Experiential learning

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Pasta Making

Pasta making lesson for students of Italian. Together, we learn to make tagliatelle, tortelloni, and ravioli while speaking Italian (and we eat them too!).
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A day at the archives

My self-designed undergraduate seminar “Black Italy” (taught in Italian) challenges the concept of Italianness and examines its intersection with race through the lens of literature, cinema, documentary, art, and music. In this course, students investigate the relationship between Italy and Africa from the Renaissance to modern times.

These pictures were taken during a lesson at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where students read original volumes from the Fascist period to understand how the regime justified its colonial enterprise.

At the Nasher Museum of Art

Students in my intermediate Italian class spent a lesson exploring the Nasher Museum of Art to learn about its history, its spaces, and its collections. Together, they learn how to describe works of art and their historical context, and they practice their interpersonal skills by discussing their favorite art.