Prof. Catherine Ramsey-Portolano
- Associate Professor of Italian Studies
- Department Chair of Italian Studies
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
- M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Laurea di Dottore, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta
- B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Professor Ramsey-Portolano has taught Italian Language, Literature and Culture courses in the United States and Italy for fifteen years. Her principal areas of research are Gender Studies, 19th & 20th century Italian women writers and Italian film, particularly from the early and fascist periods. She has published articles on Luchino Visconti’s Ossessione, Carmine Gallone’s Malombra, Igino Ugo Tarchetti’s Fosca, the women writers Neera, Sibilla Aleramo and Dacia Maraini and on the theme of homosexuality in Pietro Aretino’s Il Marescalco. Most recently she has co-edited a special issue of The Italianist entitled Rethinking Neera. Professor Ramsey-Portolano draws from her areas of expertise and training to enrich the courses she teaches and in supervising students in senior capstone projects.
