Dr. M. Letizia Bellocchio will join the Department of French and Italian!

We are very happy to welcome Dr. M. Letizia Bellocchio to the Department of French and Italian!  Dr. Bellocchio is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Wesleyan University. She received a Ph.D in Italian Studies at Rutgers University and a Ph.D in Comparative Studies (Literature, Theatre, Cinema) at the Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy. Her research interests are 19th-20th century Italian Literature and Theatre, Film Studies, Adaptations and the contamination of different media (Literature, Cinema, Theatre), Italian culture and Law. She is the editor of one book and several articles and book chapters in her areas of interests.