Identity & Culture, Fall 2018

(names appear from left to right) Shayleigh Furey, Lindsay Janeczek, Natalie Tuccillo, Gina Purpora, Taylor Anderson, Megan Dombrowski, Jada Choate, Alexandra Numeroff, Eliza Wilson, Bianca Medeiros, Christine Morrello, Brooke Britt, Professor Birindelli, Viangely Asencio, John Butler, and Megan Barnes.

The Cultural Experience of International Students

The European Commission (EU Research and Innovation Programme “HORIZON 2020 Excellent Science”, Social Sciences and Humanities) has approved my research project proposal The Cultural Experience of International Students: Narratives from North and South Europe. As an experienced researcher, I have been awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Grant.

I am extremely pleased about this recognition. MC individual fellowships are granted following an extremely competitive global-scale selection and independent evaluation by experts in the field. My research proposal was approved with a brilliant overall score and endorsed by appreciative comments from the experts, such as “The research is innovative, original, credible, well founded and rigorously described. The proposal is clearly interdisciplinary. The proposed research would certainly contribute to the scientific advancement of the project field.” The fellowship entails mobility, and my host institution for the next two years is the University of Helsinki, Department of Social Research.

My research project is a comparative study (Helsinki and Florence). This means that I will be back in Italy doing fieldwork.

The Passage from Youth to Adulthood: Review (by Prof. Jeylan T. Mortimer)

The Passage from Youth to Adulthood: Narrative and Cultural Thresholds is an ethnographic study that examines the plight of Italian youth whose passage to adulthood is thwarted by an array of structural and cultural obstacles. Deficiencies in the Italian educational system, the absence of bridges from school to work, youth unemployment, and escalating costs of living make it difficult for many young people to acquire the traditional markers of adulthood. In addition to these structural problems, Birindelli identifies a ‘‘culture of collusion’’ in which parents and children cooperate in extending youth dependency well beyond what prior generations would consider normal… 

Read more here.

Mortimer, Jeylan T. “The Passage from Youth to Adulthood: Narrative and Cultural Thresholds.” Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 45.2 (2016): 147-149.

CarneItaliana.it: The First Web Portal on Italian Grass-Fed Meat

In CarneItaliana.it you can find information and news about Italian cattle, swine, poultry. Through this website you can follow the latest scientific research on native breeds, stay in touch with ongoing events and learn about curiosities: who knows the story of Florentine T-bone steak?

Strolling in the Italian outdoor green pastures, away from intensive animal farming, you can reconnect with the early history of humans and animals. And by retrieving the recipes handed down from mother to daughter since ancient times, we rediscover tradition.

Rediscovering Italian tradition is a matter of taste, health and sustainability.

CarneItaliana will soon be in English and, thanks to the geolocalizing app, be able to indicate where you can TRULY buy and eat genuine grass-fed meat in Italy. CarneItaliana is on Facebook, Twitter and Google+

Sociology of the Arts – Spring 2016

Baseman Emily, Cope Adrea, D'Attilio Caroline,  Harris Jessica, Jacobson Jennifer, Kalev Cassandra, Levinson Haley, Murphy Erin, Noseworthy Jennifer, Orekhov Daria, Patinella Joanna, Silverman Gabriel, Susskind Benjamin, Taylor Brendan.

Sociology of the Arts – Spring 2016

Atherton-Ely Tinnina, Bierman Dana, Ciccotelli Eric, Dalena Isabella, Degnan Shannon, Garufi Natalie, Geier Meghan, Giosa Blake, Gismondi Victoria, Green Arissa, Ingall Emily, Kalman Jenna, Knowles Emily, Lindsey Morgan, McCormick Ryan, McGarvey Cooper, Morgan Haley, Murphy Jessica, Nicosia Brenna, Reiben Erica, Smilowitz Zachary, Solley Jessi, Szczepaniak Nicolette.

Identity and Culture – Spring 2016

Babineau Hayley, Baseman Emily, Bellucci Nicholas, Brady Brian, Carter Julia, Cohen Jessie, Constantine Olivia, Dolce Jamie, Doyle Colleen, Eckhoff Peri, Essenfeld Rachel, Goldstein Hayley, Gunzy Brianna, Ingall Emily, Kaczegowicz Chloe, Moribe Haruka, Pancer Carly, Perniciaro Lisa, Proko Deanna, Saracco Lindsay, Spinogatti Ariana, Taccariello Nicole, Tamerius Maggie, Utley John, Volpe Jessica, Winigrad Ethan.

Cultural Globalization - Spring 2016

Carpenter Matthew, Donahue Devin, Flaherty Meagan, Hernandez Eric, Hickey Meredith, Iacomini Lorenzo, Leonetti Paul, Mc Kittrick Robert, Muntean Kylie, O'Leary Simon, Rice Kailey, Smith Riley, Unsworth Chelsea.