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Elvira G. DiFabio

Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Adviser in Italian)

  • Phone: 617-495-5478 [voice]
  • Fax: 617-496-4682 [fax]
  • Email: edifabio@fas.harvard.edu
  • Office hours fall 2008: to be announced.

  • As Senior Preceptor, I coordinate and administer the Italian language program here at Harvard. I teach 4 courses a year, usually at the advanced language/culture level, including Harvard Summer Study in Italy. My interests include: Italian Phono-Morphology; Italian Comic Cinema; Literary Translation; Italian American Literature; Professional Development and Teacher Preparation. I am also active in the professional development of teachers of Italian at the secondary and middle school levels. Write if you have any questions (or if you have iSight, my AIM account ID is "profdifabio321").
    Academic degrees: B.A., Boston University; M.A., Boston College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
    Publication: Republican Ideals in the Selected Works of Italian-American Joseph Rocchietti, 1835/1845. With Carol Bonomo Albright. Edwin Mellen Press (2004).
    Courses taught by Di Fabio 2008-2009:
  • Freshman Seminar 34k. Italian Americans: History, Literature, Identity
  • Ital S-52 (Summer School) Study Abroad in Italy: Mapping the Cultures of Italy—Food for Thought
  • Huma E-148 (Harvard Extension, Spr)
  • Course head for Ital Aa, Ab , Ax, Bab, 33, 35, 36, [44], [48], 50, [60], 79, 91, 97, 98, and 99.
    Undergraduates, get information on Plans of Study for an Italian Concentration.
    For current course listings and descriptions, consult the Harvard course catalogue listing. Return to meet Department faculty.

    Last updated on July 8, 2008