{"id":4868,"date":"2020-11-09T15:42:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/staff-members\/elissa-ruffino\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:35:00","slug":"elissa-ruffino","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/elissa-ruffino\/","title":{"rendered":"Elissa Ruffino"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n
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\"Elissa<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t
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Lecturer, Editorial Coordinator<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology, Literature and Languages, School of Business<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Academic Credentials<\/b><\/p>\n

Master of Science, Linguistics, Georgetown University<\/p>\n

Master of Arts, Education, The George Washington University<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Arts, English and Education, Marquette University<\/p>\n

Bio<\/b><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

During summer 2017. Rome\u2019s daily newspaper, La Stampa, published two of her articles after her teaching assignment at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n

In June 2020 her first children’s book “”Dream Big Dream Small”” was published by Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. The following December \u201cSogna in Grande Sogna in Piccolo\u201d was published in Italian.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Teaching Areas<\/b><\/p>\n

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  • Communications<\/li>\n
  • Business Writing<\/li>\n
  • Brand Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Research Interests<\/b><\/p>\n

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    • Branding; Effective Communications<\/li>\n
    • The Art of Communication in Our Nation’s Capital Today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Publications<\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Ruffino, E. (October 2020) Virtual one-hour seminar, \u201cExplore Concepts Behind Brands and You,\u201d for Lutheran College Washington Semester Program (LCWS). A professional development<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (December 2020) \u201cSogna in Grande Sogna in Piccolo,\u201d Politics & Prose, Opus Publishing, Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-62429-308-5-51499<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E., (July 2020) \u201cDream Big Dream Small,\u201d Politics & Prose, Opus Publishing, Washington, DC, ISBN: 978-1-62429-273-6-51799<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (2017) \u201cMaking Rome\u2019s Trastevere Yours. Join the Fabric of the Neighborhood\u201d 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>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (2017) \u201cSix Outfits for 6 Weeks in Rome!\u201d 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>\n
      • Ruffino, E, (2016) \u201cHistoric Ties Binding Italy and the United States\u201d, Ambassador Magazine, Washington, DC, Winter issue 2016<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (2016) Book Review: \u201cThe Only Street in Paris. Life on the Rue des Martyrs\u201d, Ambassador Magazine, Winter issue 2016<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (1996) \u201cMen at the Top: Profiles of Six Italian American Leaders\u201d, Ambassador Magazine, Number 29\/30<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (1994) \u201cAncient Graffiti\u201d seminar for Smithsonian Institution Resident Associates, January 27, 1994<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (1994\/1995) \u201cIn the Executive Suite: Profiles of six Italian American Women Leaders\u201d, Ambassador Magazine, Winter 1994\/1995, Number 24<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. (1994) \u201cA Renaissance Masterpiece\u201d, Ambassador Magazine, Summer 1994, Number 21\/22<\/li>\n
      • Ruffino, E. 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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.\r\n\r\nFor 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.\r\n\r\nDuring summer 2017. Rome\u2019s daily newspaper, La Stampa, published two of her articles after her teaching assignment at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.\r\n\r\nIn June 2020 her first children's book \"\"Dream Big Dream Small\"\" was published by Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. 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