Recent Alumni

Damjan Rakonjac earned two PhDs from UCLA: one in Musicology (2023) and a second in French & Francophone Studies (2024). Damjan is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology at…

Lernik Hovsepyan is a PhD Candidate in French Studies, with interest in 18th century French literature and philosophy, the dialogue form and metacognition. Lernik holds two Master’s degrees in French…

Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert is a Ph.D. candidate whose doctoral research centers on developing a methodology for incorporating lost or missing films into cultural historiography. A native speaker of German and French,…