RS Celebrates Graduates, Award Winners
The Romance Studies Department celebrated our 2025 graduates and undergraduate award winners at our departmental convocation on Friday, May 16!
PhD Graduates
Doctor of Philosophy in French Language & Literature
- Khadija El Karfi Joss
- Dissertation: Excavating the Silenced History of Slavery and Race in Morocco
- Kelly Elizabeth Keenan
- Dissertation: Rewriting Body and Word: Gender and Catholicism in French Literature and Film
- Anik Laure Noudou
- Dissertation: Femmes et Regards au Cœur des Débats Littéraires et Cinématographiques 40 ans Après Mariama Bâ
Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Language & Literatures
- Natanael Saraí García Santos
- Dissertation: Ficciones sobre la infancia. La semilla de la identidad nacional en el México posrevolucionario (1920 – 1950)
BA Graduates
Bachelor of Arts in French Studies
- Elias Poretta DiMatties
- Benjamin K Miller
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
- Lila Baltaxe
- Madison Larae Keefer
- Roni Lakin
- Meera Rao
Award Winners
College Prize for Excellence in Romance Studies
- Elias Poretta DiMatties
French Barbara Argote Award
- Maxwell Hansen
Isabella Leen Book Award
- Benjamin K Miller
Spanish Barbara Argote Award
- Madison Larae Keefer
- Renata Pérez
Romance Studies Book Award in Spanish
- Lila Baltaxe
Award for Translation from Spanish
- Sameeha Sood
Tarsila do Amaral Award
- Sisar Botelho
Portuguese Honors Society
- Sisar Botelho
- Karoline Ferreira
- Elsa Gu
Carrie O’Connor Memorial Travel Fund Recipient
- Jennifer Mendoza-Melo, Carrie O’Connor Memorial Travel Fund Recipient
- Baylee Wheelock, Carrie O’Connor Memorial Travel Fund Recipient