Degree Programs Offered: Master of Arts, Master of Arts for Teachers, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Laura S. White, 84 College Avenue, College Avenue Campus (732/932-7536)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Andrea Baldi, Associate Professor of Italian, FAS-NB; Dott. in Lettere,
Firenze; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles) Sixteenth- and 17th-century
literature
Franco Ferrucci, Professor Emeritus of Italian, FAS-NB; Dott. in Lettere, Pavia
Dante studies; 19th- and 20th-century literature
Guido A. Guarino, Professor Emeritus of Italian, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Humanism and Renaissance literature
Elizabeth Leake, Assistant Professor of Italian, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Twentieth-century literature and film
Umberto Mariani, Professor Emeritus of Italian, FAS-NB; Dott. in Lettere, Pavia
Nineteenth- and 20th-century literature
David R. Marsh, Professor of Italian, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
Influence of classical literature in Renaissance Italy from Petrarch to Tasso
Alessandro Vettori, Associate Professor of Italian, FAS-NB; Dott. in Lettere, Florence; Ph.D., Yale
Thirteenth-century literature; Dante and Franciscan literature
Laura S. White, Chairperson of Department and Professor of Italian,
FAS-NB; Dott. in Lettere, Trieste; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Petrarca, Boccaccio, epic poetry; 17th- and 18th-century literature