Luciana Fellin received a Laurea in English and German Literature and Linguistics from the University of Bologna, and a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching with a major in sociolinguistics and a minor in language pedagogy, from the University of Arizona (2001). She has taught at the Universities of Trento and Bologna, as well as, San Diego State University. She has co-authored textbooks for Italian L2 (Iprase:Trento; Migros:Eurolingua Project, Zurich) and published book chapters and articles on second language acquisition. Her most recent work is “Performance speech: L'esibizione discorsiva di identità.” In La costruzione interazionale di identità: repertori linguistici e pratiche discorsive degli italiani in Australia Ed. Ciliberti, A. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2007. Her research interests include sociolinguistic aspects of second language acquisition, teaching and evaluation, as well as, the study of language ideologies as linked to language obsolescence, maintenance and revival. Presently, she is working on an ethnographic project investigating language and identity in Italian American communities.

Education:

• PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching University of Arizona, 2001
• Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, cum laudae Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy, 1989

Research Interests:

Italian dialectology
Language ideologies
Language and identity Language socialization
Language maintenence, revival and loss Second language acquisition

1. L. Fellin, A. Defina. "“Italian in the U.S.”." Immigrant Language Patterns in the U.S. Ed. Potowski, K. (Ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2009.
2. L. Fellin. "Lost tongues and reinvented repertoires: ideologies of language and creative communicative practices among third generation Italian-Americans." Studi Italiani di Linguistica Teorica ed Applicata  (Accepted, Spring, 2008).
3. L. Fellin. "L’italiano negli USA: prospettive e realizzazioni." Un mondo di Italiano. Perugia, Guerra Edizioni, Spring, 2008.
4. L. Fellin. "Performance speech: L'esibizione discorsiva di identità." La costruzione interazionale di identità: repertori linguistici e pratiche discorsive degli italiani in Australia Ed. Ciliberti, A. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2007.
5. L. Fellin. "Handbook for Instructors of Italian. Romance Studies, Duke."   (Annually 2003-2008).