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• Area Studies


• La Cultura Altra and the Italian Left

I propose to study how la cultura altra—Italian folk and leftist culture—informs the rhetoric of the contemporary Italian political left and reflects the tension in Italian politics. I will combine archival research and field work to investigate the dynamic between these elements of class and politics. My research will help reveal the political and social divisions within Italy and its potential to reconcile these divisions.

• Medieval and Renaissance History


• Cardinal Napoleone Orsini (1263-1342): his religious patronage

I plan to investigate a paradox in the religious and political history of medieval Italy: to explore the tensions inherent in a scenario that has occurred many times throughout history, a grassroots movement surviving and growing through the patronage of figures whose own lives are wholly at odds with the movement's ideals. Cardinal Napoleone Orsini provides an excellent case study, an exciting opportunity to investigate this seeming inconsistency.

• Political Science


• Effective Media Strategies for Informing Italian Youth

I plan to study the effectiveness of various media strategies for informing young voters in the North and South of Italy, under the supervision of Professor Patrizia Calefato, University of Bari, and Professor Patrizia Violi, University of Bologna. My results will help political organizations, especially those with limited resources, to engage young people, and thus help to promote their active, informed political participation.

• Teaching


• English Teaching Assistantship and Literary Research and After-School Program Volunteer

To spend a year teaching English while also taking part in extracurricular volunteer activities that would improve my knowledge of Italian language and culture while enabling my involvement with students and members of the host community. In addiction to 12-16 hours of conversational English instruction each week, a major topic of which being American society, I am interested in volunteering for after-school programs for young children, which would allow me to interact in both English and Italian. I am also interested in volunteering for a cultural institution dedicated to studying and discovering connections between Italian and American writers and their respective literary traditions.