Doctoral Dissertation: The Unseen Beloved: Love by Hearsay in Medieval and Early Modern Italian Literature; Advisor: Massimo Ciavolella (UCLA)

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1 BRITTANY ASARO BRITTANYASARO.POPULR.ME/PROFILE SANDIEGO.ACADEMIA.EDU/BRITTANYASARO EDUCATION Ph.D. Italian: University of California, Los Angeles, 2013 M.A. Italian: University of California, Los Angeles, 2009 B.A. Foreign Languages (Spanish and Italian): Claremont McKenna College, 2007, magna cum laude Doctoral Dissertation: The Unseen Beloved: Love by Hearsay in Medieval and Early Modern Italian Literature; Advisor: Massimo Ciavolella (UCLA) Undergraduate Thesis: En Busca del príncipe azul: el amor, el sexo, el noviazgo y el matrimonio en las versiones españoles e italianas del cuento de Cenicienta (Winner of Best Thesis in Foreign Languages); Advisor: Cintia Santana (Stanford) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor University of San Diego, San Diego, California Spring 2016 present Teach Italian language, organize extracurricular cultural activities, and advise the on-campus Italian Club. Second Semester Italian Third Semester Italian Adjunct Instructor California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California Fall 2013 Fall 2015 Initiated the Italian program in the University s new Department of Languages and Cultures. Taught Italian language and advised the on-campus Italian Club. Elementary Italian I Elementary Italian II Lecturer California State University, Northridge, California Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Taught Italian language and literature, organized guest speaker events, and assisted in organizing the Italian minor sequence. Literary Masterpieces of the Renaissance and Humanism Elementary Italian Visiting Lecturer Scripps College, Claremont, California Fall 2013 Intermediate Italian Teaching Associate University of California, Los Angeles Fall 2008 Spring 2012 Taught all levels of Italian language, organized extracurricular activities, and was graduate advisor for the on-campus Italian Club. Elementary Italian Intermediate Italian Food and Literature in Italy

2 Italian Catholic Federation Branch #380, Thousand Oaks California Spring 2015 Gave an interactive presentation on the History of the Italian Language to community members of all ages as part of Heritage Night at the Federation s monthly meeting. Valley View Middle School, Simi Valley, California Spring 2015 Gave an interactive presentation on Courtly Love in the Middle Ages at an assembly attended by all seventh grade students, part of the history curriculum s Soldiers: Past and Present project. University of California, Los Angeles Spring 2014 Presented an introduction to the poetry of Guido Guinizelli and Guido Cavalcanti in an upper-division undergraduate lecture course taught in English. University of California, Los Angeles Spring 2014 Presented a selection of my doctoral research that was pertinent to the students coursework in an upperdivision undergraduate lecture course taught in Italian. Reader University of California, Los Angeles Fall 2012 Assisted the new Visiting Professor in his upper-division undergraduate lecture course, Dante in English. Teaching Assistant Pizter College, Claremont, California Spring 2005 First teaching assistant to be hired for this newly created course, Spanish Community-based Practicum. Had dinner with the students at the home of a Mexican-American family once a week. Graded students journals, led discussion groups, and was a liaison between the students and the families involved in the program. Instructor Honors Review, Valencia, California Summer 2007 Taught the SAT prep course Success English to eighth graders. Focused on vocabulary, reading comprehension, and compositions. PUBLICATIONS Author, Unmasking the Truth about Amor de Lonh: Giovanni Boccaccio s Rebellion against Literary Conventions in Decameron I.5 and IV.4, Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Vol. 44 (UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2013) Author, Boccaccio s Francescas: Comparing Inferno V and the Tale Of Nastagio Degli Onesti (Dec. V.8), Women in Hell: Francesca da Rimini & Friends Between Sin, Virtue, and Heroism / Donne all inferno: Francesca da Rimini & Co. tra peccato, virtù ed eroismi. Giornate internazionali Francesca da Rimini. VI Edizione. Atti del convegno (Romagna Arte e Storia 2013) Editor, Inside You by Maria Alice Gori (Rampart SAS 2015) Co-editor, Four Comedies by Carlo Goldoni edited by Michael Hackett and Gianluca Rizzo with Brittany Asaro (Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library 2016). 2

3 Translator, Portrait of Vittore Branca by Cesare de Michelis in Merchant Writers: Florentine Memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Vittore Branca, translated by Murtha Baca (Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library 2015) Reviewer, GM: Paint it Red by Nicholas Kachman with Ethel Burwell Dowling (Mariner Publishing 2015) Reviewer, Piazza: Luogo di incontri by Donatella Melucci and Elissa Tognozzi (Cengage Learning 2013) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Interpreter present Act as an Italian-English, English-Italian live interpreter at various professional conferences, presentations, film screenings, and international events in venues such as Comic-Con International, San Diego the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, and the Special Olympics. Editorial Assistant, Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library 2010 present Liaison between English-speaking clients and the Library, which promotes English translations of Italian literature. Translate various components of works to be published by the Library. Edit text on the Library s website. Reader, Viator, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Reviewed various articles for the UCLA CMRS s professional journal, Viator. Production Editor, Carte Italiane, Department of Italian, UCLA First assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of the graduate journal, Carte italiane. Oversaw the journal s finances, selected and edited articles for publication, worked closely the university publication office, and used the online journal managing system escholarship. Documentary Scholar, Dante s Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise Documented 2011 Analyzed various cantos of Dante s Divine Comedy in this series of documentaries directed by Boris Acosta. Presentation Writer, Heinle, Cengage 2010 Created PowerPoint presentations to accompany the 9th edition of the textbook Oggi in Italia. Contributor, BiGLI (Bibliografia generale della lingua e della letteratura italiana) 2009 Contributed to the compilation of a bibliography of American scholarly works on Italian language and literature published in the United States. Manager, The Tutoring Center, Valencia, California 2006 Ran a tutoring center providing after-school instruction for over 100 students. Scheduled and administered placement exams, collected tuition, and oversaw all tutors. Highest position at the center; was responsible for opening and closing each day. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Advisor, ICLO: Italian Culture and Language Organization, University of San Diego Assist in arranging Club events and in preparing topics for weekly meetings. 3

4 Advisor, Club Italia, California Lutheran University Assist in arranging Club events and in preparing topics for weekly meetings. Event coordinator and signatory, Italian Club, UCLA Helped to organize large-scale events as well as weekly meetings. Recruiter, Department of Italian, UCLA 2012 Made presentations in various Italian language and literature classes on the benefits of majoring and minoring in Italian. Founding member, Humanities Task Force, UCLA Participated in graduate-student initiated task force to investigate the possible merger of foreign language departments. Drafted a letter to the Dean of Humanities. Treasurer, Graduate Writing Center Representative, Elections Board Representative Graduate Student Association Humanities Council, UCLA Organized finances for all humanities graduate student expenditures. Attended bi-quarterly meetings at the Center and Board meetings and reported back to the Council. Event organizer and signatory, Italian Graduate Student Conference Committee Department of Italian, UCLA Organized the Department of Italian s annual graduate student conference. PRESENTATIONS Love by Hearsay in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature, Roundtable at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS), 2014 Celebrating the CMRS and Looking to the Future of Medieval and Renaissance Studies: A Recent PhD s Perspective, Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the Twenty-first Century: An Anniversary Celebration, UCLA CMRS, 2014 The Unseen Beloved: Love by Hearsay in Medieval and Early Modern Italian Literature, The UCLA Department of Italian Works in Progress Series, Los Angeles, California, 2013 The Question of Love by Hearsay in Luc Antonio Ridolfi s Aretefila, Renaissance Society of America (RSA), San Diego, California, 2013 Love by Hearsay in Baldassarre Castiglione s Libro del Cortegiano, Renaissance Conference of Southern California (RCSC), San Marino, California, 2012 Boccaccio s Francescas: Comparing Inferno V and the Tale Of Nastagio Degli Onesti (Dec. V.8), Giornate Internazionali Francesca da Rimini: Women in Hell, Los Angeles, California, 2012 Friendship by Hearsay in Purgatorio XXII, Northeastern Modern Languages Association (NeMLA), Rochester, New York, 2012 Love by Hearsay in Giuseppe Betussi s Raverta, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Medieval and Renaissance Students Association (MaRSA), Long Beach, California, 2012 A study of Characterization in Matteo Bandello s Félix Lope de Vega y Caprio s and William Shakespeare s Versions of the Romeo and Juliet Legend, Modern Language Association (MLA), Los Angeles, California, 2011 The Confusion of a Literary Code: Love by Hearsay in the Decameron, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 Balancing Enlightenment, Romantic, and Christian Philosophies: Alessandro Manzoni s Use of Nocturnal Elements in the Addio ai monti Episode of I promessi sposi, American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), Ann Arbor, Michigan,

5 Personification in Dante Alighieri s Vita nuova: Experimenting by Embracing Tradition, NeMLA, Montreal, Canada, 2010 The Figure of Love, His Relationship with the Beloved Woman and the Identification of the Lover- Poet in Dante s Vita nuova and Petrarca s Triumphus Cupidinis and Triumphus Pudicitie RCSC, San Marino, California, 2010 A Female Hero and Male Antiheroes: An Investigation of the Tragic Hero and Gender Roles in Euripides Medea According to Aristotle s Poetics, UCLA Center for the Study of Women Thinking Gender, Los Angeles, California, 2010 The English Women of the Browning Circle and their Influence on Nineteenth-century Italian Culture, NeMLA, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009 AWARDS California Lutheran University Artist and Speakers Committee Grant UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) Lynn and Maude White Fellowship UCLA-Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Exchange Fellowship UCLA Dean s Scholarship UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies (CEES) Travel Grant Northeastern Modern Languages Association (NeMLA) Graduate Travel Award UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) Travel Grant UCLA Department of Italian Travel Grant UCLA Teaching Assistant Mini-grant Claremont McKenna College Best Thesis in Foreign Languages Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Award LANGUAGES English: native language Italian: near-native fluency Spanish: reading fluency; advanced listening, intermediate speaking and writing proficiency Latin: advanced reading proficiency 5