Italian Studies

Leonora graduated from the International University of Siena with a BA in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication and a certificate in Certification of Competence in Teaching Italian to Foreigners (DITALS). Her research focuses on cultural production during colonialism. She is looking at representations of political nationalism in Italian and British documentaries from a comparative view. Prior to Brown, Leonora worked for two years as Visiting International Scholar at Dickinson College in Carlisle PA, where she taught Italian Language and Culture (beginner and advanced levels). She is on the editorial board of an ongoing digital project about poetry-in-translation, the on-line journal "Purple-Ink." Primary Advisors: Lina Fruzzetti and David Kertzer.