People Type: Italian

Fall 2026 Office Hours Please contact via email Biography Dario Becattini CV Education Courses Taught Publications Awards and Achievements

Fall 2026 Office Hours Mondays 5:25-6:25 pm on Zoom, Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 pm Biography Sara Coppola CV Education Research Interests Interested in American cinema in Italy, its reception, the cultural history of Italian-American relations, and cultural policy between the two countries. Disertation Title Indipendenti ma non troppo: promozione e ricezione del cinema statunitense alla Mostra del …

Fall 2026 Office Hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:00 pm, or by appointment. Please contact by email. Biography Education Research Interests My interests mainly concern the birth and theory of the modern novel, with particular attention to the works of Auerbach and Bakhtin and to the more contemporary developments in comparative criticism. Courses Taught

Fall 2026 Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 pm in person Biography Education Research Interests Literature of Emigration, Italian-American literature, History of Italian emigration to the United States Courses Taught Conference Presentations Awards and Achievements

Fall 2026 Office Hours🕒 Please contact via email Biography Education Research Interests Post-colonial studies, migration of Middle-Eastern diasporic communities in Italy, Second-Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, representations of male relationships in queer, Italian media. Courses Taught

Fall 2026 Office Hours Wednesdays 11:00am-1:00pm, or by appointment Biography Jessica Dubie CV Education Research Interests 18th Century Italian Female Poets; Italian and Latin American Women Writers; Roles of Women in Fiction; Multilingual Language Learners and International Education; Interdisciplinary Learning Models Courses Taught Conference Presentations Publications Awards and Achievements  

Fall 2026 Office Hours Mondays 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, and by appointment Biography Education Research Interests Children’s Literature, Ecocriticism, Transcultural Studies, Translation Studies Courses Taught

Biography Education Research Interests Contemporary Italian literature, Postcolonial studies, Black Italy, Gender & Sexuality studies, and Food Studies Dissertation Title “The de-construction of the Italian Postcolonial Identity. From Colonialism to Black Italy” Courses Taught University of Oklahoma (2025-present) University of Wisconsin–Madison  Conference Presentations Publications Awards and Achievements

Biography Education Research Interests Research interests include Italian Renaissance epic, Ariosto, Boiardo, Tasso, Poliziano, Machiavelli, Italian Renaissance theater, Italian Renaissance political history, early-modern Mediterranean studies, French chivalric romance, as well as cityscapes.  Dissertation focuses on the political, historical, and cultural representation of urban centers in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, concentrating on Paris, Ferrara, Damascus, and …