Domenico Maceri is an Italian-American educator and journalist. He retired after teaching for thirty-five years at Allan Hancock College but continues his work as a journalist, writing a weekly column in Italian for America Oggi.

Early life and education

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Maceri was born in Pellegrina, Bagnara, Reggio Calabria, Italy, and moved to the US with his family as a teenager.[1] After completing high school, he went on to obtain a BA in French and Spanish at New Jersey City University. Subsequent studies led to an MA in Italian literature at UCLA where he also served as a teaching assistant. In 1990, he completed a PhD in Comparative Literature (Italian, French, Spanish) at the University of California at Santa Barbara.[2]

Academic career

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As a faculty member at Allan Hancock College, Maceri taught Spanish, French, and Italian. He published a book on Pirandello,[3] one on Spanish grammar,[4] and another on Italian grammar.[5] He also published a number of academic articles in Italian Quarterly, Selecta, Hispania, Mosaic, Mester, Language Magazine, Italian Journal, Teacher Magazine,[6] World Literature Today,[7] and elsewhere.[8][9][10]

Journalistic career

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Maceri has published op-ed pieces in English in The Japan Times, The Washington Times, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times [11]

and many other newspapers on a wide range of topics including multilingualism,[12][13]

[14][15] immigration,[16][17] and politics.[18][19] Maceri has also published op-eds in Italian on similar topics in Il Nuovo Riformista, Le Opinioni delle Liberta, and in L'Unita, etc.[20][21][22][23][24] He writes a weekly column for America Oggi.[25] In 2005, one of his editorials won an award from the National Association of Hispanic Publications.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "L". Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ^ Banderas News Archived April 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ WHSmith. "Books, stationery, gifts and much more". WHSmith. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ MacEri, Domenico (January 2013). Spanish Workbook for Introductory Courses: Domenico Maceri: 9780073388373: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 978-0073388373.
  5. ^ MacEri, Domenico (9 August 2010). Amazon.com: LSC (ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE) ITAL101: Grammar Workbook for Introductory Italian (9780078039263): Domenico Maceri: Books. ISBN 978-0078039263.
  6. ^ MacEri, Domenico (February 2000). "Mother Tongue (Opinion)". Education Week.
  7. ^ "Dario Fo: Jester of the working class. (Nobel Prize awardee) - World Literature Today | HighBeam Research". www.highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ Maceri, Domenico (1995). "Reducing Stress in the Foreign Language Classroom: Teaching Descriptive Adjectives through Humour". Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers. 2: 21–22. OCLC 425734917.
  9. ^ Maceri, Domenico (1993). "The Intermediate Course at a Small Community College: Teaching Spanish 103 and 104 as a Combined Class". Hispania. 76 (2): 380–382. doi:10.2307/344715. JSTOR 344715.
  10. ^ Maceri, Domenico (1994). "Luigi Pirandello's La vita che ti diedi and Xavier Villaurrutia's El ausente". Mester. 23 (2): 91–100. doi:10.5070/M3232014420.
  11. ^ MacEri, Domenico (24 June 2003). "Opinion | Multilingualism : Americans are embracing Spanish". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Maceri, Domenico (August 28, 1997). "'English Only' Has Already Won". philly.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  13. ^ Robert Lee, A. (2003). Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/A and Asian American Fictions. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578066452.
  14. ^ Maceri, Domenico (February 9, 1998). "Every child should become bilingual". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  15. ^ Maceri, Domenico (February 24, 2001). "Look Beyond Learning English". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  16. ^ Maceri, Domenico (April 15, 2016). "Mexico not the only source of illegal aliens". Mexico News Daily. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  17. ^ Maceri, Domenico (September 5, 2007). "U.S. Deports Parents of Dead Soldiers". alternet.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  18. ^ Maceri, Domenico (n.d.). "Trump's Wall is full of holes". The Seoul Times. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  19. ^ Maceri, Domenico (n.d.). "Hasta la Vista, Davis?". Hispania News. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  20. ^ "Il caso Nigeria: Se le ragazze che studiano fanno paura Il commento ... A un aumento dell'istruzione femminile... - l'Unità.it". Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  21. ^ Maceri, Domenico (January 31, 2008). "Da Reagan A Obama?". L'Italo Europeo. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  22. ^ Maceri, Domenico (May 2, 2011). "Il "muro contro muro" dei Repubblicani è un favore fatto a Obama". L'Occidentale. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  23. ^ Maceri, Domenico (June 28, 2011). "Il governatore della California e i quattro voti repubblicani". Finanza in Chiaro. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  24. ^ Maceri, Domenico (March 21, 2016). "Obama nomina Garland alla Corte Suprema e sfida i repubblicani". Pontediferro. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  25. ^ Maceri, Domenico (April 17, 2016). "Il Gop e il male minore". America Oggi. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  26. ^ "La Oferta and El Vistazo win five awards at the 17th Annual NAHP Hispanic Print Conference". March 18, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2016.[permanent dead link]