Experience Summary
EDUCATION:
2003-2005 YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut (Non-degree)
• DOCTORATE LEVEL COURSEWORK/ITALIAN LITERATURE
1998-2002 SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, Massachusetts GPA 3.75 cum laude
• BACHELOR OF ARTS/ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Dean’s List – First Group Scholar – Departmental Honors in English Literature
Honors Thesis: The Spirit of Place: Italy and Characterization in Henry James
• BACHELOR OF ARTS/ITALIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Dean’s List – Michele Cantarella Memorial “Dante Prize”
1996-1998 AMERICAN OVERSEAS SCHOOL OF ROME, Rome, Italy
ADVANCED PLACEMENT/INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2011- Present STONEHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Stoneham, Massachusetts
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
Teach Italian Language to three levels of Italian, from I, II Intensive and II Honors classes. Develop, implement, and present lessons using Smartboard multimedia technology. Conduct most coursework in the target language. Member of National Honor Society Faculty Advisory Board.
2002-2003 LaSALLE ACADEMY, Providence, Rhode Island
TEACHER
Taught World Literature to three senior college preparatory classes and one senior honors class. Taught British Literature to college preparatory level junior class.
Duties included: developing and implementing lesson plans and presentations; creating and administering tests and homework assignments; evaluating and grading work; teaching composition and editing and revising papers.
2002 CRANSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Cranston, Rhode Island
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Taught all levels of Spanish (introductory, honors and conversational).
1999-2000 SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA
ITALIAN LANGUAGE TUTOR
Tutored all levels of Italian Language and Composition to undergraduate students.
2003 YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
TRANSLATOR, Strega Symposium
Translated two texts by Rafaella Morselli and Enzo Siciliano for a symposium entitled “The Twilight Zone: Contemporary Italian Narrative Between Prose, Poetry and Art.”
Teaching Style
Interactive and conversational.