Dr. Fulvio S. Orsitto
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Professor Orsitto is the Director of the Italian and Italian American program. Born in Turin, Italy, he holds a Laurea/BA in Italian literature (1998) and a Laurea/BA in film and media studies (2001) from the University of Turin. In 2000 he moved to the United States to teach at Connecticut College. In 2003 he earned a Master of Arts in Italian at the University of Connecticut, and in 2004 he received a Master in Film Studies from the University of Turin. In 2008 he received his Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Connecticut. |
He has conducted research and published on Italian cinema and literature, and he is currently working on Italian American cinema and post-national Italian cinema. His teaching expertise encompasses the whole range of Italian Language, Literature, Culture and Cinema. Before coming to the United States, he lived in Nice (on the French Riviera) and traveled quite extensively, spending time in Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, and basically everywhere in Europe. When he is not traveling, watching a film, or driving his convertible, he is probably cooking some Italian dish. |
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Dr. Orsitto can be contacted via email at forsitto@csuchico.edu
Brunella
Windsor
Born
in Italy, Brunella Windsor received a Master's degree in Foreign Languages
and Literatures with a Major in French from the University of Florence.
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Professor Windsor (seated at the right) also obtained a Diploma in Piano Performance from the National Conservatory of Music of Florence. She taught both Music and French in the Italian School System for several years before coming to the United States in 1990. As a piano soloist, she has performed internationally.
The passion for language and music has inspired extensive travels in most of the European countries, including Russia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. She has also traveled to China and Egypt. She teaches Italian and French at CSU, Chico, where she is also pursuing a Master's degree in the Accompaniment Program in the Music Department. You can contact Professor Windsor at bwindsor@csuchico.edu.
Franca Cavallaro
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Born
in Italy's beautiful seaport of Genoa, Franca Cavallaro received a Master's
degree in Economics from the University of Genoa, where she also studied
French. She later took a degree in Landscape Architecture in Milan and
in Colorado before moving permanently to the United States. Prior to
coming to Chico, she dedicated several years to marketing and international
business development, and to the creation and launch of a computer tutorial
in Italian.
Professor Cavallaro has traveled extensively, and has a deep passion
for art and garden design. In her spare time she can often be found
working/playing in her garden with her daughter April. You can contact
her at fcavallaro@csuchico.edu.
Dr.
Eugenio N. Frongia (Emeritus)
Professor Frongia is a distinguished emeritus professor of the Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, former department chair and and former Director of Italian Studies. Born in Sardinia, Italy,
he earned a degree in Letters and Philosophy at the University in Rome
before moving to the United States and earning a BA in English and MA
in Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor. As well, he holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of California at Berkeley.
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As a doctoral student, he taught at UC Berkeley and the College of Marin. As faculty, he taught at UCLA, the University of Utah and began his career at CSU, Chico in 1988. He specialized in the Classical Tradition, Humanism and Renaissance. His teaching expertise encompassed the whole range of Italian Language, Literature, Culture and Cinema.
Professor Frongia published several books, anthologies, and scores of articles on several trends, periods and authors of Italian and Sardinian Literatures. He also published in the area of Italian Cinema.
