LAMEM Students
LAMEM invites Brooklyn College and CUNY students to join our colloquia as members.
Meet our Students
Many regular LAMEM student attendees have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in premodern or early modern studies and make academic careers of their own, including:
Shona Adler ’14, English
- University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., English, 2023
- Assistant Professor, English, Vanderbilt University, 2023–present
Miriam Bernstein ’20, Judaic Studies/Religion/History
- UC Berkeley, Ph.D., Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, in process
Laurence Bond ’17, History/Religion/Classics
- Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., History, 2026
Nicholas Cipriani ’25, M.A. in History (Queens College)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, History Ph.D., in process
Alexa Climaldi ’22 M.A., English
- CUNY Graduate Center, Ph.D., English, in process
Lucy Curran, ’26, Art History
- Western Michigan University, M.A. in Medieval Studies, in process
Brittany Lugo ’24, CUNY B.A. Medieval Studies
- Fordham University, M.A. in Medieval Studies, in process
Francisco Manitas ’17, ’19 M.A., History
- CUNY Graduate Center, Ph.D., History, in process
Steven McCafferty ’24, Hunter B.A., History
- Columbia University, M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, in process
Julia Paré ’17, Classics
- Princeton University, Ph.D., Classics, in process
Maryam Esperanza Razaz ’14, CUNY B.A., Medieval Studies
- Durham University, M.A., Medieval Studies, 2016
- Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D./D.N.P., in process
Teanu Reid ’16, History
- Yale University, Ph.D., History, in process
Joseph Romano ’18 M.A., English
- Columbia University, Ph.D., English, in process
Andrew Rubner ’17, Philosophy
- Rutgers University, Ph.D., Philosophy, in process
Vivienne Soares, ’25, Art History (Hunter)
- Case Western Reserve University, M.A. in Art History, in process
Isabel Stern ’14, English
- Rutgers University, Ph.D., English, in process
Robin Tainsh ’21, History
- Teacher’s College, Columbia University, M.S.Ed., in process
Contact Information
If you are a student or scholar interested in attending LAMEM events, or if you are a faculty member, professor, or graduate student interested in presenting, contact: