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Concettina Pizzuti

Dr. Pizzuti has been working at the University of Georgia since 2001, after teaching at other universities in the United States. She teaches language and culture courses from beginning to advanced and coordinates a thriving Italian language program at the beginning and intermediate level. She has graduate degrees in Italian from Harvard (Ph.D) and the University of Pittsburgh (M.A.), and a Laurea in Modern Foreign…


Emily Rose Kraus

I am happy to announce that I finished my PhD in French and Italian as well as an MA in German in 2024. I was fortunate enough to be able to complete both degrees simultaneously in 4 years. Starting fall 2024, I am working as a full-time instructor in the Romance Languages Department while pursuing an MA in Spanish.  My main areas of study are medieval and 19th-21st-century literature. 


Kate Daley-Bailey

Kate advises (2nd year and beyond) French, Romance Languages (including Italian and Portuguese tracks), and some Spanish majors (last name H-Z). She is the main contact for Italian and Portuguese minor questions. Kate Daley-Bailey received her A.B. (2001) and M.A. (2004) degrees in Religion from the University of Georgia. She taught Religion courses at the collegiate level for ten years at Georgia State University, Georgia Perimeter College,…


Paola De Santo

  RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS: The literature and culture of early modern Italy, particularly women's writing and performance. PUBLICATIONS: Monograph: The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy, is a book-length project that studies comparatively two key figures of the Italian Renaissance ­–the ambassador and the courtesan– in order to examine the formation of cultural subjects at the …


Jeff Kilpatrick

Jeff Kilpatrick is a Lecturer of Italian in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. He teaches beginning and intermediate Italian, both in traditional and online formats, and contributes to the ongoing development of digital learning resources for the program. His teaching philosophy centers on communicative competence, inclusion, and the integration of technology to enhance student engagement and linguistic confidence…


Steven Grossvogel

Steven Grossvogel holds a doctorate from Cornell University.  Before coming to UGA, he taught at the Università degli Studi di Bologna as a lector.  He is the author of Ambiguity and Allusion in Boccaccio's Filocolo (Olschki, 1992). His articles have appeared in Studi sul Boccaccio, Italiana, Il Veltro, MLN, This Rough Magic, Monocle.  He has also contributed to the Modern Language Association series volume Approaches to…
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