Faculty

Paolo Cucchi, a native Italian from Trieste, is Professor of French and Italian, and has been Dean of the College of Liberal Arts for 24 years (1984-2008). Dr. Cucchi received his M.A. and Ph.D. in French and Italian from Princeton University. He has published on J.J. Rousseau and Laurent de Premierfait. He has also participated on numerous conferences dealing with the early French "nouvelle,” the French translations of Boccaccio's Decameron and gender studies. His appointments are too many to be listed, among them, Dr. Cucchi is a member of the Board of Overseers for the Governor's School of New Jersey; a member of the Board of Directors of the Legg Mason Closed End Funds; of the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts. Above all, Dr. Cucchi has a genuine passion for teaching which he is hoping to do more of in the future.

Office: Embury Hall 200
Phone Number: (973) 408-3831
eocchipi@drew.edu

Emanuele Occhipinti holds a Laurea in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Florence and received his PhD in Italian Literature from Rutgers University. He has published on Italo Svevo and Igino Ugo Tarchetti, and contributed to the History of Feminist Thought, forthcoming from Greenwood Press. He is the editor of New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture: Case Studies from an International Perspective (http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/New-Approaches-to-Teaching-Italian-Language-and-Culture--Case-Studies-from-an-International-Perspect1-84718-638-6.htm). His area of specialization covers eighteenth to twentieth century Italian Literature, with a focus on travel literature, the Italian American experience, psychoanalysis, film, cultural and comparative studies, language pedagogy and the effective use of technology in the classroom. He is also the director of the Summer Program in Venice.

Office: Brothers College 214 A
Phone Number: (973) 408-3688
cmastrop@drew.edu

Carla Mastropierro (B.A. Montclair University; M.A. Rutgers University) is a native of Basilicata region in Italy and was for several years a teacher, director and coordinator of Italian language courses sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Education. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Italian Educational & Cultural Center of Jersey City, NJ, a social service and cultural organization, sponsor of the Italian Immigration Museum. She is also the liaison of the Italian Vice Consulate.

Office: Embury Hall 207
Phone Number: (973) 805-8877
spastori@drew.edu

Susanna Pastorino, a native Italian from Salerno, holds a Laurea in Law from the University of Salerno, Italy. She received her M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the Arizona State University, where she taught Italian for four years. Her areas of interest include bilingualism in children and second language acquisition.