Modern and Classical Languages
Italian Studies: Full-time Faculty
Dr. Simone Bregni
Associate Professor of Italian
Director of the Italian Division
Ph.D in Italian, University of Connecticut, 2001
Laurea in Lettere, Università di Torino, 1991
Director of the Italian Division
Ph.D in Italian, University of Connecticut, 2001
Laurea in Lettere, Università di Torino, 1991
- Ritter Hall 301B
- 314.977.2617
- bregni@slu.edu
- ITAL 210-02, Intermediate Italian: Language and Culture
- ITAL 415-01, Advanced Composition and Conversation

Dr. Claudia Karagoz
Assistant Professor of Italian
Coordinator of Elementary level / Language Requirement courses
Ph.D in Italian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Moderne, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Coordinator of Elementary level / Language Requirement courses
Ph.D in Italian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Moderne, Università di Roma La Sapienza
- Ritter Hall 330
- 314.977.3667
- ckaragoz@slu.edu
- ITAL 315-01 Oral Communication in Italian I
- ITAL 393-01 Mafia and Antimafia in Italian Culture (taught in English)
- ITAL 393-02 Mafia and Antimafia in Italian Culture (taught in Italian)
Italian Studies: Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Dina Fachin
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D in Native American Studies, University of California, Davis, 2008
Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università di Venezia Ca' Foscari, 1999
- Ritter Hall 9
- 314.977.7000
- dfachin@slu.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Bernhardt
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D. in Early Modern European History, University of Toronto, 2007
M.A. in Italian Studies, Middlebury College, 1995
- Ritter Hall 8
- 314.977.7031
- Ebernha2@slu.edu

Sabrina Righi
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant of Italian
Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università di Bologna, 2006.
Laurea Magistrale (MA) in Lingua, Società e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna, 2008.
Laurea Magistrale (MA) in Lingua, Società e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna, 2008.
- 314.977.7013
- srighi@slu.edu
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314.977.2448
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314.977.3670
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Director of French Graduate Program
314.977.2449
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