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Fabiana Cecchini, Lecturer in Italian. I was born in Pesaro (in central Italy), hometown of the famous composer Gioacchino Rossini. I studied at the Università di Urbino where I received Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (English and French). My thesis, which focused on Sylvia Plath and her intellectual relationship with the American poets after World War II, was titled "Sylvia Plath and the Tranquilized Fifties." In 2000 I began doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2002 I received a Master's degree and in August 2007 I received a PhD in Italian Studies, with a dissertation on the relationship between cinema and literature: "Immagini di donna tra autorappresentazione e cinegrafia. Sibilla Aleramo e Veronica Franco. (Images of women in between self-representation and cinegrafia: Sibilla Aleramo and Veronica Franco)." In December 2003, I received the "Graduate Student Certification in Womens' Studies" from the Womens' Studies Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In the Fall of 2006 I came to Rice University as Lecturer in Italian. My main scholarly interests include women’s studies, Italian fiction and poetry, Italian cinema, and the relationship between film and literature. Although my research concentrates on literature and cinema, second language acquisition is also a fundamental part of my academic life: I have always enjoyed teaching, and believe it essential to my growth as a scholar.
Fabiana Cecchini, PhD
Lecturer in Italian
Center for the Study Of Languages - MS 36
Rice University
6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005
Rayzor Hall 219
Tel.: 713.348.2438
Fax: 713.348.5846
Email: fabiana.cecchini@rice.edu
Edward Anderson, Lecturer in Classical Studies and Italian. I joined the faculty of Rice University in 2006. I hold an AB from the University of California at Berkeley in History and French, an MA from Middlebury College in Italian Language and literature, and I am a candidate for the PhD in Italian from the University of Cambridge with a doctoral dissertation entitled: "Of Ariosto's legacy in seventeenth-century Italian musical drama." My scholarly interests include lyric poetry (Petrarch, Metastasio, DaPonte), Renaissance humanism, Montaigne. My teaching at Rice includes a cross-listed course Classical sources in opera (Classical Studies/Music 230); Literature, history, and philosophy — Renaissance to the present (HUMA 102), Introductory and Intermediate Italian language and Culture (ITAL 101 & 201), and Special Topics in Italian Language, Literature, and Music (ITAL 249). From 1994-2000 I worked in classical music in the representation of singers, conductors, and stage directors for firms in New York and Paris. From 2000-2004 I was a member of the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where I directed the program in Art Song and Vocal Chamber Performance. I have lived in San Francisco, Florence, New York, Paris, Chicago, Cambridge (UK), and Houston. In Houston, I am particularly fond of the lush flora and the bright green geckos. Since coming to Houston I have planted 33 trees, including many myrtles, one of whom is named Astolfo.
Edward M. Anderson
Lecturer in Classical Studies & Italian
Department of Classical Studies - MS 150
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Rayzor Hall 230
Tel.: 713.348.4373
Fax: 713.348.5951
Email: edward.m.anderson@rice.edu
