I. EDUCATION II. INSTRUCTION

Transcription

1 Dr. Brunella Piccione Windsor ILLC Dept., CSU Chico Tel: I. EDUCATION DEGREES Ph.D. in Historical Linguistics from the Università della Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Dissertation: Aspetti linguistici e culturali dell italiano di migrazione in California Master in Music from the State University of Chico, California Diploma in Piano Performance in 1985 from the Italian Conservatorio di Musica Master in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Università degli Studi di Firenze Dissertation: I romanzi di Marguerite Yourcenar. Voyage au bout de l homme. CERTIFICATES Certificate of Completion, Web CT Workshop Series, TLP, CSU Chico English Language First Certificate, British Institute, Florence, Italy LANGUAGES - Italian Native - English Near Native - French Near Native - Spanish Intermediate - German Elementary TEACHING EXPERIENCE II. INSTRUCTION Lecturer Italian and French, California State University, Chico Tenure Professor French and Music, Italy State School System, Florence Private Instruction Piano and Music Theory COURSES TAUGHT (at California State University, Chico ) - Italian 101 First Semester Italian - Italian 102 Second Semester Italian - Italian 201 Third Semester Italian - Italian 202 Fourth Semester Italian 1

2 - Italian 302 Composition and Conversation: Selected Readings - Italian 301 Italian Composition and Conversation: Debating on Italian Contemporary Society - Italian 320 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics: Contemporary Italian Literature - Italian 320 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics: Italian Fairy Tales - Italian 340 The journey of our life: a bilingual reading of Dante's Divina Commedia - Italian 399 Special Problems - French 101 First Semester French - French 102 Second Semester French - French 201 Third Semester French - French 202 Fourth Semester French - Italy on your own, Center for Continuing Education (Summer 1992) COURSES TAUGHT (outside California State University) - The world of Dante, USAC Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy (Summer 2008) WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS ATTENDED Spring Panelist in a Wimba Live Classroom, organizer Prof. Hilda Hernandez, CSU Chico Spring Online Teaching Boot Camp, College of Humanities, CSU Chico Fall Faculty and Staff Diversity Summit, three-day retreat, CSU Chico Fall Panelist in Tips from International Faculty on working with International Students, Celt Conference, CSU Chico Spring CLTA Conference, Foreign Language Association, Sacramento CA Fall Web CT Workshop Series, Technologies Learning Center, CSU Chico GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS Spring Professional Development Fund, HFA Dean s Office Spring Professional Development Fund, HFA Dean s Office Fall Grant Adobe Software Company for the development of The Italian Village PUBLICATIONS Articles III. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT Eredi del Vecchio Mondo, Pionieri nel Nuovo: gli Italiani in California, in Third Annual N.E.V.I.S Conference: Echi Oltremare Rome, Italy online proceedings; edited by S. Massari, F. Orsitto, G. Spani (forthcoming) Translations Frutti insperati (Bread upon the water) by Mueller G. R., D. Shah Publisher, 1999 (English- Italian) 2

3 Development of Creativity in Children: Didactic tools for children from 5 to 10 years old, by Cerioli L., Antonietti A., (Italian-English) Il ricordo di sè, (Self Remembering) by Burton R.E., Ubaldini Editore, Roma 1994, (English- Italian) Il Regno Impossibile (L'impossible Royaume) by Kalisky R., Editrice Omnia, Palermo, (French-Italian) SCHOLARLY WORK Papers Presented , 18 June, Echi Oltremare, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Rome, Italy, Fourth Annual Conference: Eredi del Vecchio Mondo, Pionieri nel Nuovo: gli Italiani in California , 16 November, The Other and the Elsewhere in the Italian Culture, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Second Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA: Elementi di confronto culturale nell esperienza Italo-Americana in California Sessions, Panel, and Roundtables Chaired , 7 November, Transnational Echoes in Italian Literature and beyond at Transcultural Italy, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Third Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA: , 18 June, Mediterranean Echoes in the World at Echi Oltremare, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Rome, Italy, Fourth Annual Conference , 16 November, Percorsi altri : tra cinema italiano e l altrove italo-americano at The Other and the Elsewhere in Italian Culture, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Second Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA Teaching Tool Designed The Italian Village: audio-visual interactive dictionary for the Italian language with R.Vertolli Dept. of Graphic Design, CSU Chico IV. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY SERVICE Advisor C.I.A.O. (Chico Italian Academic Organization) with Prof. F. Orsitto Italian Tutor with Prof. F. Orsitto IP and USAC programs Italian Conversation Hour Collaborator of Prof. F. Orsitto , October, Fifth Italian Lecture Series, CSU Chico, CA 3

4 - 2012, October, Italy in the Age of Globalization, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), CSU Chico, CA, Sixth Annual Conference , 26 March, 5 April, 3 May, Fourth Italian Lecture Series, CSU Chico, CA , 20 April, Bitter Bread, Gianfranco Norelli, screening and lecture CSU Chico, CA , June, Echi Oltremare, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Rome, Italy, Fourth Annual Conference , 8 November, Third Italian Lecture Series, CSU Chico, CA , 7 November, Transcultural Italy, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Third Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA , 17 November, Second Italian Lecture Series, CSU Chico, CA , November, The Other and the Elsewhere in the Italian Culture, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), Second Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA , April 6, 13, 29, First Italian Lecture Series, CSU Chico, CA , 9 November, Otherness in Italian Culture, N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies), First Annual Conference CSU Chico, CA Events organized and coordinated at CSU, Chico Fall & Spring semesters Pasta Olympics with C.I.A.O. & Prof. F. Orsitto Fall & Spring semesters Ciao Italia with C.I.A.O. & Prof. F. Orsitto Fall visits by Red Bluff High School , 29 April, La bella Lingua, Dianne Hales CSU, lecture, CSU Chico, CA, Italia Romantica, fundraising event for the Italian program, CSU Chico, CA with Prof. E. Frongia Film Presentations May Days and Clouds by S. Soldini (2007) March Breads and Tulips, by S. Soldini (2002) Work as Manuscript Reviewer ME, Multicultural Echoes Literary Magazine Piazza: Luogo d incontri, by Melucci, Tognozzi, Heinle Cengage, En avant! by B. Anderson, C. Golato, S. Blatty, McGraw Hill Company, Salve by C. Larese Riga, Heinle Cengage, Avanti, by J. Aski, D. Musumeci, Mc Graw Hill 2007 Work for Study Abroad interviewer for IP Established a Direct Student Exchange Program with the Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Onsite visits to USAC campuses in Lunenburg, Germany, and Viterbo, Italy 4

5 MEMBERSHIPS C.I.A.O Phi Sigma Iota EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE Freelance Translator and Interpreter Quality Rater Italian and French Language, Google, CA Program Director for Apollo Arts, Oregon House, CA Director of Lexis Translating, Chico, CA Last updated 3/7/2013 5