Member of All'Italiana-Italian Boston Theatre Company
https://www.pazzilazzitroupe.com/all-italiana
Alessia Dalsant is a Senior Lecturer in the Modern Languages Department and Director of the Center for Languages and International Collaboration (CLIC) at Bentley University. She earned her Ph.D. in Medieval Spanish Literature from Yale University, where her research explored framed narratives, cross-cultural exchanges, and the literary traditions of the medieval Mediterranean.
With nearly two decades of experience teaching Spanish and Italian, Dalsant has taught the full sequence of language courses as well as advanced and thematic offerings such as Literature of the Boom, Latin American Culture through Literature and the Media, Spanish for Health Care, Italy through Films, and Migration in Italian Culture. Her teaching draws on principles of second language acquisition and extensive pedagogical training, including online instruction, Service Learning, and technology‑enhanced learning—particularly the creation of prompts for avatar‑based activities that support language acquisition.
As Director of CLIC, she has led a major transformation of the center, redesigning both the physical space and the role of student Language Partners to foster an inclusive, innovative environment for multilingual engagement. She has presented this work at national and international conferences.
Her research spans Italian American theater, migration and diaspora, medieval Iberian literature, Black Italia, and cross‑cultural encounters in the Mediterranean world. She has presented her work at a range of conferences and continues to explore the intersections of performance, identity, and community.
Outside academia, she performs with Boston’s Italian theater group All’italiana and participates in a Commedia dell’Arte ensemble—creative practices that enrich her scholarly engagement with performance traditions.