Cristina Abbona-Sneider received a Laurea in Lettere con lode from the University of Torino (Italy) in 1998 and a doctorate from Brown University in 2004. After teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, she returned to Brown in 2006. As Director of Italian Language Studies, Cristina coordinates and administers the Italian Language Program and serves as supervisor and trainer for graduate teaching assistants. She is also DUS, on-campus Advisor for the Brown-in-Bologna Program and Faculty Advisor for the Italian Club and for the Italian DUG.
Cristina specializes in constructivist curriculum design, digital pedagogy, and alternative assessment – her current focus is revising the language curriculum to enhance intercultural competence. She is co-author of Trame. A Contemporary Italian Reader (Yale University Press, 2009) and she is currently writing an interactive e-textbook on the learning platform Top Hat.
Cristina was the recipient of the John Rowe Workman Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities (2011-2013).
