Program Staff

Stephen Marth

On-Site Director

Stephen has worked in the fields of study abroad and Italian studies over the last two decades. Before coming to Trinity, Stephen served as Assistant Director of the Brown University in Bologna study abroad program and Manager of Short Term Programs and Global Initiatives in the Office of International Programs at Brown University. Motivated by the desire to have an immersive cultural exchange experience in Italy, he first moved there to teach English in private and public schools after finishing his BA in Art History at the University of Georgia. He holds a PhD in Italian Studies from Brown University and a MA in Italian from Middlebury College. Stephen’s research and teaching interests include twentieth century Italian visual arts and literature, and in particular Italian Futurism. He is currently researching the intersection between Futurism and popular science at the turn of the century.

Francesco Lombardi

Student Activities Coordinator

Francesco Lombardi holds a diploma from a Liceo Classico and has completed the first two years of Law School at the University of Rome. He was involved with the Trinity Elderhostel programs for about fourteen years and has been working for the Rome Campus since 1987 as an Assistant to the Program. His work focuses are the Internship Program, sports placements, and extracurricular activities for the students, the organization of social meetings with local university students.

Francesco Ciccarelli

IT Specialist & Librarian

Francesco Ciccarelli is the hub of information technology and library services at the Rome Campus. A computing enthusiast and consummate trouble-shooter, he keeps the Rome Campus ahead of the curve in IT and gives full individual attention to each student’s set-up and needs.

ANGELA LAVECCHIA

Immersion & Engagement Learning Coordinator

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator

Angela Lavecchia holds a BA in Foreign Languages and a MA in Comparative Literature from Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. During her last year as a student in Napoli, she spent a semester abroad in Dublin, Ireland for an internship sponsored by the Erasmus Placement Exchange Program.

She has worked for two years as Italian Teaching Fellow at Bowdoin College, Maine and she has taught Italian and English as second language to immigrants and refugees in Torino for one year. She has worked for one year with CIEE Ferrara as Italian Language Instructor and Assistant to the Program Coordinator for the college students programs, and has also been involved with the High School Summer Abroad programs as Program leader and Italian Language Instructor. Angela is fluent in English and has also studied French, German and Arabic.

Alexandra Ceobanu

Head Resident Assistant

Alexandra Ceobanu holds a BA in Languages and Linguistic-Cultural Mediation from Università degli studi Roma Tre. Currently studying for her MA in Economics and International management at UNINT-Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma. Romanian is her native language. She’s fluent in Italian and she studied English, Spanish and French. She has previously worked at Trinity College Rome Campus as University Partner for a year and a half.

Alexandra loves travelling and discovering new places. She has spent time abroad in Dublin, Ireland and Barcelona, Spain.

Anna Altieri

Resident Assistant

Anna Altieri is currently studying for her MA in International Relations at LUMSA University in Rome. She holds a BA in Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation. She can speak English and German.

She has previously worked at Trinity College Rome Campus as University Partner firstly, then as Resident Assistant at Casa Anselmo.

Anna loves painting, cooking and travelling with her friends.