Averie studies Courtly love, Irish and Welsh folklore, Arthurian Legend, and Ogham. Her interests span many types of literature and time periods, but her degree will focus on the Middle Ages in the global North Atlantic, influenced by studies abroad in Ireland. She also takes an interest in feminist literature and analysis.

Luke studies late antique and early medieval European history, Old Norse, early German ecclesiology, early Christianity and monasticism, Greek Patrology, Eastern Christianity, Western Christianity, martyrology, Gothic culture, Arian Christianity, Church heresies. He is also interested in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts and post-WWII US occupied Germany.

Jess studies European paleography, with a thematic interest in the pathways of exchange that enabled scripts to cross sociocultural and political borders. She is also interested in medieval animals and material culture. Under the direction of Dr. Timothy Graham, Jess' dissertation seeks to frame European handwriting as a culturally commodified component of medieval life that constantly stood at the crossroads of spiritual, intellectual, and linguistic economies.

Andrew studies thirteenth and fourteenth English Literature. His main interests include views on kingship, family, and sovereignty and his dissertation focuses on manifestations of these themes in fourteenth-century Auchinleck Manuscripts.

Emily studies late-medieval European history, focusing on the Black Death, emotional histories, religious devotion, saints and their relics, and trauma. Her dissertation centers on the intersection of Christianity, trauma, and plague in late-medieval Italy, Portugal, and the greater European continent. She also has a background in Museum Studies, Art History, and Theology; as well as archaeological fieldwork experience.

Emily is the Institute for Medieval Studies Graduate Assistant and enjoys working with undergraduates, grad students, faculty, and the broader public!

Laurie studies the function and distribution of historical present in medieval narratives as a means of expressing cultural identity and stance, as well as narrative stance as expressed through grammatical elements and other constructions under the Medieval Studies PhD Program. She works on Old Norse, Old French, and Old English and is interested in language, linguistics, art, culture, and history.

Gavin studies migration and identity throughout the European continent. He is currently working on Jewish identity in the Western Iberian context, concentrating on the intersections of linguistics, economy, the environment, and culture.

Jonathan studies queer history, gender and sexuality, medieval European cultural history, late-medieval Iberia, late-medieval financial history, intellectual history, magic, medicine, Disability Studies, Paleography, and Codicology.

Luke's research interests include performance, embodiment, tragedy, and depictions of suffering in Middle English literature with a secondary focus on Old English verse.

Luke is also the Institute for Medieval Studies Outreach Fellow, and shares the multidisciplinary focus of Medieval Studies with secondary students in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas while fostering community interest in the medieval world.

Karli studies late-medieval European art history with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary studies of gender and feminism and their connection to material culture, textile arts, fashion, and their intersectionality with manuscript studies. She is also interested in museum studies, curatorial and archival practices, collections management, object interpretation, and conservation techniques.

Jackie studies material and ritual culture of the Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia, with coursework and training in History, Archaeology, and Museum Studies. Her M.A. thesis explores how three women of the Viking Age Knýtlinga dynasty are memorialized through material culture and how that material culture has influenced their enduring legacies. She has traveled extensively in the UK, Sweden, and Denmark, and has done archaeological fieldwork at the early medieval site of Sorte Muld on the Baltic island of Bornholm. She also works part-time as a curatorial assistant in the history division of the Albuquerque Museum.

Cody's research focuses on the social, religious, and political development of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Kory studies gender and sexuality in the Mediterranean during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. He focuses on the intersection of gender and sexuality with invective literature, looking at how it is received by a particular audience, especially during sixth-century Constantinople. He is also interested in Global Middle Ages and how prostitution and human trafficking were incentives for long distance networks.