September 2018 - Present | Assistant Professor of Italian Studies, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | |
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September 2013 - August 2018 | Adjunct Lecturer of Italian Studies, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Italian and Italian American literature and culture (post-1861), Migrations (from and to Italy), Italian national identity, transnational literature and cinema, Postcolonial theory, gender studies, theories of space and liminality, intermediality, Digital Humanities in research and teaching, and Instructional technology
Professional Service and Affiliations
2012 - Present | Book Review Editor, Altreitalie, International Journal of Studies on Italian Migrations in the World |
Honors and Awards
- Leonardo Award 2020 in the Humanities. Leonardo da Vinci Society of San Francisco and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation
Courses
- ITAL 187 (in English) and ITAL 187I (in Italian): Destination Italy: Immigration in Film and literature (Core Curriculum: Civic Engagement; Pathway: Cinema Studies)
- ITAL 197 (Special Topics): Immigration Culture in Italy
- ITAL 1: Introduction to Italian Language and Culture I
- ITAL 113: Introduction to Italian Cinema
- ITAL 106: Advanced Italian Conversation
- ITAL 101: Introduction to Cultural Analysis
- ITAL 12A: Italy, Gateway of Cultures (Core Curriculum: Cultures & Ideas 2)
- ITAL 2: Elementary Italian 2
- ITAL 100: Advanced Italian 1- Italian through Italian Cuisine
- ITAL 154: Nature and the Italian Literary Imagination
- ITAL 185: The Italian American Experience (Core Curriculum: Diversity; Pathway: American Studies)
2010 | Ph.D. in Italian Studies from Brown, Brown University | |
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2004 | M.A. in Italian Language and Literature, University of Pittsburgh | |
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1999 | Laurea in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy | |
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Links
Contact Information
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