Dr. M. Marina Melita

Senior Lecturer of Italian

Bio

Dr. M. Marina Melita has affiliations with the Modern Languages Association  (MLA), the American Associations of Teachers of Italian (AATI), the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT), and the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Education

PhD in Romance Languages, Italian, 2016. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
M.A. in Italianistica, 2006. Middlebury College Language Schools.
B.A. in Scene Design & Technology, 1994. SUNY College at Brockport.

Research Interests / Areas of Focus

Italian Theatre, Italian Cinema, Women鈥檚 Studies, Language Learning in Students with Disabilities, Living Learning Communities

Selected Publications

鈥淢ale and Female: A Brief Look at Gender Identity and Androgyny in Ludovico Ariosto鈥檚 Orlando Furioso and Virginia Woolf鈥檚 Orlando: A Biography.鈥� Romance Notes 53.2 (2013): 123-133.

Selected Presentations

鈥淧romoting Language Programs: Growing an Italian Program in the United States.鈥� Leadership and Management of Language Departments: A Special Panel on Academic Leadership.  American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) 2017 International Conference.Universit脿 degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. June-July 2017.

鈥淧olitical Domesticity in Amelia Pincherle Rosselli's Final Drama, Emma Liona: Lady Hamilton.鈥� Women of the Mediterranean Conference. Sant鈥橝nna Institute, Sorrento, Italy. May 2017.

Panel Chair, "Qui comando io: Women in Mediterranean Theatre." Women of the Mediterranean Conference. Sant鈥橝nna Institute, Sorrento, Italy. May 2017.

The Question of the Author in the Works of Maurizio Nichetti: A biopolitical analysis of Ladri di Saponette. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA (November 2010).

The Color Red in Bernardo Bertolucci鈥檚 Novecento. Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy (May 2010).

Awards and Honors

2017 - Babilonia Institute Professional Development Scholarship, Taormina, Sicily

2012 - Babilonia Institute Teacher Study Grant, Taormina, Sicily

2012 - Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Maureen Melita

Contact Information

Academic School

School of Liberal Arts

Office

Fontaine 313

Email

maureen.melita@marist.edu

Phone

(845) 575-3000 ext. 2181