Tags: Italian

A warm welcome to Dr. Lisa Dolasinski! The Department of Romance Languages is happy to have you with us. This profile is part of a series featuring faculty members new to UGA campus in Fall 2022: Lisa Dolasinski joins the Department of Romance Languages at UGA as Lecturer of Italian after previously holding appointments at SUNY New Paltz, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, and Indiana University. Dr. Dolasinski's teaching and…

A warm welcome to Dr. Samantha Gillen! The Department of Romance Languages is happy to have you with us. This profile is the first of a series featuring faculty members new to UGA campus in Fall 2022: Hi, I’m Samantha / Sam! I am thrilled to join the department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. I spent the last six years in Philadelphia obtaining my PhD in Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. I defended…

Samantha Gillen received her Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022. Her research explores industrialized spaces of 1960s in literature and cinema. She has taught Italian language from beginning to advanced and received a Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2021. Her pedagogical interests include differentiated instruction and digital media to enhance student engagement. Samantha is a co-creator of the…

Lisa holds a PhD in Italian and a minor in Gender Studies from Indiana University and an M.A. in Italian Studies and a film certificate from the University of Pittsburgh. Lisa’s teaching and research interests center on contemporary Italian media and culture. Lisa has received multiple awards and honors for her teaching, including Most Innovative Approach to Teaching Culture in a Foreign Language Classroom and a grant for the…

Marie Irene Joseph is a scholar of Hispanic and Italian Studies and a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia.  Her research focuses on the portrayal of the Virgen Mary in the visual arts and literature in both Spain and Italy primarily during the 16th - 18th centuries. As a Marian scholar, she focuses on the connections between Mary of Nazareth as both an earthly figure and an…

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…

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. 

Kate advises (2nd year and beyond) French, Romance Language, and some Spanish majors (last name H-Z). She is also the main contact for Italian and Portuguese minor questions. If you are a major or minor listed above and have a question, please email Kate at rladv@uga.edu.

Ph.D. Harvard University (2014) RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS: The literature and culture of early modern Italy, particularly the emergence of the body in literary discourse; gender; the formation of cultural subjects;  the interactions and transactions between Europe and the East.  Secondary interests center on Italian colonialism and contemporary Italian culture as they pertain to national identity formation; aesthetic rendering of…