Course Information:
This is the 3
rd edition of the Italian CC is based in Sorrento, a few miles from Dr. Fabrizio Cilento’s native town of Naples, in Southern Italy. While the focus of the course presents a new emphasis on the relationship between social services and film locations (fostered by the co-leadership of Dr. Charlene Lane), I am delighted to confirm the established partnership with the Sant’Anna Institute. The school is located in a historic convent perched on the cliffs of the Amalfi coast (see cover picture on the syllabus), overlooking the fishing village of Marina Grande. Sant’Anna is recognized for excellence in the field for independent and faculty-led study abroad programs. The Italian CC falls in the latter category. We will be in charge of all the planning, teach all the morning classroom sessions, and coordinate the external activities. Yet, the institute will provide logistic support for the service learning and connect our students with the best local guides and entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, anti-Mafia activists, immigration experts, and service learning opportunities. The team we’ll be working with includes President Cristiana Panicco, Director Olga Stinga, Academic Coordinator Dr. Marco Marino and a dozen local guides.For more information on the Sant’Anna Mission, click
here.
Estimated Course Fee: $6000
Faculty Biographies:
Fabrizio Cilento is Professor of Film and Digital Media in Central PA. He is the author of the poetry collection
Somewhere Else and of the academic book
An Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film, which explores the intersection between politics, recent history, and the aesthetics of moving images. His poems and articles appeared on numerous peer reviewed journals, anthologies, and edited volumes. Dr. Cilento is the Chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Translation/Publication Committee; Chair of the Film Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association; and is currently serving on the Advisory Board of
Film Matters (Intellect).
Charlene Lane is an Associate Professor and Social Work program Chair at Messiah University. Dr. Lane is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of clinical
as well as administrative experiences. She is licensed in both the states of New York and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Messiah Family Dr. Lane has taught on both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels; teaching at The City University of New York, Fordham University & Touro College (all in New York) as well as Shippensburg University. Dr. Lane is passionate about social justice issues and currently teaches across disciplines, teaching courses in both the Departments of Social Work and Criminal justice. Her passion for being the voice of the underserved has resulted in community partnership with humanitarian based, refugee agencies in Central Pennsylvania, as well as collaboration with FEMA research. In addition to the above mentioned, Dr. Lane has provided continuing education training for several State Agencies addressing issues surrounding, Caring for the Caregiver, Compassion Fatigue, Mental Health Needs and Crisis Intervention Sensitivity training, just to mention a few. Dr. Lane has presented at Social Work, Gerontological, Mental-Health and Criminal Justice conferences both nationally and internationally. She has addressed issues surrounding, Aging well in Society, Women aging in Place in Prison, The intersectionality between Criminal Justice and Social-Work as well as Health disparities in underrepresented communities, just to mention a few.
Additional Information:
Know before you go.pdf
Elements included in the cost of the course-May term 2024.pdf
