Italian Faculty
Chiara Fabbian, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Italian Program
James Fortney, Assistant Coordinator for the Basic Language Program
Maria Iusco, Lecturer
Antonella Bonfiglio, Lecturer
Emanuela Zanotti Carney, Lecturer
Chiara Fabbian
Clinical Assistant Professor & Director, Undergraduate Director.
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Laurea, University of Padova, Italy
Contact Details
Location : 1830 UH
Phone No : 355-8485
Email id : cfabbian@uic.edu
Major Interests
Eighteenth to twentieth-century Italian literature, literature and anthropology, migration writing, women’s writing, curriculum development for communicative language instruction.
Selected Publications
- Fabbian, Chiara. Naso d'autore. L'odorato nella cultura e nella storia letteraria italiana. Ravenna: Longo editore, 2012
- "Heavenly Aromas and Tough Stomachs in Benvenuto Flori’s L’evangelica parabola delle vergini prudenti e delle stolte" Scenes from Italian Convent Life. An Anthology of Convent Theatrical Texts and Contexts. Ed. Elissa Weaver. Ravenna: Longo editore, 2009
- Paolo Cherchi. Ministorie di Microgeneri. A cura di Chiara Fabbian, Alessandro Rebonato, Emanuela Zanotti Carney. Ravenna: Longo, 2003
- "A ciascuno il suo. L’abito, il corpo e il profumo in Rubè di Giuseppe Antonio Borgese" Italica 80.1 (2003)
- "Poesia in cucina: Lina e il mondo femminile nella rappresentazione di Umberto Saba." MLN 117.1 (2002)
- "Gozzano, la signorina Felicita e la perplessità crepuscolare". Canadian-American Journal of Italian Studies, 2000.
Fellowships and Awards
- Teaching Recognition Award from the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2012
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UIC Foreign and Classical Languages Award for Curricular Development, 2011
- UIC Inspire Award, 2011
- Advisor of the Year Award (nominated), 2011
- UIC Foreign and Classical Languages Award for Curricular Development, 2010
- UIC Foreign and Classical Languages Award for Curricular Development, 2009
- Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2005-06
- Padova University postgraduate scholarship, 1992
James Fortney
Assistant Coordinator for the Basic Language Program
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago. MA, Middlebury College
Contact Details
Location: 1828 UHEmail id: jfortney@uchicago.edu
Major Interests
James Michael Fortney is completing his Ph.D. in Italian Literature from the University of Chicago. The projected title of his dissertation is Homosexual Productions: Contemporary Gay Italian Prose Fiction from the 1970s to the Present. His research interests include twentieth-century Italian literature and culture, contemporary Italian novels and short stories by gay writers, gender studies, and cinema. His publications include "The Dream of the Centaur: Reflections on the Sacred and Bourgeoisie and a Partial Translation," in "Scrittori Inconvenienti": Essays on and by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Gianni Celati (Ravenna, Longo Editore, 2009) and "Con quel tipo lì": Homosexual Characters in Natalia Ginzburg's Narrative Families" in Italica 86.4 (2009).
Maria Iusco
Lecturer & Faculty leader for the Italian Study Abroad program in Siena
Laurea, University of Bari, Italy, BA, Dominican University
Contact Details
Location: 1832 UHEmail id: iusco@uic.edu
Major Interests
Maria Iusco loves working with students inside and outside the classroom. Since she joined UIC in 1999, Iusco has organized trips to Italy for about 200 students in intensive programs affiliated with universities in Rome, Florence and Siena. She worked with the Study Abroad office to establish UIC’s formal program in 2002.
Maria Iusco believes that "energy, enthusiasm, and passion for your discipline are essential ingredients to making a fine teacher." But whether she is teaching in the classroom or during a 6-week Introduction to Italian tour of Italy, she brings more than enthusiasm to her students. In her 20-plus years of experience, she has developed an approach she calls "teaching through the senses"—helping her students to use all five senses as they learn. She does this through simple acts like making espresso for her classes and encouraging students to share family photos and souvenirs, and by incorporating videos, films, and magazines into the curriculum. A 2007 Silver Circle Award and two departmental awards testify to her outstanding teaching, but a student comment makes it absolutely clear: "The professoressa should be cloned and distributed to every student at UIC." (From the Sept. 2008 UIC Award Ceremony brochure)
Fellowships and Awards
- Recipient of the Silver Circle Award at University of Illinois, Chicago in May 2007 nominated by 288 graduating Seniors.
- Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005/2006/2007/2008/2009 from University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Teaching Recognition Award from the Council for Excellence in Teaching from University of Illinois January 2008
Antonella Bonfiglio
Lecturer
BA, Paralegal Studies, Loyola University Chicago.Laurea, University of Messina, Italy
Contact Details
Location: 1828 UHEmail id: abonfig@uic.edu
Major Interests
Antonella Bonfiglio enjoys teaching Italian language and culture at all levels and organizing public events and exhibits.Emanuela Zanotti Carney
Lecturer
PhD, University of Chicago
Contact Details
Location: 1828 UHEmail id: ezcarney@uchicago.edu
Major Interests
Women writers in Medieval Italy; Devotional works in hagiography, and their female audience; Women mystics in medieval Italy; Homiletic and the medieval theater. Selected Publications- "Staging virginity in Florentine convents". Scenes from Italian Convent Life. An Anthology of Convent Theatrical Texts and Contexts. Ed. Elissa Weaver. Ravenna: Longo editore, 2009
- "Ortensio Lando and the re-writing of the "Problemata". Giornale Storico della Letteratura Italiana, 2008
- Paolo Cherchi. Ministorie di Microgeneri a cura di C. Fabbian- A. Rebonato- Emanuela Zanotti Carney, Longo Editore