Catherine Giambanco Vignale
Commissioner

Professional Experience

Rutgers University, Dept. of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures, Newark Campus, Part-time Lecturer

Brookdale Community College, Humanities Division, Adjunct

Educational Background:

Master of Arts, Italian Language and Literature, Rutgers University

Bachelor of Arts, Italian; N. J. State Board of Examiners Certification, Rutgers

Committees and Organizations:

Italian Teachers Association of N. J. (ITANJ), President

American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)

Foreign Language Educators of N.J. (FLENJ)
American Association of Italian Studies (AATS)

Dante Society of America

Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)

Phi Beta Kappa

Italian American Affiliations:

NJIIAHC Commissioner &  Chair of the Promotion of Italian

ommittee of the Higher Education Committee

The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture

The Dante Alighieri Women’s Society of Central N.J.

Generational Ancestry:

1954

Regional Ancestry:

 Sicily

Favorite Italian Personages:

Speaker Nancy Pilosi, Justice Samuel Alito, Jr., Anita Garibaldi (Great-granddaughter of Giuseppe Garibaldi), Dr. Maria Montessori; Artemisia Gentileschi, Francesco d’Assisi, Caterina da Siena and the 2006 Italian World Cup Championship Team!

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