Katy Prantil

Katy Prantil is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She serves as Director of the Italian Basic Language Program and teaches courses in Italian language and historical linguistics. Prantil holds a Ph.D. in Italian (Romance Linguistics and Philology) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2017).

Her research focuses on Italo-Romance morphosyntax, socio-historical language change dynamics, historical phonology in Romance varieties, and pedagogical approaches to second language acquisition. She specializes in integrating sociolinguistic perspectives with historical linguistic analysis.

Prantil's teaching portfolio includes courses such as Italian Reading and Conversation, Advanced Grammar & Composition, Elementary Italian, and Historical Romance Linguistics. She actively develops curriculum materials emphasizing communicative competence and cultural immersion. Office hours are held Monday/Wednesday 9-10 AM via Zoom.