Faculty

Academic Interests: French and Italian Literature; Cultural Movements; Existentialist philosophy; Italian Cinema, specifically the films of Roberto Benigni, Lina Wertmuller, and Contemporary "Migrant Cinema;" Gender Studies

Research: American Society and Popular Culture; Globalization; The Cinema of Roberto Benigni and of Lina Wertmuller

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching-SUNY Stony Brook; Adjunct Teacher of the Year--Lehman College

Books:

• From Terrone to Extracomunitario: New Manifestations of Racism in Contemporary Italian Cinema (Jan. 2010)
• Man in Disorder, The Cinema of Lina Wertmüller in the 1970s (2007)
• Beyond Life is Beautiful, Comedy and Tragedy in the Cinema of Roberto Benigni (2005)

Articles:

• "Grace Bullaro Interviews Lidia Bastianich on Terroir, Cuisine, Globalization and Cultural Identity," Columbia Journal of American Studies, vol. 8, 2007: 174-192.
• "Daisy Martinez Discusses Passion, Latino Culture and Cuisine" in Columbia Journal of American Studies Monthly, Feb. 2007.
• "Blue Collar, White Hat: The Working Class Origins of Celebrity Super-Chef Jacques Pepin" in Columbia Journal of American Studies, Spring 2008.
• "Interrogando Benigni: A colloquio per due giorni con la professoressa Grace Russo Bullaro" in America Oggi7 (Sunday edition July 13, 2008): 1, 4-7.
• "Roberto Benigni, il rianimatore di un'identita" in America Oggi7 (24 maggio, 2009)
• "The Subversion and Redefinition of Categories in Blade Runner"
• "Jean Genet, Repressed Homosexual or Gay Deceiver?"
• "Rape-and Conquest: Male Domination and the 'Natural Order' in Lina Wertmuller's Swept Away"
• "The Protection of Innocence in Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful"
• "Emeril Lagasse, Poster Boy for Postmodernism"
• "Beer, Sweat and 'Cojones': The Masculinization of Cooking and FoodTV"