Martina Di Florio Gula is a PhD candidate in Italian Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She received her “Laurea” degree in Classical Literature at the University of Bologna and her Master of Arts in Italian at the University of Connecticut. Teaching in various American universities and colleges has given her the opportunity to share her culture and language with students and colleagues as well as to receive an even greater understanding of differing cultural perspectives. Martina strives to design classes that are intellectually challenging and socially engaging while fulfilling her primary goal: to assist students increase their confidence and ability in learning Italian language and literature.

Presently she is writing her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Revisiting Sites and Locations of ‘Italian-ness’: The Cultural Work of Migrant and Postcolonial Authors of Italy in Fiction and on Stage”. Her research interests include Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Cinema, Migrant and Postcolonial Writing in Italy, Travel Literature, Geography and Mediterranean Studies.

curriculum vitae

Publications:

• “La cucina: da spazio domestico a luogo cosmopolita.” In L’Altro e l’Altrove nella cultura italiana, edited by Fulvio Orsitto, 206-217. Cuneo: Nerosubianco, 2011.
• “Tra i sorrisi di Primo Levi: Alcuni appunti sugli aspetti comici e umoristici de La tregua.” Nemla Italian Studies xxxii (2009-2010): 91-110.
• “L’Archivio provinciale e comunale del CIF di Bologna. La sua genesi dagli inizi allo stato attuale.” In Di generazione in generazione: una storia con le donne per la  famiglia e la società, edited by Valeria Busani, 77-84. Bologna: La Dozza, 2006.
  

Presentations:

• “When Italians are Represented: New Perspective on ‘Italianness.’ ” The Perspective of the Other: Migrant Writers on ‘Italianness.’ 2014 NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 5, 2014.
• “Contemporary Storytellers: The Case of Cristina Ubax Ali Farah.” Hyphenated Realities, LANGSA (Languages Graduate Student Association) Annual Conference, Storrs, CT, February 25, 2012.
• “A Journey between Writing and Orality: The Case of Madre piccola by Cristina Ali Farah.” New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies N.E.V.I.S. 4th Annual Conference: Transcultural Italy, Chico, CA, November 7, 2011.