Giulia Schimmenti

Education

• Ph.D. in Italian Studies, French and Italian Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Expected, May 2028.
• Doctoral Minor in Management and Human Resources, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Doctoral Minor in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• M.A. in Italian Studies, French and Italian Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2023.
• B.A. in Translation and Interpretation, SSML Vittoria. Torino, Italy, November 2019.

Research Interests

20th and 21st century Italian American literature, the myth of the American Dream in the Italian American experience, the myth of America in 20th century Italian literature, migration literature, and the Italian diaspora.

Courses Taught

• IT 101 – First Semester Italian
• IT 102 – Second Semester Italian
• IT 203 – Third Semester Italian
• IT 204 – Fourth Semester Italian
• IT 205 – Accelerated Intermediate Italian

Conference Presentations

• “Rethinking the American Dream: Ethnicity, Belonging, and Memory in Umbertina.” Fuori Luogo: On Displacement(s) and Becoming, 17th Brown-Harvard Chiasmi Conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, April 10-11, 2026.
• “The Un-American Dream: Otherness in Wait Until Spring, Bandini and Umbertina.” On the Edge: Talking Exile and Otherness, 39th GAFIS Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, March 6-7, 2026.
• “Pietro Verri in Translation: Meditations on Happiness and The Wisconsin Idea.” Rethinking the Italian Eighteenth-Century and Its Transnational Connections, Department of French and Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, April 4-5, 2025.

Awards and Achievements

• Christopher and Margaret Kleinhenz Italian Scholarship for Academic and Teaching Excellence, April 2024 and April 2025.
• Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Fund Scholarship for Teaching Excellence, April 2023.