Chair of the Department
Alessandra Grego
2003
Associate Professor of English
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1999
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2003
Email: [email protected]
Professors
Silvia Ammary
2003
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Coordinator of ENLUS (English Language for University Studies)
B.A., University of Jordan, 1993
M.A., University of Jordan, 1996
Ph.D., University of Jordan, 2001
Email:
[email protected]
Christin Campbell
2015
Lecturer in English
B.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1999
M.A., University of Kansas, 2005
Email:
[email protected]
David Castronuovo
2017
Lecturer in English
B.A., Yale University, 1973
M.S., Indiana University, 1980
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
Email:
[email protected]
Daniel Roy Connelly
2011
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Columbia University, 1999
MLitt, University of St Andrews, 2000
Ph.D., University of St Andrews, 2004
Email:
[email protected]
Carolina De Luca
2013
Lecturer in English
B.A., Hunter College, City University of New York, 1995
M.A., The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2000
M.Phil., The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2004
Email:
[email protected]
Carlos Dews
2008
Professor of English
B.A., University of Texas, 1987
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1992
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994
M.F.A., The New School University, 2008
Email:
[email protected]
Moira Egan
2022
Lecturer in Creative Writing
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1985
M.F.A., Columbia University, 1992
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1994
Email:
[email protected]
Aidan Fadden
2012
Lecturer in English
B.A., The University of Wales, Bangor, 1995
M.A., The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1998
Email:
[email protected]
Elizabeth Farren
2022
Lecturer in Creative Writing
B.A., Columbia University, 2002
M.F.A., Bennington College, Vermont, 2007
Email:
[email protected]
Elizabeth Geoghegan
2009
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
B.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992
M.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996
M.F.A., The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998
Email:
[email protected]
Richard Horan
2022
Lecturer in English
B.A., Boston University, 1981
M.A.T. , University of Pittsburgh, 1988
TESOL, Columbia Teachers College, 2020
Email:
[email protected]
Jonathan Jones
2014
Lecturer in English
B.A., Keele University, U.K., 1997
M.A., Bath Spa University College, U.K., 1998
M.Res., Keele University, 2004
Ph.D., University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2020
Email:
[email protected]
Tara Keenan-Thomson
2011
Instructor of English Composition, Writing Center Coordinator
B.A., New York University, 1998
M.A., New York University, 2001
Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin, 2006
Email:
[email protected]
Lewis Klausner
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Boston University, 1980
Ph.D., Yale University, 1988
Email:
[email protected]
Theresa Lindo
2021
Lecturer in English
B.Sc., Boston University, 1998
M.B.A., The George Washington University, 2005
M.A., The George Washington University, 2005
Email:
[email protected]
Mattia Maglione
2021
Lecturer in English
B.A. John Cabot University, 2017
M.Phil. Trinity College, Dublin, 2019
Ph.D. cand, Trinity College, Dublin, 2025
Email:
[email protected]
Nefeli Misuraca
2017
Lecturer in English
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1996
Ph.D., Yale University, 2001
Email:
[email protected]
Christopher Neenan
1973
Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Cambridge University, 1967
M.A., Cambridge University, 1971
B.A., University of London, 1977
Laurea, University of Rome, 1978
Email:
[email protected]
Stephanie Richards
2017
Lecturer in English
B.A., Hunter College, 2003
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Email:
[email protected]
Andrea Rossi
2017
Lecturer in English
B.A., Sheffield Hallam University, U.K., 1998
Email:
[email protected]
Shannon Russell
2005
Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1985
M.A., Dalhousie University, 1988
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1997
Post-Doctorate Fellow, University of Oxford, 2000
Email:
[email protected]
Andrew Rutt
2012
Lecturer in English
B.A., Goldsmith's College, University of London, 1999
M.A., Open University, 2016
Email:
[email protected]
Livia Sacchetti
2022
Lecturer in English
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2000
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2004
Email:
[email protected]
Rina Rachel Sondhi
2022
Lecturer in English
B.Ed., University of Sheffield, 1991
M.A., University of Surrey, 1996
NPQH, National College of School Leadership, 2005
Email:
[email protected]
James Teasdale
2018
Lecturer in English
B.A., University of Oxford, 2011
M.A., University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2016
Ph.D., University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2021
Email:
[email protected]
Alessandra Grego
2003
Associate Professor of English
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1999
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2003
Email:
[email protected]
Alessandra Grego was born in London and raised in Rome, where she studied Modern Languages at Sapienza University, earning a PhD in English Literature in 2004 with a thesis on the function of mythical narratives in the novels of the Victorian realist George Eliot. She has taught English language and literature for over 20 years, both in Italian universities and at John Cabot University.
Alongside a continuous interest in how and why stories are told and what effect they have on their readers, she cultivates a passion for design, illustration, and graphics, which she fostered quietly on the side until she found a way of combining her literary and visual interests in the pursuit of Digital Humanities. This relatively new approach to the study and pedagogy of literature through the use of digital tools provides, among other things, a way to visualize information about literature. She is a hand-drawn and CGI animation enthusiast, with a particular love for the movies of Miyazaki Hayao.
Research Interests
Grego’s early curiosity for mythical narratives and traditions has remained the focus of her research. In her research she investigates the way fiction reworks the traditional narratives shared by a historical community to challenge their original meaning and provide them with a new narrative function. She is currently preparing a book proposal on this topic.
Digital Humanities, a method of inquiry opening new fields of study in literature using digital tools, interest her both as a researcher and as a teacher. She is working on a project to classify and analyze intertextual references in fictional texts, a digital archive of nineteenth century writers visiting Rome, and on a digital exhibition of the family stories of Italian-American students at John Cabot University.
Pedagogy of Digital Humanities. Experimenting with the use of digital tools in English literature courses, Grego is investigating how digital humanities provide undergraduate students with a new approach the study of literature working with a broad historical and geographical perspective and a minute and data driven study of specific texts, while at the same time developing useful practical experience.
Courses Taught
The diverse, multicultural environment at John Cabot University is stimulating and poses an interesting challenge to the instructor. To address this challenge, Grego works with different methods, including digital resources and tools, which encourage the class to read, think, discuss, and write critically. By performing multiple small analytical or critical exercises, which lead up to larger assignments in which they rework the information they have accumulated, students gain confidence in their ability to study works of literature, literary genres, and theories of literature. Grego enjoys teaching classes on every aspect of literature, from the Literary Survey courses (EN232), to the courses dedicated to specific genres, such as the Short Story (EN210), or the Novel (EN205). For many years she has taught courses on the Theory of Literature (EN215) and Narrative Theory (EN370), introducing students to the technical aspects of literary studies. She is particularly interested in the comparative approach of the World Literature course (EN310) which is an exciting subject to teach students from varied linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
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