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Romance Languages
Olin Center
180 Packard Avenue
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: (617) 627-2536
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Cristina Pausini
Lecturer/Coordinator, Italian Language

Degrees:

Bachelor's of Arts ("Laurea") in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bologna in 1990

Master's degree in English Literature in 1993, Brown University

Master's degree in Italian Literature in 1995, Brown University

Ph.D. in Italian Studies 1998, Brown University, with a dissertation on Sicilian writer Maria Messina by the title: Le "bricole" della letteratura: i racconti e i romanzi di Maria Messina (The "Crumbs" of Literature: Maria Messina's Short-Stories and Novels) published in Italy by Clueb, Bologna, in 2001

Professional Interests: Modern and contemporary Italian literature, women's studies, and the pedagogy of Italian as a foreign language; Teaching of Italian language and culture through cinema, modern media, and instructional technology

Awards: Fulbright Scholarship, 1991

Publications:

• Italian Through Film (Yale University Press, 2004)
   
• Italian Through Film, the Classics (Yale University Press, 2007)
   
• Trame (Yale University Press, 2009)

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