About Giovanna Summerfield
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Professor Summerfield received her PhD from the University of Florida. She has published and presented extensively on the long eighteenth-century (1660-1830) French and Italian literature (emphasis on Sicilian writers), religious and philosophical m
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Professor Summerfield received her PhD from the University of Florida. She has published and presented extensively on the long eighteenth-century (1660-1830) French and Italian literature (emphasis on Sicilian writers), religious and philosophical movements, and women's studies.
During her time at Auburn she has received the CLA Engaged Scholar, 2009-2012, the Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Women's Studies, 2009-2010, and the PETL Early Teaching Career Award, Auburn University, Mar 2007. She created the Taormina, Italy, Study Programs in 2005, and has directed these since then with great success, providing an interdisciplinary curriculum and community engagement opportunities to all students enrolled. Dr. Summerfield was instrumental in the implementation of the Language Across the Curriculum program and the Italian government grant that awarded the Italian Studies program in the Dept of Foreign Languages and Literatures, where she served as Undergraduate Advisor of Italian Studies and Faculty Advisor of the Italian Club. She is now in charge of all civic, international and interdisciplinary initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts. She also serves as Imagining America Research Fellow.
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