Conference Papers

D. Seggi (the “r” is still to be earned) has presented (or is scheduled to present) the following papers at both national and regional conferences:

In Light of the Darkness: Exploring the Cinematic Portrayal of Suicide, International Visual Sociology Association, Carlisle, Cumbria, July 22, 2009

Using Film to Teach (Language and) Culture, American Association for Italian Studies Convention, New York, NY, May 10, 2009,

Teaching Italian with Technology-Based Visual Aids: Issues and Perspectives, American Association for Italian Studies Convention, New York, NY, May 10, 2009 [Session Co-Organizer and Chair]

Reel Languages: Film and Video in Language Classrooms, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY, April 16, 2009 [Three-hour Workshop]

Speaking the Unspeakable: Mental Illness and Suicide in Italian Film, American Association for Italian Studies-American Association of Teachers of Italian Joint Convention, May 22, 2008 [Session Organizer and Chair]

Lettura di Poesie: Voci Italiane d’America [Poetry Reading: Italian Voices in America], American Association for Italian Studies-American Association of Teachers of Italian Joint Convention, May 22, 2008

Teaching and Learning at the Intersection of Sociology and Film, Eastern Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, February 22, 2008

PowerPoint in the Language Classroom: Strategies, Techniques, Uses, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, November 17, 2007

Sociology of Film AND Sociology through Film, Constructing Knowledge: Creating a Graduate Network. A Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 27, 2007

Out on a Limb? Italian Cinematic Neorealism as [Imaginative] Visual Sociology, Annual American Association of Teachers of Italian Conference, Washington D.C., October 12, 2007

The Portrayal of the Family in three Neorealist Films by Visconti: A Semiotic Approach, Annual American Association for Italian Studies Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, May 3, 2007

Creative Uses of PowerPoint in the Language Classroom, North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY, April 14, 2007

Cyberspace, English, and Other Languages, Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference, New York, NY, April 12, 2001