Romance Studies Celebrates 2023 Graduates

Chair Nicolás Fernández-Medina addresses the graduates at the 2023 RS commencement.

The BU Romance Studies Department held our annual commencement ceremony last Friday, May 19. Congratulations to all of our 2023 graduates!

PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures

(Dissertation titles in italics)

  • Gerardo Cruz, La aporía postnacional: Identidades posthumanas y espectrales en la literatura y las artes latinoamericanas contemporáneas
  • Teresa Gelardo Rodríguez, Una rosa bajo la arena. Doña Rosita la Soltera de Federico García Lorca y la dialéctica de la abscisión
  • Laura Mayron, The Abject Body in Federico Garcia Lorca, 1929-1930
  • José Luis Nogales Baena, Soviet Culture and Cultural Exchange in Mexico During the Cold War

Bachelor of Arts in French Studies

  • Chloe Caroline Hauville, French Studies, magna cum laude
  • Erin Elizabeth Sutton-Beals, French Studies, cum laude
  • Yingluo Wan, French Studies, cum laude

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language & Literatures

  • Sierra Cazassa, Spanish, magna cum laude
  • Kimberly Michelle Danni, Spanish
  • Iris Fitzsimmons Christensen, Spanish, cum laude
  • Marie Kimball, Spanish, summa cum laude
  • August McGreivy, Spanish
  • Maria Osipovich, Spanish
  • Valyn Lyric Turner, Spanish, cum laude