People Type: Graduate Students

Dottor, Matthew

Fall 2026 Office Hoursđź•’ 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

Dubie, Jessica

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  

Ebelabena, Jacqueline

Fall 2026 Office Hours Please contact via email Biography Education Research Interests My main academic interests are Francophone literature, Gender Studies and Film Theory.  These topics have sparked my interest since I started studying French literature around the world. My passion for Francophone literature has given me the opportunity to grow stronger and to question …

Fideleo, Antonio

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

Giuliano, Martina

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

Hatzopoulos, Irene

Biography PERSONAL WEBSITE CURRICULUM VITAE – Irene Hatzopoulos Education Research Interests Literature from the dopoguerra, Italian film and literature from the 1960s & 1970s, the use of dialects in literature, food culture studies. Dissertation Title The Figure of the Storyteller in the works of Pier Paolo Pasolini Courses Taught Conference Presentations Publications Distinctions

Irvine, Ian

Fall 2026 Office Hours Please contact via email Biography Education Research Interests Translation, Postcolonial linguistic relations in the Maghreb Courses Taught

Jimenez, Rommel

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 …

Jones, Audrey

Fall 2026 Office Hours Mondays 2:00-3:00 pm and Thursdays 1:00-2:00 pm, or by appointment

Mahany, John Thomas (JT)

Fall 2026 Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 pm, or by appointment Biography Education Research Interests Postmodern literature and translation theory Courses Taught