
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf is Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at Wellesley College. Her research focuses on Italian language pedagogy and 20th-century cultural studies. She is the author of three textbooks: L’Italia dal fascismo ad oggi (Guerra Edizioni, 2019), Caleidoscopio (Pearson, 2014, with Colleen Ryan), and Voci dal Sud (Yale University Press, 2010). The latter two are out of print but available for free as Open Educational Resources (OER) upon registration:
Caleidoscopio (registration page)
Voci dal Sud (registration page)
Daniela has also created four Italian MOOCs on edX, reaching over 500,000 students worldwide since 2016. She is co-creator of a website that curates OER materials for teaching and learning Italian.