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Carmen Merolla graduated in Comparative Languages and Literatures with a focus on English and Japanese, from the Istituto Universitario L鈥橭rientale of Napoli, and received her Master of Arts in Italian Literature and Culture from Boston College. Her research addresses the application of smart technology in the language class and the use of Italian cinema for every level of the language learning process to foster intercultural competences and improve students鈥� cross-cultural awareness. Carmen has created the Tandem Project, a technology-based language and cultural exchange with Italian college students, and she has developed a full-immersion summer program in Italy for STEM students. Her research has recently focused on the artistic production of first-generation Italians and on inclusive and nonbinary Italian.

Interpretazioni, Italian Language and Culture through Film. Cristina Pausini and Carmen Merolla. Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2019. An intermediate and advanced level ancillary textbook to learn Italian language and culture through cinema. Author.

Caleidoscopio. Daniela Bartalesi-Graf and Colleen Ryan. Pearson, 2014. An intermediate-level textbook of Italian. Author of the on-line testing program.

L鈥檜nit脿 debole: lettere dell鈥檃mbasciatore americano George P. Marsh sull鈥橧talia unita. Lucia Ducci, L鈥檕rnitorinco, Milano, 2009. A book about George Perkins Marsh, American diplomat appointed in 1861 by President Lincoln to be the first United States minister to the new kingdom of Italy. Collaborating editor and collaborating translator.

Studiare l鈥橧taliano. An ancillary textbook of Italian for foreign students created by Italian instructors of the language academy Sorrento Lingue. Collaborating author.

Inclusiveness Beyond the (Non)Binary in Romance Languages: from Research to Classroom Implementation. Routledge, 2024. A collection of articles on the development and use of inclusive language in the Romance language class. Contributing author.

ACTFL Annual Convention. Presentation Title: 鈥�Inclusive Italian Guidelines.鈥� 2022.

Inclusive Language and Gender Equity: A Colloquium, Boston University, virtual. Presentation Title: 鈥淚nclusive Italian: Ideas for the Class.鈥�听 2022.

Boston Area Pedagogy Conference (BAPC) Annual Conference, virtual. Presentation Title: 鈥淚nclusive Italian Guidelines.鈥澨� 2022.

ACTFL Annual Convention, virtual. Presentation Title: 鈥淲hen Data Scientists Fall in Love with Humanities. Re-Think Study Abroad.鈥�听 2020.

NeMLA Annual Convention, Boston. Presentation Title: 鈥淭eaching Italian through Films. Using Apps to Foster Intercultural Competencies and Cross-Cultural Awareness.鈥�听 2020.

Boston College, Workshop for language professors and graduate students. Workshop Title: 鈥淐iak, Si Insegna! Teaching Languages through Film.鈥�听 2020.

IDEA Boston (Annual Festival of the Italian Culture). Presentation Title: 鈥淟earning and Teaching Italian through Film. Apps for the Smart Phone to Teach Intercultural Competencies.鈥澨� 2019.

ACTFL Annual Convention, Nashville. Presentation Title: 鈥淟et鈥檚 Call Italy: Gaining Intercultural Competence through Skype and Other Video-Conference Apps.鈥� 听2017.

AATI & Consulate General of Italy in Boston, Education Office. Workshop Title: 鈥淐iak Si Insegna! Come Didattizzare un Film nella Classe di Italiano: Esempi, Attivit脿 e Applicazioni Pratiche.鈥� 2017

AATI Annual Conference, Naples, Italy. Presentation Title: 鈥淟et鈥檚 Call Italy: Implementation, Assessment and Benefits of Using Video-Conference Apps for Smart Phones in the Language Class.鈥� 2016

Georgetown University Conference on Teaching Italian Culture, Washington DC. Presentation Title: 鈥淭he Italian Skype Pal Project: A Deep Dive Into Culture.鈥� 2013