Chair of the Department
Federica Capoferri
2005
Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature
Laurea, University of Parma, 1993
M.A., University of Virginia, 1997
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2003
Email: fcapoferri@johncabot.edu
Professors
Ada Bertini-Bezzi
1998
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1986
Master in Didactics of Italian as a Foreign Language, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari," 2005
Postgraduate Diploma in Phonodidactics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari," 2011
Email:
abertini@johncabot.edu
Isabella Clough Marinaro
2006
Associate Professor of Italian Studies
B.A., Bath University, UK, 1994
Ph.D., Bath University, UK, 2006
Email:
iclough@johncabot.edu
Berenice Cocciolillo
1992
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian
B.A., New York University, 1981
M.A., New York University, 1983
Email:
bcocciolillo@johncabot.edu
Catherine de Montalembert
2012
Lecturer in French
MA, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, 1998
Doctorat, Bordeaux III University, 2000
Email:
cdemontalembert@johncabot.edu
Valentina Dorato
2004
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea Magistralis, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2002
Master of Didactics in Italian as a Second Language, University of Rome "Roma Tre", 2004
DITALS, European Certification for Teaching Italian As a Second Language, 2006
Email:
vdorato@johncabot.edu
Angela Eliseo
2005
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza," 2004
Master, Didactics of Italian as a Second Language, Università per Stranieri, Perugia
DITALS II Level Certification in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language, 2009
Email:
aeliseo@johncabot.edu
Rosa Filardi
1998
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Bologna, D.A.M.S., 1986
Email:
rfilardi@johncabot.edu
Sarah Franceschi
2004
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2004
Master in Didactics of Italian as a Foreign Language,
University of Venice "Ca' Foscari," 2015
Email:
sfranceschi@johncabot.edu
Matilde Galante
2004
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1968
Email:
mgalante@johncabot.edu
Elena Grillo
2004
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Messina, 2001
Master, University of Padova, 2002
Email:
egrillo@johncabot.edu
Elisa Marani
2015
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Urbino, 2005
M.A., Middlebury College, 2014
DITALS II, European Certification for Teaching Italian As a Second Language, 2011
Email:
emarani@johncabot.edu
Anna Mauceri Trimnell
2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian
Laurea, University of Pavia, 1992
Dottorato di Ricerca, University for Foreigners of Siena, 2005
Email:
amauceri@johncabot.edu
Bruno Montefusco
2015
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Salerno, Italy, 1989
DITALS, European Certification for Teaching Italian As a Second Language, 2008
Master of Didactics in Italian as a Second Language, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," 2018
Email:
bmontefusco@johncabot.edu
Rosa Napoli
2002
Lecturer in Italian
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1992
Email:
rnapoli@johncabot.edu
Paolo Prato
2017
Lecturer in Italian Studies
Laurea, University of Genoa, 1979
M.A., New School for Social Research, New York, 1982
Email:
pprato@johncabot.edu
Sofia Sanz Alonso
2013
Lecturer in Spanish
Sofia Sanz Alonso, 2013
Lecturer in Spanish
Laurea, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2006
Master II Livello, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2008
Email:
salonso@johncabot.edu
James Schwarten
2012
Lecturer in Italian and Italian Studies
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email:
jschwarten@johncabot.edu
Gina Siddu Pilia
2002
Lecturer in Italian
Coordinator of the Foreign Language Resource Center
Laurea, University of Florence, 1988
Master II livello, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2018
Email:
gsiddupilia@johncabot.edu
