Standing Committees

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