Education:
July 2009-Present Middlebury College Middlebury, VT

• Candidate for the Doctorate in Modern Languages (Italian, Primary; French, Secondary)
• Advisor: Antonio Carlo Vitti
• GPA 4.0/4.0

September 2008- June 2009 University of Chicago Chicago, IL

• Doctoral work in Italian

August 2005- May 2007 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN

• Masters Degree in Italian Literature
• Minor focus in Comparative Literature & Film Studies
• Advisor: Peter Bondanella

August 2001-May 2005 Dominican University River Forest, IL

• Bachelor of the Arts Degree in Italian Studies and English Literature with a Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Graduated from the Honors College with a Degree with Distinction in Italian Studies
• Thesis entitled “Teaching Italian: Immersion Method”
• Graduated magna cum laude/ GPA 3.7/4.0
• Study Abroad: Dominican University Florence Program June-July 2002
• Study Abroad: IES Milano/Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore January-
• June 2004

Professional Positions:

June 2012-August 2012  Middlebury College  Middlebury, VT
Direct Assistant to the Director, La scuola italiana

• Served as liaison between the faculty and director/associate director
• Provided faculty with welcome orientation
• Worked with faculty on creation of syllabi/course sites (web pages/Wordpress/Moodle sites)
• Served as liaison between the Italian School and the Library/Information Technology
• Assist in the technological aspects of the Italian School
• Served as the assistant for Vittorio Taviani during his summer visit
• Assist the dean with daily activities

August 2009-Present Rice University Houston, TX
Lecturer in Italian, Center for the Study of Languages

• Teaching load of 3/3
• Organize and run the Italian Language Table
• Created the Circolo Italiano (Italian Club)
• Created a study abroad with students in Taormina, Sicily
• Serve as director of the Taormina study abroad program
• Organized and executed the Center for the Study of Languages‟ International Film Festival
• Assisted in organizing a workshop for the Center for the Study of Languages
• Active with the LRC technology workshops
• Creating new courses on the 300 level

Jan. 2008 – Present Babilonia Lang & Cultural Institute Taormina, Sicily
Lecturer in Italian

• Teaching two specialized, immersion courses: Sicilian Writers, Sicilian Cinema, The Mediterranean Woman, Pirandello: His Times
• Teach during summer and J-term semesters
• Give on-site lectures in Italian and English
• Participate with students in the Taormina International Film Festival
• Organize cultural activities with students throughout Sicily

Summer 2008 Concordia Language Villages Moorhead, MN
Dean of Lago del Bosco New Jersey

• Oversee the running of the entire camp
• Hire/Fire all positions including kitchen staff, waterfront staff, and educators
• Manage the budget
• Work with advertising the program
• Maintain contact with supporters and founders
• Two-week Curriculum Facilitator (three summers)
• Write and edit curriculum for the program
• Train new instructors
• Observe other instructors teaching and critic their styles with them
• Meet with other facilitators to discuss new teaching techniques
• Create/Manage a teaching portfolio to assist newer instructors

August 2007-May 2008 SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY
Lecturer in Italian

• Coordinator of the Italian Language Program
• Conduct classroom observations
• Meet, discuss, and create progress growth portfolios with faculty
• Oversee curriculum and evaluations for the Italian Division
• Member of the Italian Studies Committee
• Sit in on meetings
• Plan and organize the Italian Lecturer Series
• Oversee the Italian Scholarship process
• Advisor: Majors/Minors & Study Abroad
• Teaching load of 4/4: Italian Language, Literature, and Cinema courses
• Resurrected & sponsored the Italian Club
• Creator of Cinema Paradiso (Italian Cinema Series) and L’ora della Chiacchiera (entire year)
• Creator of “Feminism: One Voice, One Culture” (Feminist film series from other foreign languages – supplement to my “Beauty & the Beast – Images ofand From Italian Women” cinema course
• Held office hours
• Sat on the departmental curriculum committee

August 2005-May 2007 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN
Assistant Instructor of Italian-All levels

• Prepare lesson plans and exams/quizzes
• Teach lessons completely in Italian
• Grade homework and exams
• Grade students
• Hold office hours

June 2006-July 2006 Abbey Road Overseas Program West Hollywood, CA
Italian Instructor

• Lived with a group of 21 high school students in Sorrento, Italy for one month
• Created the syllabus
• Planned, organized, and taught 1.5 hour classroom lessons with a 1.5 hands-on city component
• Tutored Italian in afternoons and evenings
• Organized different weekend trips and activities for the students
• Graded students and their work

June 2005-July 2005 Dominican University River Forest, IL
Resident Assistant and Teaching Assistant in Art History in Florence, Italy

• Lived with a group of 30 students in Florence, Italy for six weeks
• Acted as a liaison between the students and the apartment staff (cleaning lady, manager, etc)
• Tutored Italian in the afternoons and evenings
• Helped plan trips in and outside of Florence
• Reported back information to the Director of Study Abroad in River Forest
• Took attendance for the course of Art History
• Graded exams (multiple choice and short essays)
• Assisted with on-site lectures in museums and churches