Ilaria Tabusso-Marcyan
Assistant Teaching Professor,
School of International Letters and Cultures
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Durham Hall 851 S Cady Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Native from Rome, Ilaria Tabusso-Marcyan studied at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and Italian Studies from UC San Diego. Before joining ASU in 2022, she was a visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where she also was interim coordinator for the Institute for Food. Ilaria's research focuses on farming and food cultures, food justice and food activism, Environmental Humanities and Environmental Cultural Studies. Her book, The Cultural Roots of Slow Food: Peasants, Partisans, and the Landscape of Italian Resistance" was published by Lexington Books in 2023.
Research Website URL
Research Interests
Food Justice, Farming Culture, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Cultural Studies, Italian 20th and 21st literature, Italian cinema.
Publications
- The Cultural Roots of Slow Food. Peasants, Partisans, and the Landscape of Italian Resistance. Lexington Books, 2023
- Contesting Extinctions. Decolonial and Regenerative Futures. Volume co-edited by Suzanne McCullagh, Luis I. Prádanos, Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan, Catherine Wagner. Lexington Books, 2021
- “An Example of Circular Collaboration. A Conversation with Anna Kauber in the Making of In Questo Mondo.” The Italianist, vol. 41, 2021, issue 2, pp. 202-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614340.2021.1933321
- “Slow Food and Terra Madre: Rural Traditions and New Practices in Food Cultures”Italy and the Environmental Humanities. Landscapes, Natures, Ecologies. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 2018.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| ITA 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SLC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| ITA 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SLC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 598 | Special Topics |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| SLC 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 202 | Intermediate Italian II |
| ITA 202 | Intermediate Italian II |
| ITA 210 | Intensive Italian II |
| ITA 210 | Intensive Italian II |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 311 | Speak Italy: Lang,People,Cultr |
| ITA 311 | Speak Italy: Lang,People,Cultr |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| SLC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 110 | Intensive Italian I |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 202 | Intermediate Italian II |
| ITA 202 | Intermediate Italian II |
| ITA 210 | Intensive Italian II |
| ITA 210 | Intensive Italian II |
| ITA 294 | Special Topics |
| ITA 294 | Special Topics |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 311 | Speak Italy: Lang,People,Cultr |
| ITA 311 | Speak Italy: Lang,People,Cultr |
| ITA 194 | Special Topics |
| ITA 194 | Special Topics |
| ITA 315 | Italian Culture:Good,Bad&Ugly |
| ITA 315 | Italian Culture:Good,Bad&Ugly |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| SLC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 101 | Elementary Italian I |
| SLC 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| SLC 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |