Rosalba Pisaturo, Adjunct Instructor of Spanish and Italian
Building 01-3219
Phone: 475-4427
rjpgsl@rit.edu
BA, Nazareth College of Rochester; MA, University of British Columbia; ABD, Cornell University
Teaching and Research Interests: Rosalba Pisaturo was born and raised
in Messina, Italy and has always been interested in the values of
different cultures. Shortly after graduating from Nazareth College she
returned to her Alma Mater to teach Italian. During her 15 years at
Nazareth College she established a fully accredited Department of
Italian Language and Literature and co-founded Casa Italiana, a Center
for Italian Studies which sponsors educational programs for the
Italian-American community of Rochester. She has studied at the University of Saltillo in Mexico and at the
University of Catania in Italy.
While raising two beautiful girls, Rosalba has also taught Italian and
Spanish at St. John Fisher College, the University of Rochester, the
Berlitz School of Languages and other public secondary schools.
Her primary area of research is the narrative of nineteenth-century
European novelists, and she has written comparative essays on Unamuno
and Pirandello.
She has studied at the University of Saltillo in Mexico and at the
University of Catania in Italy.
Other interests: reading, classical music, operas, and travel.
Courses: Beginning Spanish 1, 2, 3; Beginning Italian 1, 2, 3. |
