Marisa S. Trubiano
Commissioner

Appointed:

January 2002

Occupation:

Asst. Professor of Italian, Montclair State University, 2000-present

Committees:

Member, Higher Education Committee, 2006-present
Member, Academic Advisory Committee, 2002-2006
Chair, Higher Education Committee, 2002-6

Professional Experience

SAT Italian 2 Subject Test Committee, College Board, 2003-present
AP Italian Consultant, College Board, 2005-present
Rutgers University World Languages Institute, Visiting Asst. Professor, 2001-2006
Princeton University, Lecturer in Italian, 1995-2000

Educational Background:

Rutgers University, M.A. and Ph.D. in Italian

Affiliations/Organizations:

American Association of Teachers of Italian
American Association of Italian Studies
Modern Language Association (Member, Executive Committee of MLA Italian American Discussion Group, 2002-2007)
Northeast Conference for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey

Italian American Affiliations:

American Italian Historical Association
Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, Montclair St. Univ.
FIERI International

Generational Ancestry:

My maternal great-grandparents worked in Brooklyn in the early 1900s, and had a daughter, Angela, in 1914, the same year that they then moved back to Sicily. My mother’s family came back to the U.S. starting in 1946.
My paternal grandfather had been working in the U.S. since the 1930s. The rest of his family came in 1956-7.
While we are not the first in our family to be born here, my brother and I are the first generation to have consciously identified as Italian/Americans.

Regional Ancestry:

Abruzzo and Sicily

Meaning of Italian Heritage:

Understanding the past gives an individual some important tools – insight, sensitivity, and strength -- to chart future journeys. Our own cultural memory informs our experiences in a multicultural society.