Rita Morandi Professorial Lecturer World Languages and Cultures
- Degrees
- Bachelor and Master's Degree in Interpreting and Translation Universit脿 degli Studi di Bologna - SSLIMIT.
MA German - University of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD German - University of Wisconsin, Madison - Bio
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Professor Morandi research interests include language change of minority languages and more specifically language shift in Germanic speech islands and its socio-historical correlates. She finds the intersection between language change and socio-historical events fascinating and inspiring to comprehend many aspects of human interaction in multilingual communities.
Professor Morandi graduated from the School for Interpreters in Bologna Italy and went on to pursue a graduate degree in German with a focus on linguistics and a minor in Italian studies.
She has worked as a free lance interpreter and translator in Italy, Germany and the US, and has taught German, Italian and English in private and public institutions in different countries.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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GERM-132 German, Elementary I
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GERM-132 German, Elementary I
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GERM-232 German, Intermediate I
Spring 2025
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GERM-133 German, Elementary II
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GERM-133 German, Elementary II
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LING-402 Words and Language Structure