Staff and Teachers
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Franca Riccardi Director of Language and Cultural Programs From Busto Arsizio (Varese) Graduated from Universita' degli Studi di Milano Has been teaching for more than 30 years, 20 at the Society email: franca_riccardi@aisphila.org Michele Pergola
Language Instructor From Roma. Graduated from Universita La Sapienza di Roma with a degree in Italian Literature. He is an internationally published poet, photojournalist, and fine art photographer. Teaches all levels. |
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Alessandra Fumagalli
Teacher Trainer and Language Instructor From Milano. Graduated with two Master’s degrees from Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM in Milan. Has been teaching Italian in the USA since 2012, at University of South Carolina, SC, Northampton Community College, PA, Drexel University, and, more recently, at the University of the Arts. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Italian and Remote Teaching Coach for Faculty at the University of the Arts. |
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Rosanna Calabrò
Language Instructor From Varese. Graduated from Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca: Sociology – Communication and Mass Media. She also teaches at SJU. Has been teaching Italian for 13 years. Teaches all levels but mostly intermediate and advanced classes |
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Claudio Saracino
Liaison for CILS and DITALS Programs, and Language Instructor From Potenza Graduated from the University of Siena: Italian for Foreigners. He teaches at Franklin Towne Charter High School and he is the Director of the CILS program. |
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Silvia Luongo
Language Instructor From Milano. Graduated from Università degli Studi di Milano: Italian for Foreigners. She also teaches at University of Texas, in Austin. Has been teaching Italian for 10 year. Teaches all levels but mostly prep courses for CILS exams. Hilary Locorotondo
Language Instructor From Taranto. Teaches all levels. |
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Stefania Baita
Language Instructor From Bergamo. Graduated from Università degli studi di Bergamo: Business Economics. 10-year experience in training and coaching. Teaches all levels, mostly intermediate and advanced classes. |
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Rossana Leva
Language instructor From Isernia. She has a Degree in Nursing from the University La Sapienza of Roma and a Foreign Languages License. She also attended the School of Arts and Music “L. Perosi” of Campobasso and is a choir conductor and has been teaching singing for 10 years. She teaches all levels. |
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Vanessa Fanelli
Language Instructor Vanessa Fanelli is a Lecturer for the Department of French and Italian at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests focus on gender studies, and feminist and postfeminist theories, film and media theory, and audience reception. She received her Ph.D. in the summer of 2022. Her dissertation, titled “Beyond the Casting Couch: A feminist recovery of female stars’ experience in Italy,” is an interdisciplinary inquiry on female stardom in Italy with particular focus on gender representation and production practices between the 1950s and 1960s. She has been teaching for AIS since 2021 for which she designed the CP-4 and CP-10 classes in preparation for the Italian Citizenship Exam. |
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