<b>Academic Credentials</b><p>PhD in Hispanic Literature, El Colegio de México. MA in Letras Mexicanas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México<p><b>Biography</b><p>Dra. French graduated with a BS in Business Admin from the University of Mary Washington in 2010. Upon graduation she moved abroad to Mexico City, Mexico where she went on to study a MA in Mexican Literature, specializing in Colonial Literature and Identity Studies. She worked for 2 years as a research associate at El Colegio de México under the direction of Dra. María Méndez in the Project :La biblioteca Novohispana. In 2019 she graduated from El Colegio de México with a PhD in Hispanic Literature, specializing in Literatura Antigua.<p><b>Other Information</b><J13><p><b>Teaching Area</b><p>Spanish language and literature, communication and cultural studies<p><b>Research Interests</b><p>Colonial literature, Early Modern literature, Creole Identity in literature, Spanish Inquistion<p><b>Publications</b><p>2017 “Ecos medievales: transformaciones y orígenes del tópico de la translatio imperii en dos textos de la literatura guadalupana novohispana”, Prolija Memoria 1 (2017), pp.99-115. 2014 “El nacimiento de la nación criolla: mito, historia e identidad en la narrativa de Miguel Sánchez”, Revista Destiempos 37, México, 2014, pp. 58-75. 2013 “La invasión napoleónica a través de la escritura oracular novohispana: el caso de La transmigración de la iglesia de Guadalupe, Revista Aequitas, España, 2013. 2012 “Las herejías místicas de Ana Rodríguez de Castro y Agustina Josefa de Jesús Vera Villavicencio Palacios: prácticas, motivos y orígenes”, Revista de la Inquisición (numero 16), España, 2012. 2011 “Muertos y Maltratados: Los personajes infantiles de Nájera y la crítica social”, Decires, México, 2011.

<b>Academic Credentials</b>

Master of Science, Linguistics, Georgetown University

Master of Arts, Education, The George Washington University

Bachelor of Arts, English and Education, Marquette University

<b>Bio</b>

Professor Elissa Ruffino serves as a lecturer in the College of Business and editorial coordinator for the School of Technology and Innovation at Marymount University. She also teaches communication courses to college juniors and seniors for the Lutheran College Washington Semester (LCWS) program, a consortium of 13 Lutheran colleges across the country. She is a visiting professor in marketing for John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, where she has taught for three consecutive summer one sessions.

For more than 23 years, she served as chief brand officer, director of communications and public relations for The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in Washington, DC and was awarded a three-year education grant (2017-19) by NIAF.

During summer 2017. Rome’s daily newspaper, La Stampa, published two of her articles after her teaching assignment at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.

In June 2020 her first children's book ""Dream Big Dream Small"" was published by Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. The following December “Sogna in Grande Sogna in Piccolo” was published in Italian.

She holds a Master of Science in Linguistics from Georgetown University; Master of Arts in Education from The George Washington University; Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received a certificate in English Literature at Worcester College at the University of Oxford in England.

<b>Teaching Areas</b>
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<li>Communications</li>
<li>Business Writing</li>
<li>Brand Management</li>
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<b>Research Interests</b>
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<li>Branding; Effective Communications</li>
<li>The Art of Communication in Our Nation's Capital Today</li>
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<b>Publications</b>
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<li>Ruffino, E. (October 2020) Virtual one-hour seminar, “Explore Concepts Behind Brands and You,” for Lutheran College Washington Semester Program (LCWS). A professional development</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (December 2020) “Sogna in Grande Sogna in Piccolo,” Politics &amp; Prose, Opus Publishing, Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-62429-308-5-51499</li>
<li>Ruffino, E., (July 2020) “Dream Big Dream Small,” Politics &amp; Prose, Opus Publishing, Washington, DC, ISBN: 978-1-62429-273-6-51799</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (2017) “Making Rome’s Trastevere Yours. Join the Fabric of the Neighborhood” La Stampa, (Rome, Italy) , August 15, 2107 http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/15/esteri/lastampa-in-english/making-romes-trastevere-yours-ez86QlWjVPDN8QlLgCXTbO/pagina.html</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (2017) “Six Outfits for 6 Weeks in Rome!” La Stampa, (Rome, Italy), July 30, 2017 http://www.lastampa.it/2017/07/30/esteri/lastampa-in-english/six-outfits-for-weeks-in-rome-bella-carry-on-K1yc4UxciFGnoVNsmbG2EK/pagina.html</li>
<li>Ruffino, E, (2016) “Historic Ties Binding Italy and the United States”, Ambassador Magazine, Washington, DC, Winter issue 2016</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (2016) Book Review: “The Only Street in Paris. Life on the Rue des Martyrs”, Ambassador Magazine, Winter issue 2016</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (1996) “Men at the Top: Profiles of Six Italian American Leaders”, Ambassador Magazine, Number 29/30</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (1994) “Ancient Graffiti” seminar for Smithsonian Institution Resident Associates, January 27, 1994</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (1994/1995) “In the Executive Suite: Profiles of six Italian American Women Leaders”, Ambassador Magazine, Winter 1994/1995, Number 24</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (1994) “A Renaissance Masterpiece”, Ambassador Magazine, Summer 1994, Number 21/22</li>
<li>Ruffino, E. (1993) “Florentine Fashion Frenzy”, Ambassador Magazine, Summer 1993 "</li>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">BA Art History, Portland State University</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">BA French Literature, l'Université de Poitiers, France</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">MA French Language and Literatures, Portland State University</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Caren Trowbridge is a professor of French with nearly 20 years experience teaching at the university, corporate and government levels.  She has taught in both American and European schools and received the GWATFL (<i>Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Language</i>)<i> </i>award for best presentation of classroom pedagogy (2009).  Ms. Trowbridge has also collaborated on several academic translations, namely of the life and works of St. Vincent de Paul with the Société de St. Vincent de Paul in Paris (2007).  Her academic interests include Emile Zola and social (in)justice of the late 19th-century, as well as works written under the German occupation of France from 1941-1944.</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Professor Colley-Trowbridge <wbr />was awarded the 2020 School of Design, Arts, and Humanities prize for excellence in Non-Tenure Teaching.</span></span>

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