
Reach out to Matt Lang with questions re: academic policy, scheduling, assessments, & administration.
Reach out to Andy Spencer with questions re: student advising. (Emily Carpenter.438 in SU)
Reach out to Connie Knoechel with questions re: operations or fiscal policy.
Reach out to Garrick Bryan with questions re: Workday, purchasing, ordering, and travel.
Reach out to Sabrina Wei with questions re: pay and HR.
Administrative Links
Department Leadership
Department Chair - Sarah-Grace Heller.64
Director of Undergraduate Studies - Jennifer Willging.1
Director of Graduate Studies - Jonathan Combs-Schilling.1
French Basic-Language Director - Wynne Wong.240
French Basic-Language Assistant Director - Anne Mutidjo.1
Italian Basic-Language Director - April Weintritt.1
Italian Basic-Language Assistant Director - Rosa DiGrottole.1
French Center of Excellence Director - Benjamin Hoffmann.312
Academic Programs and Administrative Manager - Matt Lang.650
Business Operations Manager - Connie Knoechel.3
Financial Operations Senior Coordinator - TBD
Council of Graduate Studies Representative - Holly Engel.210
Advising and Service Roles
University Senator - Jonathan Combs-Schilling (2025-2028)
Graduate School Fellowship Review Committee: Benjamin Hoffmann (AU25) and Qian Liu.12199 (SP26)
ASC Senator - Jonathan Mullins.429 (2023-2027) / Benjamin Hoffmann.312 (alternate)
ASC Liberal Arts Major Curriculum Committee: Jennifer Willging.1
ASC Promotion and Tenure Committee: Wynne Wong.240
Teaching Schedules - French: Jennifer Willging.1 and Wynne Wong.240 / Italian: Janice Aski.1 and April Weintritt.1
Assessment Coordinator - Adela Lechintan-Siefer.1
Faculty Honors Major Mentors - French: Jennifer Willging.1 / Italian: April Weintritt.1
Faculty Major Mentors - French: Jennifer Willging.1 / Italian: Janice Aski.1
Romance Studies Major Mentors - French (as primary language): Jennifer Willging.1 / Italian (as primary language): Janice Aski.1
ASC College Advisor - Andy Spencer.4 (Emily Carpenter.438 in SU)
Minor Mentors - French: Rebecca Wetzel.215 / Italian: April Weintritt.1
Distance Learning Director - French: Wynne Wong.240 / Italian: April Weintritt.1
Distance Learning Assistant Director - French: Kate Schlosser.73 (Interim)
French Individualized Instruction and Summer DL Coordinator - Denis Mingallon.2
French 1103 Coordinator - Kate Schlosser.73
UG Club Advisors - French: Adela Lechintan-Siefer.1 / Italian: Giuliano Migliori.2
Transfer/Study Abroad Credit Evaluators - French: Kelly Campbell.796 / Italian: Eric Johnson
Italian Government Liaison and Grant Writing - Giuliano Migliori.2
K-12 Event and Engagement Planners - French: Adela Lechintan-Siefer.1 and Kate Schlosser.73 / Italian: Giuliano Migliori.2
Graduate Proficiency Exam Evaluator - Mauro Cazzolla.1
GIS/Minor in Second Language Studies: Wynne Wong.240
French & Italian Graduate Student Association (FIGSA) Leadership
President - Stefani Scimeca.3
Vice President - Michela Bertossa.1
Secretary - Chris Hope.96
Treasurer - Yongnan Zhang.14241
FIGSA Representative to Department meetings - Samanta Buffa.6
Annual Review, Promotion & Tenure Committee
Wynne Wong.240 - Chair
Jonathan Combs-Schilling.1
Benjamin Hoffmann.312 (AU25)
Lucille Toth.297, POD
Jennifer Willging.1 (SP26)
Salary Advisory Committee
Janice Aski.1 - Chair
Maggie Flinn.62
Wynne Wong.240
Associated Faculty Committee
Maggie Flinn.62 - Chair (2025-2027)
Kate Schlosser.73 (2025-2028)
Rosa DiGrottole.1 - Associated Faculty Member
Connie Knoechel.3 - Staff Representative
Undergraduate Studies Committee
Jennifer Willging.1 - Chair (2022-2026)
Janice Aski.1 - Italian UG Director (2025-2028)
Adela Lechintan-Siefer.1 - Assessment and Recruitment (2023-2026)
Matt Lang.650 - Staff Representative
TBD - UG Representative
Graduate Studies Committee
Jonathan Combs-Schilling.1 - Chair (2025-2028)
Ryan Joyce.289 (2025-2028)
Qian Liu.12199 (2024-2027)
Matt Lang.650 - Staff Representative
Stefani Scimeca.3 - GA Representative
Community and Mentorship Committee
Maggie Flinn.62 - Co-Chair
April Weintritt.1 - Co-Chair
Jonathan Mullins.429
Events and Engagement Committee
Benjamin Hoffmann.312 - Co-Chair for French
Qian Liu.12199 - Co-Chair for Italian
Adela Lechintan-Siefer.1 - French K-12 and community connections
Giuliano Migliori.2 - Italian K-12 and community connections
Kate Schlosser.73 - French K-12 and community connections
Matt Lang.650 - Staff Representative
Department Meetings Schedule
Remember to add the "FRIT Department" shared calendar to your Outlook (instructions). All meetings on the list below are included on that calendar.
Key:
- AD: meetings for all members of FRIT
- TT: meetings for tenure-track faculty only
- FSR: meetings for faculty, staff, and representatives
AY25 representatives:
- Associated Faculty: Pauline Remy.79
- Graduate Associates: Samanta Buffa.6
- Staff: Matt Lang.650
Autumn 2025 - Remember to add the "FRIT Department" shared calendar to your Outlook (instructions). All meetings on the list below are included on that calendar.
- August 11-20 - LIT workshop
- August 22, 11:00am-4:00pm - Faculty retreat (TT)
- August 26 - AU25 semester begins
- August 28, 5:00pm-6:00pm - Fall reception in HH200 (AD)
- September 1 - Labor Day, no classes
- September 8, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (AD)
- September 15, 9:30am-11:00am - ADA Title II Accessibility training workshop (AD)
- September 15, 3:00pm-4:00pm - Scheduling meeting (all schedulers)
- September 29, 9:00am-11:00am - P&T (4th year Mullins and Lechintan-Siefer; Weintritt promotion; committee of eligible faculty)
- October 16-17 - Fall break, no classes
- October 27, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (AD)
- November 11 - Veterans Day, no classes
- November 26-28 - Thanksgiving break
- December 8, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (BTAA report; AD)
- December 10 - Last day of AU25 semester courses
- December 11, 5:00pm TBA - FRIT holiday gathering (location TBA)
- December 12-18 - AU25 final exams
Spring 2026 - Remember to add the "FRIT Department" shared calendar to your Outlook (instructions). All meetings on the list below are included on that calendar.
- January 12 - SP26 classes begin
- January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no classes
- January 26, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (AD)
- February 17, 9:30am-11:00am - Faculty meeting (TT)
- February 23, 9:00am-11:00am - P&T (annual review of Liu, Joyce, Migliori, & Schlosser; committee of eligible faculty)
- March 2, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (AD)
- March 16-20 - Spring break, no classes
- March 30, 9:00am-11:00am - GTA review (All faculty)
- April 13, 9:30am-11:00am - Department meeting (AD)
- April 21 - Last day of SP26 courses
- April 29-May 5 - SP26 final exams
- May 9, 10:00am-12:00pm - FRIT graduation celebration (HH180)
Promotion, Tenure, & Annual Review Dates
- August 15: Dossiers for 4th-year reviews due to P&T committee.
- Oct 3: Recommended deadline for chair to notify candidates of results of TIU P&T review
- Oct 20: Deadline for submission of P&T dossiers to college
- February 1: Annual updates of probational tenure-track and teaching faculty for calendar year 2025 due to department operations manager, with SEIs.
- March 3: Annual updates of associate and full tenure-track and teaching faculty for calendar year 2025 due to department operations manager, with SEIs. Associate professors wishing to be put forward for promotion mustnotify chair.
- May 11: Associated Faculty annual updates and SEIs for 2025-2026 academic year due to operations manager.
Notes:
- Meetings will be held in 206 Hagerty Hall (unless otherwise indicated). You are urged to attend in person. If circumstances prevent that, you may also join via Zoom. Links will be sent out with agenda the Friday before the meeting. For security, log in with Ohio State username and password. Meetings will not be recorded.
- Some meetings may end early or be cancelled depending upon the number and urgency of discussions to be had. It is also possible an additional “emergency” meeting may need to be called for tenure-track faculty members and representatives if the College or University demands an important decision from the Department at some point during the year (although this is rare); in such a case, we will just do our best to obtain a quorum.
- “All-FRIT - AD”: these meetings open to all members of FRIT. They are mandatory for tenure-track faculty, staff, associated faculty, and graduate student representatives. Optional for everyone else. All are welcome.
- Some meetings are for tenure-track (TT) faculty members, staff, and the representatives of the associated faculty & graduate students only. If there are sensitive agenda items to be discussed by tenure-track faculty only, they will be reserved for the latter part of the meeting so the others may be free to leave early. Any pertinent information discussed that can be shared with other members of the Department will be, via the representatives.
Associated Faculty Award
Associated Faculty in The Department of French and Italian who have had a paper accepted at a professional conference, who have a research or professional development project that requires travel, or who have job interviews at the annual MLA Convention may apply for a Departmental Travel Award of up to $1,500. To apply, send a brief letter describing the paper, development opportunity, or project, a copy of the letter of acceptance or invitation, and an estimated budget (travel, lodging, and transportation) to the current department chair. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year until the funds have been exhausted.
Tenure-track (and Teaching) Faculty Travel Funding
Tenure-track faculty in French and Italian may apply for up to $2500 per academic year for research-related travel (conference presentations, archival work, etc.). Please e-mail the department chair a brief description of the conference or project, an acceptance or invitation e-mail if pertinent, and a rough budget. For additional funding of up to $2000 for conferences, research, creative work, etc., see the A&H Small Grants Program.