CURRENT POSITION

Visiting Lecturer of Italian

EDUCATION

May 2010  Indiana University ( Bloomington, In)

                M.A., Italian as second Language and Italian Literature

                Thesis: "Dismantling Cultural Stereotypes: A Reflection-Process Approach"

Feb 1998  Università degli studi di Genova (Genova,Italy)

               Laurea in Modern Languages and Literatures (B.A.equivalent)

               (specialization in English and Spanish)

               Thesis: "Il Rapporto tra Uomo e Natura nei romanzi di Patrick White"

               ( The relationship between man and nature in the novels of

                 Patrick White)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Aug 2010 -        Visiting Lecturer of Italian
                        Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2007 -2010        Instructor of Italian
                        Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2005 - 2007      Intructor of Italian
                       Pasadena Language Center, Pasadena, CA

2006 -2007       Italian Instructor for kids
                       McKinley Elementary School, Pasadena,CA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conferences

"How to Face and Overcome Stereotypes in a L2 Class", American Association of Teachers of Italian Conference, Pittsburgh, April, 2010. (Paper Presentation)

"Il documentario di De Seta: tra realismo e neorealismo", Italian Cinema Symposium, Bloomington, April 2009.(Paper Presentation)

Workshops

Feb 2009   "Teaching a second language with TPRS",  Whiteland, IN

Mentorship

2010 - 2011 Mentor for the new gradstudents at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


LOCAL SERVICE

Co-Director and organizer of "La scuoletta italiana di Bloomington" (the Italian School for kids). 2011-


TEACHING

Gen - May  2012    M100    First semester of Italian (beginner  class)
Gen - May  2012    M200    Third semester of Italian (intermediate class)

Aug - Dec 2011     M100     First semester of Italian (beginner  class)
Aug - Dec 2011     M200    Third semester of Italian (intermediate class)

Gen - May 2011    M215      Accellerate Italian (intermediate/advance class)
Gen - May 2011    M115      Accelerate Italian  (beginner/ intermediate class)

Aug - Dec 2010    M150       Second semester of Italian (beginner class)

Summer 2010      M150       Second semester of Italian (beginner class)

Gen - May 2010    M115       Accelerate Italian  (beginner/ intermediate class)

Aug - Dec 2009    M250       Forth semester of Italian (intemediate class)
Aug - Dec 2009    M100       First semester of Italian (beginner  class)

Summer 2009      M100       First semester of Italian (beginner  class)

Gen - May 2009  M150        Second semester of Italian (beginner class)

Aug- Dec 2008   M100        First semester of Italian (beginner  class)
Gen - Dec 2008 M100        First semester of Italian (beginner  class)


LANGUAGES

Italian: Native
English: Near Native
Spanish: Near Native
French: Advanced
Russian:Intermediate
Portuguese: Reading