Richard Bonano, Assistant Professor of Italian
RICHARD BONANNO
Associate Professor of Italian (2002)
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures
Email: rbonanno@assumption.edu
Office: Founders 222
Office Phone: (508) 767-7120
Education
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; 1989
M.A., Rutgers University; 1996
Ph.D., Rutgers University; 2000
Sample of Courses Taught
Italian Language and Culture, levels I-V
Introduction to Literature
Special Topics in Italian: Lettere e Costumi Regionali
Comparative Literature: The Italian CinemaPublications
Publications
Sculptural Form and the Love Theme in Michelangelo’s Rime, Italian Quarterly,Spring 2003.
From Corleone to Cinisi: Righting Mafia Fictions through Documentary Film, Voices in Italian Americana, 12:2, 2001.
Sotto la Serica Scorza del Poeta: Poliziano as Model in Michelangelo’s Rime, NEMLA Studies, Volume XXIII-XXIV, 1999-2001.
Unpropitious Emphasis on Escape: Gabriele Salvatores’ Mediterraneo, La Fusta, Volume 12, Spring 1998.
Translations
Bellia, Antonio and Iuculano, Giacomo Senza tempo (No Time). Super 16 short. Produzione: Eka Cult. 2005
Macchia, Annalaura. Delete! 2003.
Presentations
Peace and Peacemaking in Gabriele Salvatores’ “Mediterraneo,” Mediterranean Studies Association, Corfu, Greece, May 2011
Death Memorials in Boston’s Italian Community, Mediterranean Studies Association, Salamanca, Spain, May 2010.
Michelangelo and Malady, Mediterranean Studies Association, Sardegna, Italy 2009
L’utile et dulce nel Decameron, American Association of Italian Studies, Taormina, Italy 2008
Rereading Boccaccio’s “Masetto da Lamporecchio” Mediterranean Studies Association, ‘vora, Portugal May 2007
Frank Capra and Sicily, Mediterranean Studies Association, Genoa, Italy 2006
New Orleans’ Sicilians and Their Contribution to the Development of Jazz, Mediterranean Studies Association, Messina, Italy 2005
Dominic James “Nick” LaRocca and New Orleans’ Italian-American Jazz Pioneers, AAIS, Ottawa, April 2004.
A Constructive Approach to Teaching Language and Literature, AAIS, Washington, D.C., April 2003
Il cinema studentesco: Filmmaking as a Tool for Teaching Literature, AATI, Toronto, November 2002.
Pondering Art, Love, and Form in Michelangelo’s “Rime,” Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference, Denver, October 2001.
Hides and Hearts in the Poetry of Michelangelo, AATI, Boston, November 2000.
Poliziano as Model in Michelangelo’s Rime, NEMLA, Pittsburgh, April 1999.
Incorporating Video Materials into the Classroom, ACTFL/AATI, Nashville, Nov. 1997.
Mediterraneo: Tragicomic Fascist Catharsis, Focusing the Kaleidoscope of Italian Cinema, Rutgers University, October 1996.
A Constructive Approach to Teaching Language and Literature, AAIS, Washington, D.C., April 2003
Il cinema studentesco: Filmmaking as a Tool for Teaching Literature, AATI, Toronto, November 2002.
Pondering Art, Love, and Form in Michelangelo’s “Rime,” Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference, Denver, October 2001.
Hides and Hearts in the Poetry of Michelangelo, AATI, Boston, November 2000.
Poliziano as Model in Michelangelo’s Rime, NEMLA, Pittsburgh, April 1999.
Incorporating Video Materials into the Classroom, ACTFL/AATI, Nashville, Nov. 1997.
Mediterraneo: Tragicomic Fascist Catharsis, Focusing the Kaleidoscope of Italian Cinema, Rutgers University, October 1996.
Grants and Awards
Technology in Teaching Mellon Grant, Skidmore College, 1999-2001
UNICO, Fellowship Award Recipient, W. Orange, NJ, 1998
Department of Italian Senior Fellowship, Rutgers University, 1997
Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, Rutgers University, 1997
Teaching Excellence Center Grant Recipient, Rutgears University,1995
Joseph E. Laggini Scholarship Award Recipient, Rutgers University, 1994
Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Teachers of Italian
