Simone Bregni

Experience

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  Trinity College - Hartford

  Aug 1997 - May 2000

  Graduate Fellow in Italian

  I taught Italian language, literature, cinema courses, supervised and organized cultural activities.

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  Gruppo Editoriale Futura

  Sept 1997 - Jan 1999

  Expert Contributor (Writer) - Super Console (Playstation)

  I was an expert contributor / freelance writer for the leading Italian video game magazine Super Console (first Super Playstation Console, then Super Console), by Futura Publishing. I had a regular column on the history of video games and another one as their US correspondent.

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  BrightHub.com

  Oct 2007 - Oct 2008

  Expert Contributor (Writer)

  Bright Hub is a social commerce network company providing online monetization solutions for software vendors, experts, bloggers and other web content creators. Bright Hub syndicates targeted, rich product content combined with sophisticated commerce tools to drive transactions and premium online advertising benefiting both blog and web sites. Bright Hub also helps software reviewers extend their reputation by finding new audiences and earning income for sharing their honest opinions and expertise. Software vendors gain exposure to new sales channels, affiliation with credible, impartial reviews and lower selling costs relative to SEM or search marketing. Bright Hub is a venture-backed company, headquartered in Troy, New York. Show less

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  Saint Louis University

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2022

  Manage the Italian program in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures at Saint Louis University (supervising, coordinating, hiring adjuncts, conducting searches for full-time & part-time positions, program assessment). Teach a variety of undergraduate courses in foreign languages, literatures and cultures. Research in foreign/second-language acquisition, Medieval and Renaissance literature, the Classical Tradition, Renaissance Theatre, Cinema. Committee service at the departmental, college and university level. Served as President of the International Faculty and Staff Association (2008/9, 2011/12 & 2015/16). Show less

  • Chairperson & Professor of Italian

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Associate Professor of Italian - Coordinator, Italian Studies Program

    Aug 2000 - Jul 2020

  • Outcomes Assessment Coordinator - Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

    Aug 2013 - Dec 2017
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  Spring Hill College

  Jul 2022 - now

  Director at Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna, Italy

  As of July 1st, 2022, I serve as Director of the Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna, Italy. I am thrilled to join a fantastic team of colleagues (administrators, coordinators, and faculty), and provide meaningful intercultural and social justice-oriented experiences to Spring Hill College students, as well as students from other Jesuit colleges and universities in this beautiful city and its nation. We are open to expand new partnerships. As the program director, I aim to provide the highest quality in Study Abroad education. The Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna, as I have first said since 2012 as the coordinator of a partner program is "everything that a Study Abroad program in Italy should be". Show less