Lecturer, Romance Languages Lisa Dolasinski is Lecturer of Italian at the University of Georgia. Lisa’s teaching and research interests center on contemporary Italian cinema and culture. Lisa has published and designed original courses on the topics of migration, gender, and sexuality in Italy. Her refereed journal articles interrogate the fluid sexual and ethnic identities of migrant protagonists and second-generation artists in Italian media. Lisa has also published on representations of old age and aging in Italian film comedies. Her chapter, “Hip-Hop Based Education (HHBE) and Italian Studies: A Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Teaching Migration and Contemporary Italy,” will appear in the MLA volume Teaching Migration in Literature, Film, and Media (edited by Masha Salazkina and Yumna Siddiqi). She recently published an article titled “‘In Between’ Ethnic Heritage and Italian Identity: The Global Hip-Hop of Mahmood and Ghali.” Lisa is currently working on a book proposal for her project tentatively titled: Screening ‘Sterile Masculinity: On Male Migrants, Italian Men and the Future of Italy. Lastly, Lisa serves as Managing Editor of book and film reviews for the peer-reviewed journal, Gender / Sexuality / Italy.
