Dr. Domenica Newell-Amato
Assistant Professor of French and ItalianINTRODUCTION
Office hours for Spring 2013: MTWR 11am - 12 pm and by appointment
My EIU Story
Editor: Communicating Through the Arts: Lessons for Public Health and Medicine. Documentary of the Symposium that occurred in conjunction with Emory Italian Studies in Italy,June 16-20 2012, in Paestum and Matera, Italy.
Featured Professor in TechUpdate, newsletter publication of the Center for Academic Technology Support (CATS) at EIU, focusing on the integration of technology in the Humanities curriculum. April 2012
Collaborator, Chiavi di Lettura, Italian Virtual Class, a multimedia-based curriculum for Italian, an online multimedia series of text, video, audio, interactive learning exercises, and podcast, created by J. Raggi-Moore and C. Ristaino. 2009-2012
Director, Cinematographer, and Editor: Learning to Speak in Other Cultures: EIU Documentary on Adventures Abroad. Documentary to promote student interest in study abroad and foreign language. Covered all aspects of production. Screened as part of the EIU Humanities Series on Meaningful Work, March 2011
Education & Training
PhD in French Literature, Emory University, 2009Dissertation: “To Speak or Not to Speak? Postcolonial Readings of Silence in Racine’s Theatre.” Advisors: Dr. Dalia Judovitz & Dr. Valérie Loichot
MA in French, Syracuse University, 2002
BA French with Italian minor, Florida State University, 1999
Conference Presentations
“Linyekula’s Pour en finir avec Bérenice:Dream Segments of Racine in Postcolonial Congo.” 20th- and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Atlanta, GA. March 2013“Teaching Humanities in the Digital Age.” 90 minute Humanities Discussion Circle at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 2011 Conference, Durham, NC. November 2012.
“French Classical Theatre Gets ‘Postcolonial’ in Linyekula’s Pour en finir avec Bérénice.” Presentation and discussion with the “Beyond Writing Back to the Empire: Second Wave of African and Caribbean Writers” roundtable at the Northeast Modern Language Association conference, Rochester, NY. March 2012
“Italian Virtual Class: Bridging the Gap through Virtual Class and Virtual Colleagues.” One-hour session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2011 Program, Denver, CO. With J. Raggi-Moore, C. Ristaino, and D. Dal Pra. November 2011
“Virtual Colleagues: The Virtual Class Format.”One hour workshop at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 2011 Conference, Atlanta, GA. With J. Raggi-Moore, C. Ristaino, and D. Dal Pra. November 2011
“Sparking Interest in Language through Culture and Art.” One-hour workshop at the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, Tinley Park, IL. October 2011
“Listening to the Disorderly Body: Sites of Feminine Resistance in Racine’s Theater.” Invited one-hour talk at Women’s Studies Brownbag, Eastern Illinois University. December 2009
“Dubbing and Doubling Identity in Racine’s Bérénice.” The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies 2009 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. October 2009
“Using PowerPoint to Introduce Francophone Culture in the French Classroom.” One-hour presentation at the 79th American Association of Teachers of French National Convention, Milwaukee, WI. July 2006
“The French Caribbean as an Echo Chamber.” The 79th American Association of Teachers of French National Convention, Milwaukee, WI. July 2006
“Connecting Images with French Grammar.” One-hour workshop at the Foreign Language Association of Georgia Conference in Jekyll Island, GA. With L. Viakinnou-Brinson. March 2006
“Echoes in the Mangrove.” Annual French Graduate Student Colloquium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. February 2006
“A Polyvalent (Hi)story; Monovalent (Hi)stories.” 14th Annual Charles Fraker Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. November 2005
“How to Teach French Grammar Exclusively in French – It can be done!” One-hour presentation at the 78th American Association of Teachers of French National Convention in Quebec City, Canada. With L. Viakinnou-Brinson. July 2005
“La Quête identitaire des Africains après la colonisation.”5th Annual French Graduate Student Colloquium, Syracuse, NY. April 2002
“La Poésie féminine africaine.” The Syracuse University Graduate Student Colloquium, Syracuse, NY. With L. Grenvicz. April 2001
Publications
“Que dit ce silence? Strange Reversals of Imperial Discourses in Racine’s Bérénice”Forthcoming in French Review, Vol. 87, no. 2.
Parker, R. Labrecque, C., Candler, S., Newell-Amato, D., Messler, J., & Wolf, M., “Communicating through the Arts: Lessons for Medicine and Public Health: Summer 2012 Symposium Proceedings.” Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, Vol. 18, no. 2 (2013).
Funding & Grants
2012 Study Abroad Development Grant, EIU2012 Faculty Development Support Grant, EIU
2012 Summer Research Award, EIU
2011 Faculty Development Support Grant, EIU
2011 Summer Research Award, EIU
2011 Travel Award (Paris), College of Arts and Humanities, EIU
2011 Study Abroad Award, Site exploration of Italian program in Genoa, EIU
2008 Anne Amari Perry Award, Emory University
2002-07 Graduate Fellowship, Emory University
2001-02 Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse University
2000-02 Full Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse University
1998 Winthrop-King Scholarship for Summer in Paris, Florida State University
Frequently Taught Courses
FLI 1101 Elementary Italian I (Fall of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)FLI 1102 Elementary Italian II (Spring of 2010, 2011, 2012)
FLE 4400 Italian Cinema (Fall 2010 and 2011, Spring 2011)
FLF 4760 French Drama (Spring 2012)
FLF 3305 French Literature I (Fall 2010)
FLF 2201 Intermediate French I (Fall 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and Spring 2012)
FLF 1101 Elementary French I (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010)
FLF 1102 Elementary French II (Spring 2011, Fall 2012)
Research & Creative Interests
â–ª17th century French theatre, Jean Racine, early modern Orientalismâ–ªPostcolonial studies, 20th century French and Francophone literature, Caribbean literature
â–ªContextualized student-centered learning, innovative uses of technology and multimedia
Professional Affiliations
Modern Language Association
American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Association of Teachers of French
American Association of Teachers of Italian
Northeast Modern Language Association
South Atlantic Modern Language Association