Degree Programs Offered: Master of Arts, Master of Arts for Teachers, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Andrea Baldi, 84 College Avenue, College Avenue Campus (848-932-7536)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Andrea Baldi, Professor of Italian, SAS; Dott. in Lettere, Firenze (Italy); Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Early modern literature and culture; women's writing

Paola Gambarota, Associate Professor of Italian, SAS; Dott. in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Napoli (Italy); Ph.D., Pavia (Italy); Ph.D., Yale
Ninenteenth-century literature; 20th-century poetry

Umberto Mariani, Professor Emeritus of Italian, SAS; Dott. in Lettere, Pavia (Italy)
Nineteenth- and 20th-century literature

David R. Marsh, Professor of Italian, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Influence of classical literature in Italy from Petrarch to Vico

Alessandro Vettori, Associate Professor of Italian, SAS; Dott. in Lettere, Firenze (Italy); Ph.D., Yale
Thirteenth-century literature; Dante and Franciscan literature

Rhiannon N. Welch, Assistant Professor of Italian, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Nineteenth-to-21st-century literature and cultural studies; critical theory; film

Laura S. White, Professor of Italian, SAS; Dott. in Lettere, Trieste (Italy); Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Early medieval literature; Petrarch, Boccaccio; epic poetry; 17th- and 18th-century literature