Meet Our Students

Because we're especially proud of our certificate students, we'd like you to meet some of them. Visit their profiles for their complete statements.

Roxanne Edel
"I found out about the Medieval Studies Certificate because I took a lot of Italian literature courses and fell in love with the language of the poets. I study Italian and Classics, which means there's a lot of intersection and it kind of seemed obvious to do this as well. Being such a broad subject, I was really able to pick and choose which parts fascinated me most which really encouraged me to learn."
Roxanne Edel
Lila Ives
"As a double major in history and Italian, the Medieval Studies certificate has allowed me to concentrate my history degree to a more specific time period within the broad subject matter of the major. The certificate has been very flexible allowing both history and Italian classes to count towards the certificate."
Lila Ives
Katie Robertson
"As a History major and member of the Commonwealth Honors College, I became interested in the Medieval Certificate because of my desire to study such a greatly interesting yet misunderstood time in history. Since the history major is so broad, the opportunity to take a majority of my classes related to medieval subjects, made me really happy."
Katie Robertson
Andrew Bielecki
"As a Dual Degree Candidate here at UMass, studying both History and Anthropology, the Medieval Studies Certificate provides me with ample access and opportunities to explore subjects not commonly taught in either of my disciplines."
Andrew Bielecki
Mia DePalma
"I first became interested in the Medieval Studies Certificate because in my time as a history major, my absolute favorite classes to take revolved around the Middle Ages. I think that it's so easy to forget that the people living in this era were real people who were in a lot of ways similar to people today."
Mia DePalma
Emma Holtz ('23)
"As an Art History student with a passion for medieval history and culture, the Medieval Studies certificate has been an amazing opportunity for me to expand my knowledge in my favorite subject."
Emma Holtz ('23)