Anna Rocca
Professional Details
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Office: | SB-305 (C) |
| Phone: | 978-542-7106 |
| Email: | anna.rocca@salemstate.edu |
Spring Courses
| Cat. # | Term | Course # | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1387 | 01 | FRE101 | Elementary French I |
| 1389 | 01 | FRE102 | Elementary French II |
| 1390 | 02 | FRE102 | Elementary French II |
| 1403 | 01 | ITL354 | Italian Composition Through Film |
| 3923 | 01 | ITL500 | Directed Study in Italian |
Professional Biography
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in French & Francophone Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
- M. A. in French, Minor in Italian, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
- Laurea cum laude in Philosophy, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
- M. A. in International Careers, S.I.O.I., Italian Society of International Organizations, Rome, Italy.
- Laurea cum laude in Political Sciences, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Professional Interests
Her fields of specialization are contemporary women writers of North Africa, autobiography, feminism and transnational feminist movements.
Responsibilities
Adviser and Coordinator of the:
Italian Language Program;
French Language Program;
Future Teachers of Italian in the US Program;
Honor Society Phi Sigma Iota -for French & Italian;
Italian Summer Study Program Abroad in Florence, Italy;
Italian Club.
Selected Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
EDITED BOOK COLLECTION:
- Frictions et devenirs dans les écritures migrantes au féminin: Enracinements et renégociations. Eds. Rocca, Anna and Névine El Nossery. Éditions Universitaires Européennes. Sarrebruck, Germany. December 2011.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
- "In Search of Beauty in Space: Interview with Lalla Essaydi." Eds. Jones, Christa and Anissa Talahite-Moodley. Special issue on Women from the Maghreb. Dalhousie French Studies. Forthcoming.
- "Shame and Belonging in Postcolonial Algeria." The Female Face of Shame. Eds. Erica Johnson and Patricia Moran. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2012.
- "Se frayer un chemin de retour: Lalla Essaydi et ses espaces." Essay collection: Frictions et devenirs dans les écritures migrantes au féminin : Enracinements et renégociations. Eds. Rocca, Anna and Névine, El Nossery. Éditions Universitaires Européennes. Sarrebruck, Germany. December 2011. 215-234.
- "Assia Djebar's Nulle part dans la maison de mon père. Telling Her Truth and Reconfiguring the World." Women in French. 2011.
- "Assia Djebar's Women and Their Multiform Love." Special dossier on Assia Djebar, Assia Djebar, une artiste entre deux rives. Eds. Vialet, Michèle and Carla Calargé. Cincinnati Romance Review. 2011.
- "Solidarité : Créativité etStratégies Plurielles d'Écoute." Actes des travaux du 5ème congrès international desRecherches Féministes dans la Francophonie Plurielle. Le Féminisme face aux défis du multiculturalisme. Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Économiques etSociales, Agdal-Rabat, Morocco. April 2011. 117-139.
BOOK REVIEWS:
- Natalie Edwards. Shifting Subjects. Plural Subjectivity in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography. U of Delaware P. 2011. Forthcoming.
- Annabelle Cone and Dawn Marley, eds. The Francophone Women's Magazine. Inside and Outside of France.UP of the South, 2010. Women In French February 2012.
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS
BOOK:
Assia Djebar. Le corps invisible: voir sans être vue. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005. http://www.harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=19335
BOOK CHAPTERS:
-"Assia Djebar's La femme sans sépulture. Anxiety and Testimonial Writing." Women in French, 2008.
-"Assia Djebar. La mémoire, le témoin, et l'érotisme: Les Nuits de Strasbourg et La disparition de la langue française." Kanaté Dahouda and Sélom Komlan Gbanou, eds. Mémoire et identité dans les littératures francophones, 2008.
-"Assia Djebar : le corps-mémoire dans l'autobiographie." Hafid Gafaïti, Patricia M. E. Lorcin and David G. Troyansky, eds. Migrances, diasporas et transculturalités francophones. Littératures et cultures d'Afrique, des Caraïbes, d'Europe et du Québec. L'Harmattan, 2006.
-"Père-fille: écriture et interdit dans l'autobiographie d'Assia Djebar." Peuples et Monde. 2004. http://www.peuplesmonde.com/article.php3?id_article=54
-"Assia Djebar. Le corps-mémoire dans l'autobiographie." Etudes Transnationales, Francophones et Comparées. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2004.
Selected Presentations
SESSION PROPOSER, ORGANIZER, CHAIR & PRESENTER
2012 Panel: "Childhood and Adolescence in Contemporary Women's Autobiographies in French." NeMLA Conference, Rochester, NY, March 15-18.
2012 Panel: "Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives." WIF Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, AZ, February 24-25.
2011 Panel: "Language as Music/Music as Language." MaFLA Conference, Sturbridge, MA. October 17-19.
2011 Panel: "Écrits des femmes postcoloniales: le voyage imaginaire ou réel en tant qu'exploration des sentiments." CIEF Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France, May 29- June 5.
2011 Panel: "Exploration of Senses in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography." NeMLA Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, April 7-10.
2011 Panel: "How to Read and Approach Cultural Differences and Stereotypes." ACTFL Conference, Boston, MA. November 15-21.
2010 Panel : "L'amour et ses formes multiples dans le déplacement culturel et territorial du XXIème siècle." CIEF Conference, Montreal, CA, June 31-July 5.
2010 Panel: "Postcolonial Autobiography and the Visualization of New Spaces of Belonging." WIF Conference, Long Island, NY, June 10-13.
2010 Panel: "Postcolonial Francophone Writers Narrating Places of Creation, Transformation and Connection." NeMLA Conference, Montreal, CA, April 7-11.
2009 Panel: "Communicating through Images: La Bande Dessinée." MaFLA Conference, Sturbridge, MA. October 29-31.
Personal Interests
DDOAMCAY (Dogs, Dance, Outdoor Activities, Music, Contemporary Art & Yoga)