Dr. Elisa Modolo is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. She is also the Director of Basic Italian Language.
Research Interests
Dr. Modolo's research interests include Renaissance and Baroque Italian Culture, Translation Theory, Venetian Literature and Language, Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, and Women and Gender Studies.
Biography
Dr. Elisa Modolo earned her Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania (2015). Her dissertation was titled: Metamorphosis of the Metamorphoses: Italian re-writings of Ovid between Renaissance and Baroque: My thesis reveals the role of Italian textual and visual rewritings of the Metamorphoses in shaping the reception of the classics and in brewing the new poetics during the crucial period when Renaissance morphs into Baroque
Dr. Modolo also earned the M.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania (2010) and two degrees from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - the M.A. in Italian Literature and Philology (2007) and B.A. in Italian Literature (2005).
Articles and Book Chapters
“5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Doctoral Studies.” Inside Higher Ed, 08 June 2021.
“8 Motivational Tips for Dissertation Writing.” Inside Higher Ed, 01 September 2020.
“L’abito non fa la monaca, or the insider’s voice: Arcangela Tarabotti’s Revised Representation of the Nun” book chapter in the edited collection Female Identity and Its Representations in the Arts and Humanities, ed. Silvia Giovanardi Byer and Angela Porcarelli, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, June 2017, 51-75.
“Manutius and Bembo: The ‘Fellowship of the Book’ in Renaissance Venice” divulgation article invited by Simon Fraser University Publishing and Library for the Aldus @ SFUProject (2016).
“Il «disarmonico fragore» del plurilinguismo nella poesia di Luisa Zille” in Letteratura e dialetti, edited by Fabrizio Serra. Pisa-Roma, vol. 7, 2014, 33-46.
“The Intertwining of Exile, Identity, and Memory in Satrapi and Paronnaud’s Persepolis” in Sin Frontera: Revista Académica y Literaria, University of Florida, Spring 2010, 1-15.
Courses Taught
- Ital 101 Elementary Italian I
- Ital 102 Elementary Italian II
- Ital 201 Intermediate Italian I
- Ital 202 Intermediate Italian II
- Ital 301 Conversation and Composition I
- Ital 302 Conversation and Composition II
- Ital 401 Advanced Italian I
Education
Ph.D. Italian, University of Pennsylvania (2015)
Recognitions
- Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching, College of Humanities and Fine Art, Coastal Carolina University, 2018-19
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Romance Languages, Language Pedagogy at the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-17
- Dissertation Research Fellowship, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-15
- Henry Salvatori Research Grant, Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
- Dean’s Summer Fellowship, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2010