Students
Students Majoring in Italian
- Anaka Allen'13 (Haverford College)
Comparative Literature (Italian and English)- Carolina Arias (Haverford College)
Romance Languages Major (Italian & French)- Victoria Bindert '14 (Haverford College)
- Cynthia Columbus '14
- Gillian Diffenderfer '13
Romance Languages Major (Italian & Spanish)- Zoe Guastella '13
- Michelle Hughes, '15 (Haverford College)
- Brandon Kelly '15 (Haverford College)
- Victoria López '13
- Mairin O'Connor '13
- Laura Silla '14
- Adriana Volterra '15
Comparative Literature, Italian/English
Students Minoring in Italian
- Camila Aguais '14
- Lindsay Burak '15
- Grace Cheong '13
- Alice Erickson '13
- Amanda Filmyer '14
- Vanessa Gonzalez '14
- Sarah Fedorko Macholdt '14
- Josephine Nyame '13
- Sara Price '14
- Jadil Rodriquez '14
- Victoria Frances Sear '13
- Soia-Bella Vitale-Gill '14
- Siqi Wang '15
Current Students
Camila Aguais '14 is a History of Art and Fine Art double major, minoring in italian. She will be studying abroad in Bologna in spring 2013. |
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| Anaka Allen '13 is a Comparative Literature major (English and Italian) at Haverford College. and minoring in Italian at Bryn Mawr. She has been a recipient of the Mary Sharpless Sanford Scholarship fund for the past 3 years at Haverford College and was accepted to study abroad with IES in Siena for the 2011-2012 academic year. She received IES Abroad Scholarship for Under-Represented Students for this past year and is currently an intern in the International Relations Office at Università degli Studi di Siena. |
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Victoria Bindert '14 is a double major in Italian and Economics and is minoring in Environmental Studies. She will be studying abroad in Siena in spring 2013. |
Grace Cheong '13 is a Chemistry major and Italian minor. She was accepted into NSF/PIRE Junior Summer Abroad Program for chemistry. Grace will be researching at University of Pisa this summer for eight weeks. Her project will involve developing algorithms and software for simulating reactions with organic materials that involve transitions between electronic states. |
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Cynthia Columbus '14 is double majoring in Linguistics and Italian. She received the Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language and Literature. Cindy was also awarded Second prize (a month of summer study at the University for Foreigners in Siena) for her multimedia submission in the Undergraduate Student Competition "Food, Culture, and Italian Identity" organized by the Centre for Italian Studies at UPenn and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, and open to college students enrolled in Italian courses. In fall 2012 she will be studying at the University of Bologna with the Indiana University Bologna Consortial Studies Program. |
Gillian Diffenderfer '13 is a Romance Languages major (Italian and Spanish). She received the Elinor Nahm prize in Introductory Italian in spring 2010 and a scholarship to study abroad at the Università per stranieri di Perugia, spring 2011. More recently, she was awarded the Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Foreign Language, spring 2012. |
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Alice Erickson '13 is a Mathematics Major and Italian Minor. In Spring 2012 she studies abroad in Indiana University's Bologna Consortial Studies Program. Alice was awarded the Elinor Nahm Prize in Introductory Italian, spring 2010. |
Amanda Filmyer '14 is a Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology major and an Italian minor. Amanda is interning this summer (2012) at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for which she received Dean’s Summer Funding. She will be working in the Near Eastern Collections Department. Amanda also received an award from the Archaeology Department to support her internship. She is a recipient of a W.W. Smith Scholarship. |
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Vanessa M. Gonzalez '14 is an Economics and International Studies double-major with a minor in Italian. She is Brazilian and was awarded the Elinor Nahm Prize in Introductory Italian in May, 2012. |
Zoe Guastella '13, an Italian major and Education minor, plans to study abroad in Milan through the IES program during the Fall of 2012. She is a Posse Scholar and this summer she will be working in the communications department of MTV's Network TV Land in New York City. |
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Michelle Hughes '15 is an aspiring veterinarian who happens to also have a great interest in the Italian language and culture after studying abroad in Siena (in Tuscany) during her second semester of her sophomore year. Her favorite Italian pasta dish is penne all'arrabiata. SHe is happy to be a Haverford student majoring at Bryn Mawr in one of the most thrilling departments the tri-co has to offer. PS - If you have a pet you think is cute, she would love to see it! |
Victoria López '13 is a Biology and Italian double-major. She was awarded the Elinor Nahm Prize, 2010. In May 2012 she will be publishing on bacteria research that she has been performing this past year. She received a grant to conduct additional research in neural development starting summer 2012. |
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Sarah Fedorko Macholdt ’14 is an English major and an Italian minor. She has always loved Italian culture, and began to take Italian classes her first year at Bryn Mawr. She hopes to study abroad in Rome in Spring 2013. |
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Josephine Nyame '13 is a psychology major with minors Italian and in child and family studies. She received the Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language and Literature for excellence at Advanced level Italian. |
Mairin O'Connor '13, Italian major and International Studies Minor, was abroad in fall 2011 studying Italian In Milan. She interned at Modern Art Gallery: A Arte Invernizzi in Milano. Mairin received the Hester Ann Corner Prize for Distinction in Literature-Foreign Language in April 2012 |
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Sara Price '14 is an English major an an Italian minor. Sara was just accepted to study in Firenze for the month of July with the Athena Study Abroad program. She will be studying at the Lorenzo d'Medici School and was also one of the recipients of the Intermediate Italian Award. |
| Jadil Rodriguez '14 is a double major in Italian and Premed. She is a Posse Scholar (Posse Scholarship is a Full 4-year Tuition scholarship) and was a recipient of the Elinor Nahm Prize in Elementary Italian in the spring of 2011. Jadil was accepted to Intern for Infosys' Instep Global Internship Program in Bangalore, India where she will be conducting research for Infosys's Education Department. She will be analyzing the impacts of Indian Culture in Business Relations (Summer 2012). She plans to study abroad in Rome in the spring of 2013 . |
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Laura Silla '14 is a double major in Italian and Biology. She recently won the |
Sofia-Bella Vitale-Gill '14 is a Psychology major and Italian minor. She recently received the Elinor Nahm Prize for Intermediate Italian and plans to study abroad in Rome this coming fall. She says about the Italian Department: "Throughout the past two years, the Italian department and classes have become an instrumental part of my life. While taking classes at Bryn Mawr, I have not only gained participation into another community on campus but also re connected with my family abroad. I am thankful for the amount of support that I have received from for the Italian department, including this year’s Elinor Nahm award. |
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Adriana Volterra '15 is a Comparative Literature major (English and Italian) at Bryn Mawr College. She hopes to be studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in the fall of 2013. |
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Siqi Wang '15, is a Math and Statistics Major at Haverford College, and minoring in Italian at Bryn Mawr. She is from China and is interested in Medieval and Renaissance history. |
Alumnae News
- Gretchen Knoth '11 graduated from Bryn Mawr in May 2011 with a double major in Italian and Anthropology and a minor in International Studies. After graduation, she spent a year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in East Java, Indonesia. She is currently pursuing a career in international development, specifically in promoting access to education in Southeast Asia. Her is hope is to return to Italy soon for a visit after studying abroad in Bologna during her junior year at Bryn Mawr!
Gretchen Knoth '11 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Indonesia
After graduation, Gretchen Knoth ‘11 will pack her bags for Indonesia, where she will spend a year teaching English to secondary-school children, supported by a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.
Knoth, a double major in anthropology and Italian from Portland, Maine, read more
Recent Alumnae
Please follow our alumna Allegra Flechter, Italian major, class 2012, in her Internship in Milano by clinking here for her blog |
Allegra Fletcher '12, a Posse scholar, is an Italian major and Education minor. She was awarded the Eleanor Nahm Prize in 2009 for excellence in Intermediate Italian, and then again in 2010 for excellence in Italian Literature. She also won the Study Abroad Scholarship awarded by the Coccia Foundation, in order to support her future educational goals. Having served as a TA in the Italian department Allegra will continue her passion for intercultural education through the SITE Internship Program where she will teach English in Milan for the 2012-2013 school year. Upon her return to the U.S. Allegra hopes to be able to teach Italian while continuing her interest in music as a singer-songwriter. |
Minerva Pinto '12 is a History major and an Italian minor. She participated in Bryn Mawr's Summer Study Abroad Program in Pisa in 2009 and received the Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language in Literature at the advanced level in 2010. After studying abroad at the University College London during the fall 2011, she was awarded the Hanna Holborn Gray Research Fellowship during the summer to study the origins of competitive nationalisms during the 1980 Moscow Olympics. After graduation, she will be working at a law firm in Philadelphia before attending law school the following year. |
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Students' Thoughts About the Italian Department
"The Italian Department at Bryn Mawr provides a unique academic
environment for its students that you could not find elsewhere. Although
the department is small, the size allows for a very hands-on, personal
experience for anyone interested in studying Italian. Not only do we
have introductory courses and lower level courses that address Italian
culture, but we also explore intricate aspects of advanced Italian
through different types of literature, from modern-day to the
Renaissance literature. While studying Italian at Bryn Mawr, the
students are able to develop close relations with the professors and
other students of Italian through classroom experiences, Italian teas
and special dinners. Additionally, we are connected to many resources,
including outside scholarships, the Italian consulate and multiple study
abroad programs. Overall, majoring/minoring in Italian at Bryn Mawr
College is a great experience that is not only intellectually
stimulating, but also allows the students to explore outside interests,
such as culture. I am extremely happy with my choice to major in Italian
and to be able to learn about and partake in such a wonderful language
and culture."
(Mairin O'Connor '13)
"As an Italian major at Bryn Mawr College, I have come to see how wonderful Italian really is. The Italian Department is a an asset to any student willing to learn about the Italian language as well as culture and literature studies. The language courses help you develop correct grammar and pronunciation skills – regardless of your level. The upper level courses, mostly literature courses, are an excellent way of exploring the different changes that have undergone in Italian literature, which reflect their culture as well. From the Renaissance to modern day literature, Bryn Mawr’s Italian Department has it all! The Department also offers cross-listed courses, so you don’t have to be a student of Italian to come check one of the classes out. With professors that really give their all in teaching and helping students feel comfortable inside and outside the classroom, they can be quickly seen as family. Studying Italian has been one of the best decisions I’ve done! If you have the opportunity of taking an Italian class, I would recommend you to do so. " (Vicky López '13)
"By my senior year I realized I had many academic interests and I had
the pleasure and opportunity to see the Italian Department grow as I
grew. History, fashion, psychology, religion, sociology, literature and
more can all be found in the Italian Department, and that is what I
loved most about being an Italian major. Everything I wanted was already
there, and I was able to also work on improving my romance language
skills at the same time. I am most appreciative of the space and freedom
I was given in pursuing my thesis topic. I was able to combine literary
analysis with history and sociology to talk about Italian colonialism
in Somalia, focusing it through the work of Igiaba Scego, an Italian
author of Somalian descent. I felt supported from freshman year to
senior year. Given the opportunity I would choose Italian again, and I
would likely take more language courses as well." (Allegra Fletcher '12)
"I never dreamt of learning Italian, let alone majoring in it. I loved my first year Elementary class with Professor Ute Striker; in fact, the German’s passion of Italian literature and culture pulled me deeper into the loving, wonderful, family-like world of the Italian Department. I have enjoyed all my classes and have developed close friendships with most of my professors and fellow majors. We met regularly for dinners and lunches, or for a good cup of caffè, and had a good time together (though this was perhaps due to my own overly-enthusiastic passion for food). The classes, ranging from Dante and Renaissance to a study of Primo Levi and other Holocaust-related works, were wonderfully insightful and taught me a great deal about our world. As the senior Italian major representative 2008-09, I had the honor of getting the whole department together for dinners and teas (not quite like the old English Victorian-style tea parties, I imagine, but fun nonetheless), and talk to the prospective majors about my own experiences. Now that I am starting at Jefferson Medical College this August (2009), I feel happy and proud of having written my Italian thesis on Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, and I feel nothing but love for my Italian family. I am especially thankful to all my professors for introducing me to this wonderful culture, and I am grateful for the opportunity I had to study abroad in Siena and meet the fun, lively people of Tuscany." (Pritika Gupta '09)
Past Italian Majors
Spring 2005
- Alani Rosa Hicks-Bartlett
triple major: Italian/French/Spanish - Annabella Cathryne Rutigliano
- Olivia Thomas Byron
Spring 2006
- Erin Bagus
Comparative Literature/ Italian/Philosophy, Haverfor College. - Charlotte Elizabeth Haimes
- Kathryn Dorothy Matney
Spring 2007
- Chelsea Card
Haverford College
- Frances Catherine Edwards
Spanish/Italian - Lavinia Eugenia Fiamma
- Margaret Ann Folcarelli
Italian/French
- Flicka Catherine Michaels
French/Italian
- Latoya Celeste Richardson
Spring 2008
- Anna Dejdar
- Stephanie Michele Heslop
- Rachel Harriet Lavenda
- Jessica Harriet Lee
- Laurel Dineen Pellegrino
- Elizabeth Rachel Schwartz
- Lydia Vasco
Comparative Literature/ Italian/Political Science
Spring 2009
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Pritika Gupta
Double major: Italian/Biology, Haverford -
Allegra Garabedian
Romance languages - Aliette Gonzales
Romance languages
Spring 2010
- Chelsea Coate
Romance Languages (Italian/French) -
Ingrid Karin Nieters
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Jessamine Skye Newton Kelley
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Jillian Amelia Ferrara
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Maria Fernanda Miranda
Spring 2011
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Gretchen Karin Knoth
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Kelsey Lee Lynch
Spring 2012
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Allegra Fletcher
