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Masters
Alberg, Christopher - MA Hispanic Studies 1999. Teacher, Walpole High School, MA.
Allen, Astrid - MA Hispanic Studies 2006.
Teacher, Brookline High School, MA.
Altoff Blanc, Shelbrey - MA French 2001. Teacher, Holy Name High School, Parma Heights, OH.
Barello, Simona - MA French 1998; PhD French, NYU. English Instructor, Università Popolare di Roma’s continuing education program and Italian Instructor, Iowa State University in Rome, Italy. At the Margins of the Margins: Female Identities within Beur Literature and Film. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009.
Barrientos, Luz - MA Hispanic Studies 2001. Teacher, Wellesley High School, MA.
Barski, Tera - MA Hispanic Studies 2003. National Clinical Research Coordinator for Hepatitis C Study, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Bartels-Marrero, Sarah - MA Hispanic Studies 2002. Teacher, Amigos School, Cambridge, MA.
Bartlett, Nicole - MA French 2000. Volunteer Tutor, River School, Weston, MA.
Battaglia, Lauren - MA Italian 2008. Project Manager, Gardner-Nelson & Partners, New York, NY.
Bent, Cynthia - MA Hispanic Studies 1993. Teacher and Department Chair, Concord-Carlisle High School, MA.
Bergin, Carole - MA French 2000. Preceptor in French, Harvard University.
Boglione, Ricardo - MA Italian 2001; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. Instructor, Società Dante Alighieri, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Bollinger, Jessica L. - MA/MBA 2006. Associate, Lane Berry Investment Bank, Denver, CO.
Borrero, Robert "Henry" - MA Hispanic Studies 2001. Clinical Instructor, Fordham University.
Bulman, Maura - MA Hispanic Studies 1997. Teacher and Department Chair, Marshfield High School, MA.
Calabria, Felicia - MA Italian 2006. Bigelow High School, MA.
Carcia, Angela - MA Hispanic Studies 2002. Spanish Teacher and Director of Diversity, Rivers School, Weston, MA.
Chiasson, Richard - MA French. Professor and Department Chair, Bunker Hill Community College, MA.
Connolly, Mark W. - MA Hispanic Studies 2002. Teacher, Milton Academy, MA.
Cotter, Kristin - MA Hispanic Studies 2003. Elementary School Teacher, Milton, MA.
Crowley, Jaime - BA French 1991, MA French 1996. Assistant Principal at Mt. Hope High School, Bristol, RI. In 2009 he won the Milken Award for RI and was named Rhode Island Assistant Principal of the Year.
Dacci, Caterina - MA Italian 1994. On-site Coordinator, BC Program in Parma, Italy.
Deblois, Carrie - MA Hispanic Studies 2007. Teacher, Acton-Boxborough High School, MA.
Decoff, Tiffany - MA Hispanic Studies 2006. Teacher, Danvers High School, MA.
Del Rossi, Gabriel - MA Italian 2003. Ski Instructor, Bike Tour Leader, Aosta, Italy.
Di Nanno, Lisa - MA Italian 2008. Lecturer, Salem State College, MA.
Drain Cronin, Jacqui - MA Hispanic Studies 1996. High School Teacher, Noble and Greenough, Dedham, MA.
Duarte, Tanya - MA Hispanic Studies 2004. Elementary School Teacher, Devotion School, Brookline, MA.
Fazzino-Farah, Carmela - MA Hispanic Studies 1998. Managing Editor, ESL, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA.
Findiku, Adriana - MA Italian 2006. Lecturer, Suffolk University.
Flores, Marcial - MA Hispanic Studies 2001. Lecturer, Northeastern University.
Fratto, Francesco - MA Hispanic Studies 1996. District-wide Coordinator of Languages Other Than English and English as a Second Language, Half Hollow Hills Central School District, NY; Member, Board of Directors of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Frau, Ombretta - MA Italian 1998; PhD Harvard University. Associate Professor, Mt. Holyoke, South Hadley, MA. Espatriata: da Torino a Honolulu. Editor. Salerno Editrice, Rome, 2007. Co-author of critical edition Luigi Pirandello, il Taccuino di Harvard. Mondadori, Milano 2002.
Gentile, Brook - MA French 2000. Consultant, Deloitte and Touche, NYC.
Gianetti, Isaia - MA Italian 2005. Lecturer, Suffolk University.
Gilbert, Bill C. - MA Hispanic Studies 1995. Teacher, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO.
Gonzalez, Gilmar - MA Hispanic Studies 1993. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Hall Herisson, Amber - MA French 2005. French Literature Teacher, International School of Paris.
Hartman, Alan - MA Hispanic Studies 2005; MA Italian, Middlebury. Instructor of Foreign Languages and Program Director of Modern Foreign Languages, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Hernandez Guerrero, Olmanda - MA in Hispanic Studies 2000. Lecturer, Brandeis University.
Hubman, Shelly - MA Hispanic Studies 1998. Lecturer, Pima Community College, and Kiva Volunteer in Tucson, AZ.
Iacobelli, Natalia - MA Italian 2009. Lecturer, College of the Holy Cross.
Kelly, Michael J. - MA Hispanic Studies 2004. Lecturer, Boston College.
Lafond, Christopher - MA Hispanic Studies 1994. Lecturer and Assistant Coordinator of Intermediate Spanish, Boston College.
Langeland Scarpaci, Maija - MA Hispanic Studies 2003. Teacher, Hamilton-Wenham High School, MA.
Lavalle, Kate - MA French 2008. Teacher, Milton Public Schools French Immersion School, MA.
Lehman, Sara - MA Hispanic Studies 1998; PhD Boston University. Assistant Professor, Fordham University.
Tratado verdadero del viaje y navegación by Fray Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa, edited by Sara L. Lehman. Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs, 2008.
Link, Sarah - MA Hispanic Studies 2005. Freelance Editor, Spanish-language textbooks.
Loberg, Lisa - MA French 2001. French Instructor and Director of Study Abroad, California Lutheran University.
Locicero, Lisa - MA Hispanic Studies 1990. Teacher and 11th Grade Principal, Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI.
Locilento, Emilio - MA Italian 2003. Proprietor, "Tutto Italiano" gourmet food chain, Boston area.
Lopez De Haro, Fabiana - MA Hispanic Studies 2006. Teacher, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL.
Malinoski, Magdalena - MA Hispanic Studies 2006. PhD Candidate, Boston University.
Mazzola, Emilio - MA Italian, 2000. Teacher, Newton North High School, MA.
Mejia, Edgar - MA Hispanic Studies 2000; PhD Boston University. Assistant Professor of Spanish, Providence College, RI.
Melon, Wilson Judd - MA Hispanic Studies 2009. PhD Candidate, Purdue University.
Miranda Castro, Marco Antonio - MA Hispanic Studies 1996. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Misuraca, Elizabetta - MA Italian 2006. Italian Instructor, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.
Moore Thakkar, Laurie - MA Hispanic Studies 2004. Instructor, Florida Community College, Kent Campus, Jacksonville, FL.
Neary, Louise - MA Hispanic Studies 1990; PhD University of Illinois. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University.
Orfao, Eliza - MA Hispanic Studies 2003. Teacher, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, CT.
Ovalle-Child, Arlene - MA Hispanic Studies 2006. Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University.
Park, Holly - MA Hispanic Studies 1999. Social Services Supervisor, West Side Campaign Against Hunger, NYC.
Pastor, Clara - MA Hispanic Studies 2006. Editor, Editorial Crítica, Barcelona, Spain.
Perreta, Lori Ann - MA Italian 2006. Teacher, Winchester High School, MA.
Piccolo, Rita - MA Italian 1999. Assistant Director for Study Abroad, Boston College.
Pistone, Patrizia - MA Italian 2008. Teacher, Watertown High School, MA.
Pizzolanti, Michela - MA Italian 2005. Teacher, Arcadia High School, Greece, NY.
Rodomonti, Patrizia - MA Italian 2002. Lecturer, Harvard University.
Ronfard, Isabelle - MA French 2002. Oakhill Middle School, Newton, MA.
Ross, Stephen - MA Hispanic Studies 1993. Teacher, Newton Country Day, MA.
Sanchez, Silvana - MA Hispanic Studies 2002. Teacher, North Providence High School, RI.
Santander Atauchi, Tania - MA Hispanic Studies 2005. Instructor, Stonehill College, and St. John's Seminary, MA.

Schneider, Federico - MA Italian 1998; PhD Yale. Assistant Professor of Italian, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA. Pastoral Drama and Healing in Early Modern Italy, Ashgate, 2010.
Schulze, Cristina - MA Hispanic Studies 2000; PhD Boston University. Teaching Assistant, Harvard University; Recipient of the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.
Setzer, Jessica - MA French 2002. Teacher, Charlotte Country Day, NC.
Sewall, Alexandra - MA French 2003. Teacher, French Immersion Elementary School, Milton, MA; Recipient of the Milton Foundation for Educations' 2006 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.
Sopko Hee, Jennifer - MAT. Hispanic Studies 1999. Teacher, Newton South High School, MA.
Strayer, Michael - MA Hispanic Studies 2008. English composition teacher/volunteer, Okomfo Anoyke Secondary School, Wiamoase, Ghana.
Sweeney, Laura - MA Italian 2004. Teacher, Newton North High School, MA.
Tarascio, Michael - MA Italian 2008. Teacher, Billerica Memorial High School, MA.
Thomas Shaw, Karen - MA Hispanic Studies 1999. Teacher, Hingham High School, MA.
Trombetta, Annalisa - MA Italian 2007. Teacher, Lexington High School, MA.
Tzikas, Teresita - MA Hispanic Studies 1994. English Language Learners' Program Coordinator, Newton Public Schools, MA.
Verjat, Natalia - MA Hispanic Studies 2005. Teacher, Keller Independent School District, Keller, TX; Instructor, Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, TX.
Vincent, Sarah - MA Hispanic Studies 2004. Teacher, Woburn High School, MA.
Volpe, Iolanda - MA Hispanic Studies 1995. Teacher, Concord-Carlisle High School, MA.

Wacks, David - MA Hispanic Studies 1998; PhD University of California at Berkeley. Assistant Professor, University of Oregon- Eugene. Framing Iberia: Maqamat and Frametale Narratives in Medieval Spain (Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World), Brill Academic Publishers, 2007. Co-editor of Wine, Women And Song: Hebrew And Arabic Literature In Medieval Iberia. Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs, 2004.
Wirth, Petra - MA Italian, 1998; Ph.D. UCLA. Faculty Fellow in French and Italian, Colby College.
Wood Lange, Catherine - MA Hispanic Studies 1992; PhD SUNY-Stony Brook. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Boston College. Shaping the madre patria: Spanish and Argentinean Icons of the 1940s, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008.
Doctoral
Anderson, Patricia T. - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2003. Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Las Siete Partidas, Titulo II, "De los casamientos" de Alfonso X, el Sabio. (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 2009).
Becam, Susan - Ph.D. French 1995. ESL/Literacy Coordinator, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA. Rhyme in Gace Brule's Lyric: Formal and Semantic Interplay. Peter Lang, 1998.
Blood, Elizabeth - MA and Ph.D. Plan II, French and Italian 1998. Associate Professor of French and Italian, Salem State College, MA. Co-author of Intrigue: langue, culture et mystère dans le monde francophone, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall, 2007.
Bridge-Rezvani, Leanna - Ph.D. French 2005. Lecturer, MIT.
Burk, Ali - MA and Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2008. Lecturer, Boston College.
Cafaro, Anna - Ph.D. Plan II, Italian and Spanish 2008. Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College, NY. L'improvvisazione dell'attore nel Teatro di Ricerca contemporaneo. Ravenna: Longo ed., 2009.
Cantu, Anne L. - MA and Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2003. Lecturer of Spanish, Tufts University.
Crouzieres-Ingenthron, Armelle - MA and Ph.D. French 1996. Associate Professor of French, Middlebury College. Femmes et écriture de la transgression. Co-editor with Hafid Gafaïti. Paris: L'Harmattan, Collection Etudes Francophones et Comparées/ Francophone and Comparative Studies, vol. 2. December 2005. Le Double pluriel dans les romans de Rachid Boudjedra. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 2001.
Fagan, Patricia - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2002. Assistant Professor, University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Gardner, Victoria - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2009. Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University.
Gomez, María Luisa - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2003. Lecturer, Texas State University.
Gustave, Thierry - MA French; Ph.D. French 2009. Teacher, Lincoln School, Providence, RI.
Hoffer, Pamela - Ph.D. French 2004. Instructor, Babson College, MA. Reflets réciproques: A Prismatic Reading of Stéphane Mallarmé and Hélène Cixous. Peter Lang Publishing, 2006.
Hyland Alexander, Kinsley - Ph.D. French 2007. Teacher, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, CO.
Jordan, Victoria - MAT. French; Ph.D. Medieval Studies 1995. Latin Teacher, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA; Recipient of College Board Award for excellence in the teaching of AP courses 2006.
Milner Kelly, Nancy - Ph.D. French 2003. Development/Production Editor, Elm Street Publications in Wellesley, MA.
Kim, Yonsoo - MA, Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2006. Assistant Professor, Purdue University.
Lacoste, Liliane - Ph.D. French 1996. Assistant Professor, SUNY Farmingdale.
Lopez-Mayhew, Barbara - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2001. Professor and Department Chair, Plymouth State University, NH. Ed., Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, La traición en la amistad. Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic monographs, 18. Newark, Del: Juan de la Cuesta, 2003. Ed, Caro, Ana, Valor, agravio y mujer. Newark, DE: European Masterpieces, 2009.
Lopez-Mayhew, Barbara - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2001. Associate Professor and Department Chair, Plymouth State University, NH. La traición en la amistad de María de Zayas. Edición, introducción y notas de Bárbara López-Mayhew. Newark, Del.: Juan de la Cuesta, 2003.
Lu, Jin - MA and Ph.D. French 1995. Professor, Purdue University, Calumet, IN.
Images de la France sous la dynastie des Qing. Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2009.
Lu, Jin - MA and Ph.D. French 1995. Professor, Purdue University, Calumet, IN. Qu'est-ce qu'un philosophe? Eléments d'une enquête sur l'usage d'un mot au siècle des Lumières. Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2005.
Marquez-Raffetto, Tamara - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 1998. Lecturer, Tufts University.
Medeiros, Ana - BA, MA, and Ph.D. French 1994. Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literary Studies, Kent University, Canterbury, England. Les Visages de l'autre: Alibis, Masques et Identité dans 'Alexis ou le Traité du vain combat', 'Denier du rêve' et 'Mémoires d'Hadrien' de Marguerite Yourcenar. Peter Lang, 1996.
Neissa, Peter - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2004. Teacher and Chair of the Spanish Department, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.


Dictatorship: The Imposition of U.S. Culture on Latin America Through Translation. Floricanto Press, Encino, California, 2008. The Druglord: A Historical Biography, Floricanto Press, Encino, California, 2004. Under False Colors, Floricanto Press, Encino, California, 2000.
O'Sullivan, Daniel - Ph.D. French 2000. Associate Professor, University of Mississippi. Recipient of the 2008 College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Senior Fellow of the University of Mississippi Residential College, 2009. Marian Devotion in Thirteenth-Century French Lyric, University of Toronto Press, 2005. Winner of the Best First Book award from the Southeastern Medieval Association.
Parisi, Luciano - Ph.D. Plan II, French and Italian 1998. Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK. Manzoni e Bossuet, Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2003.
Perraudin, Pascale - MA and Ph.D. French 1998. Associate Professor of French, Saint Louis University.
Risse, Kate - MA and Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2005. Lecturer, Tufts University.
Schenck, William - Ph.D. Plan II, French and Italian 2008. Assistant Director, Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi-Oxford.
Scola, Ilaria - Ph.D. Plan II, Italian and Hispanic Studies 2008. Independent Scholar. Interdiscorsività nell'opera di Leone de' Sommi. Ravenna: Longo, 2008.

Souza, Mauricio - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 1998. Profesor Titular, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia. Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, Obra poética y narrativa. Colección Letras Fundacionales. (Recopilación y fijación de textos, introducción, notas y cronología de Mauricio Souza Crespo). Plural Editores, La Paz, 2005. Lugares comunes del Modernismo: Dos aproximaciones a Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, Plural Editores, La Paz, 2003.
Stahley, Jeffrey - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 1997. Assistant Professor, Wilmington College of Ohio.
Vanborre, Emmanuelle - MA
and Ph.D. French 2007. Assistant Professor, Gordon College, MA. Lectures blanchotiennes de Malraux et Camus. Peter Lang Publishing, 2010.
Villate Isaza, Alberto - Ph.D. Hispanic Studies 2008. Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College, MN.
Wang, Yu Wen - MA and Ph.D. French 1998. Teacher of Mandarin Chinese, Needham High School, MA.
