Courses Taught at Umbra
Italian Language Beginner and Intermediate
THIT 350 Blockbusters and Bestsellers
Credentials
Ph.D. in Italian Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Visiting Scholar, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
AM in Classical Philology, Harvard University
Research Interests
Cultural Identity in Narrative Fiction
Cultural Memory in Narrative Fiction
Contemporary Italian Mystery Novels
The Holocaust in Italian Fiction
Platonism in Italian Literature
Classical Myths in Dante Alighieri
Learning Strategies and Cognitive Styles within the Classroom
Task-based Language Learning (TBLL) within the Direct Method in Secondary Language Acquisition
Courses Taught
Italian Language (all levels)
Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
Italian Opera
Modern Italian Culture and Media Analysis
Introduction to Ancient Western Civilization: from Homer to Virgil
The Golden Age of Latin Literature
Topics in Art History: Alexander the Great
Publications
Publications include articles on Homer, Plato, Thucydides, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, and Andrea Camilleri.