your Head: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a Mirror for Princes"
MLIS, University of Illinois, Champaigne
Project Archivist with NPS Chaco Culture National Historical Park Archives

 

Dr. Dalicia Raymond

PhD, 2020
Outreach Fellow 2016–18
MSSA President 2017–20
Bilinski Foundation Fellow
Diss Title: "The Magic of Love: Love Magic in Medieval Romance"
Assistant Professor at Spartanburg Methodist College
raymondd@smcsc.edu

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Dr. Abigail Robertson

PhD, 2018
Bilinski Foundation Fellow
Diss Title: "Holy Body, Holy Place: The Veneration of St. Swithun from Old Minster to Winchester Cathedral"
Digital Humanities at the Getty Research Institute in LA

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Anja Sanchez

MA, 2022
Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year (2021)

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Dr. Nicholas Schwartz

PhD, 2015
Bilinski Foundation Fellow
Visiting Faculty, University of New Mexico
Diss Title: "Rulers and the Wolf: Archbishop Wulfstan, Anglo-Saxon Kings, and the Problems of His Present"
Lecturer III at the University of New Mexico
nschwar@unm.edu

 

Dr. Karra Shimabukuro

PhD, 2017
Diss Title: "The Political Devil in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature"
Assistant Professor at Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina
khshimabukuro@ecsu.edu

Dr. Marisa Sikes

Dr. Marisa Sikes

PhD, 2012
Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize Nominee
MSSA President, 2008-10
Assistant Professor, Austin Peay State University
sikesm@apsu.edu 

 

Dr. Jessica Troy

PhD, 2019
MSSA President 2015–17
Diss Title: “Calling All Corpses: An Examination of the Treatment of the Dead in Old English Literature”

 

Alex Ukropen

MA, 2018
Portfolio Title: "Philosophical and Theological Manifestations in English Medieval Literature"
Currently in a PhD Program at the University of Wisconsin

 

Breeanna Watral

MA, 2018
Portfolio Title: "Queer Pasts and Queer Futures: Queer Medievalisms in Kim Zarins’ Sometimes We Tell the Truth and Audrey Coulthurst’s Of Fire and Star"

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Oz Winegardner

MA, 2022
Portfolio Title:
Currently in law school at William & Mary Law School