Maria Grazia De Angelis  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Teaching Experience:

• Student Instructor at La Sapienza, Rome, Italy -
• Adjunct Associate Professor - Saint Mary's College of California (1999- Present) -
• Italian Instructor, Italingua Institute, Italian Institute of Cultural Studies, SF, CA -
• Italian Teacher, New York City and San Francisco, Bay Area -
• Tour Guide, Guides Association, New York, NY -

Professional Licenses & Certifications:

• Oral Proficiency Interview Tester Training 4-day Workshop American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language - ACTFL (June 2002)
  UC Berkeley, CA
• Training - Berlitz (February 1997)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• WELCOMING FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM: Can’t Beat Them? Join Them!. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (talk, speech or lecture)
  ACTFL / AATI
  (November 2011)
• Using Electronic Portfolios to Enhance Language Curriculum. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (panel or forum member)
  Rocky Mountain MLA, Albuquerque, NM
  (October 2010)
• E-Learning and the Use of Multimedia. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (talk, speech or lecture)
  American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI), Lecce, Italy
  (May 2010)
• Literature on Location: Discovering Theater in Southern Italy. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (talk, speech or lecture)
  Rocky Mountain MLA, Snow Bird, Utah
  (October 2009)
• Food and Culture. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (talk, speech or lecture)
  Foreign Language Association of Northern California UC Berkeley
  (November 2008)
• You Too Can Podcast. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (panel or forum member)
  Digital Stream UC Monterey Bay
  (March 2008)
• Teaching with Technology: You Don't Need To Be an Expert. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (panel or forum member)
  Digital Stream, UC Monterey
  (March 2007)
• Digital Video in the Language Classroom: Techniques and Technology. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (talk, speech or lecture)
  FLANC, UC Berkeley
  (November 2006)
• Dario Fo. De Angelis, Maria Grazia (primary presenter)
  Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Bologna, Italy
  (January 2000)

Publications:

• De Angelis, Maria Grazia. 1997. Va Dove Ti Porta il Cuore, La Rivista, vol. 1, issue 4, pg.16, Fondazione Amici dell'Italia
• De Angelis, Maria Grazia. 1996. Nel Mondo in Punta di Piedi - Aterballetto, La Rivista, vol. 3, issue 3, pg.20, Fondazione Amici dell'Italia

Performances:

Guest Lecturer

• ITALIAN AMERICANS AND IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES. A lecture by historian-author Vincenza Scarpaci. (November 2009)
• THE UNITED STATES THROUGH EUROPEAN LENSES: HOW EUROPE SEES THE US AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH. (November 07, 2001)
  A lecture by Federico Rampini, journalist from the most famous Italian daily paper " La Repubblica"

Italian Cultural Night

• NIGHT IN PIAZZA, Spring 2007, 2008, 2009. ()
  Every year a different theme celebrating Italian heritage: opera, tarantella, music, food, culture

Music and Dance

• TARANTELLA TARANTULA by the Artship. (May 01, 2007)

Music and Lecture

• WOMEN & ITALIAN HIP-HOP & RAP. (May 12, 2000)

One-act Play and Discussion

• THE ACTOR AS WOUNDED HEALER. (March 08, 2000)
  A discussion with actress Shelley Mitchell about acting, feminism, and Western culture, following her performance of a one-act play by Italian Nobel Prize winner, Dario Fo.

Panel discussion

• STORIES OF SICILY. SMC. (March 13, 2009)