Graduate Students
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Nina Bjekovic
- E-mail: nina.bjekovic@yahoo.com
- M.A. (Italian Literature) University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. (Italian) University of California, Los Angeles
Nina Bjekovic, a Ph.D. Student, specializes in 19th and 20th-century Italian culture and literature, with particular emphasis on literary works produced during Fascism and the Reconstruction, Italian female playwrights, women writers, gender and feminism, issues of identity and representation, and... » Read More About Nina Bjekovic
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Sarah Cantor
- E-mail: ssvcantor@ucla.edu
- M.A. (Italian Literature) University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. (Italian) Vassar College
Sarah Cantor is a doctoral student in the UCLA Department of Italian whose research interests include Medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, in particular Renaissance epic and the influence of classical authors on their Italian successors. Sarah earned her B.A. in... » Read More About Sarah Cantor
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Jan DeLozier
- E-mail: jansdelozier@g.ucla.edu
- B.A. (summa cum laude) (Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies) Sewanee: The University of the South
Jan DeLozier is a graduate student of Italian, pursing a PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in both Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies at Sewanee: The University... » Read More About Jan DeLozier
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Federica Di Blasio
- E-mail: fdiblasio@g.ucla.edu
- M.A. (Comparative and World Literature) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.A. (Modern Philology) University of Bologna
B.A. (European Literatures) University of Bologna
Federica Di Blasio is a Ph.D. Candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Italian at UCLA. Her research focuses on representations of mobility and conceptions of globalization in modern and contemporary literature and cinema. In her dissertation, she investigates... » Read More About Federica Di Blasio
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Hiju Kim
- E-mail: hiju33@g.ucla.edu
- B.A. (magna cum laude) (Italian Culture) University of California, Los Angeles
Hiju Kim is a Ph.D. Student at the University of California, Los Angeles. With a background in South Korean and Italian culture, she has worked for curatorial and education departments at The Wende Museum of Cold War, Peggy Guggenheim Collection,... » Read More About Hiju Kim
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Marianna Nespoli
- E-mail: mnespoli@ucla.edu
- B.A. (English and Comparative Literary Studies; Creative Writing emphasis) Occidental College
Marianna Nespoli is a second-year Ph.D. candidate whose research interests primarily focus on Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Cinema with an emphasis on the cinematic collaborations of poet and screenwriter Tonino Guerra with world renowned directors such as Antonioni,... » Read More About Marianna Nespoli
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Magdalena Panevska Blaisdell
- E-mail: mblaisdel@ucla.edu
Magdalena Panevska Blaisdell is a Ph.D. student with interests in contemporary and modern Italian literature, and in particular the works of Italian women writers. Other research interests include gender studies and feminism, and the representation of women in Italian film... » Read More About Magdalena Panevska Blaisdell
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Kelly Roso
- E-mail: kroso001@g.ucla.edu
- M.A. (General and Comparative Literature) La Sorbonne, Paris
M.A. (Italian Literature) University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. (Italian and German) University of California, Riverside
Kelly Roso is a doctoral student and Teaching Assistant of Italian. She is interested in the traditions of the Sienese Palio, feminism of all waves, Distant Reading, and the works of Umberto Eco and David Foster Wallace. Kelly earned her... » Read More About Kelly Roso
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Megan Tomlinson
- E-mail: mt604@g.ucla.edu
- B.A. (Hons) (Modern and Medieval Languages) University of Cambridge
Megan Tomlinson is a graduate student in the UCLA Department of Italian. She received her B.A in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge, specializing in French and Italian. Her scholarly interests include twentieth-century Italian literature, gender and... » Read More About Megan Tomlinson
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Joseph Tumolo
- E-mail: jtumolo@ucla.edu
- M.A. (Italian Literary & Cultural Studies) University of Connecticut
B.A. (Italian Literature) Fordham University
Joseph Tumolo, a Ph.D. student, is interested in modern and contemporary Italian literature, critical theory, and Italian-American studies. Before beginning his Ph.D. at UCLA, Joseph earned an M.A. in Italian Literary & Cultural Studies from the University Connecticut, and a... » Read More About Joseph Tumolo