Lauren Surovi
Lauren Surovi
Pronouns: she/her
Assistant Teaching Professor, Italian; Language and Program Coordinator
CONTACT
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
334 HB Crouse Hall
Email: lesurovi@syr.edu
Office: 315.443.9484
Degrees
- Ph.D., Italian, University of Wisconsin–Madison;
- M.A., Italian, Middlebury College;
- B.A., Italian & International Relations, Syracuse University
Social/Academic Links
Biographic Overview
Lauren Surovi is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Italian and coordinator of the Italian language program in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Syracuse University. She specializes in Italian Renaissance literature and culture and has taught a variety of courses on Italian language, literature, and culture to both undergraduate and adult learners, and also has extensive experience working with incarcerated students and developing curriculum and programming for college in prison initiatives. Surovi is an active member of several professional associations in Italian and Renaissance Studies and has organized conference panels on Italian theater and teaching literature in the prison classroom. She has also published a number of book reviews, which can be found in journals such as Italica, Forum Italicum, and Quaderni d’italianistica.
Research Interests
Italian Renaissance literature and culture; early modern comedy; understandings of sex and gender in early modern culture; the intersection between theatre and politics
Research Specializations
Italian Renaissance literature and culture, theatre and drama studies, literary studies
Memberships
American Association of Italian Studies; Renaissance Society of America; American Association of Teachers of Italian
Honors and Awards
Andrew C. Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship (2019-2021)