CMS standing committees are composed of faculty, students, and administrators. Representatives for the 2025-2026 academic year are listed below. Additionally, the student body runs a number of initiatives through its own student committees, which are governed by the Centre for Medieval Studies Course Union.
See Governance for a description of each committee’s function. See Student Committees for current positions and officers.
Executive:
- James Ginther, Director
- Renée Trilling, Associate Director
- Kara Gaston, PhD Coordinator
Academic Programs:
- Kara Gaston, Chair
- Alexandra Bolintineanu
- Nick Everett
- Brent Miles
- Terry Louisy
- Liz Lourenco
- Jack McCart (student rep)
Admissions & Fellowships:
- Renée Trilling, Chair
- Kara Gaston
- Cillian O’Hogan
- John McGinnis
- Mark Meyerson
- Terry Louisy
Conferences, Lectures, Visitors:
- James Ginther, Chair
- John Haines
- Nick Everett
- Cora Endean
- Liz Lourenco
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility
- Cillian O’Hogan, Chair
- Cora Endean
- Brianna Daigneault (student rep)
Latin:
- Cillian O’Hogan, Chair
- Kara Gaston
- Shami Ghosh
- Riccardo Macchioro
- Stephen Pelle
- Peter King
- Gregory Carrier (student rep)
- Matthew Red (student rep)
Modern Languages:
- Fabienne Michelet (French), Chair
- Isabelle Cochelin (French)
- Shami Ghosh (German)
- Sebastian Sobecki (German)
- Adam Lalonde (student rep)
- Diego Espinoza (student rep)
Placement:
- Kara Gaston, Chair/Organizer
- Alexandra Bolintineanu
- James Ginther
- Cillian O’Hogan
- Sebastian Sobecki
Publications:
- James Ginther, Chair
- Robert Getz
- Dorothea Kullmann
- Brent Miles
- Suzanne Rancourt (UT Press)
- Fred Unwalla (PIMS)
- Morgan Moore (student rep)
Workload
- James Ginther, Chair
- Kara Gaston
- Cillian O’Hogan