Marsha Fazio
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FACULTY/ADMIN BLDG PHOENIX, AZ 85069
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Mail code: 2151Campus: West
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Marsha S. Fazio is an Associate Teaching Professor with the School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies at Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. She received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and earned a doctorate in Language and Literature, specializing in British literature with a focus on linguistics from the University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
After a decade-long stay in Italy and Switzerland, where she taught English Literature and worked as translator, Fazio settled in Phoenix and began teaching at ASU with the English Department at the Tempe campus. Now at West campus, she teaches courses that include Grammar and Rhetoric, Writing for the Professions, Renaissance Drama, Renaissance Literature, Studies in Shakespeare and The Study of Language and Sociolinguistics.
Fazio’s summer breaks are spent in Europe, collaborating with colleagues at several Italian universities researching Italian Renaissance themes with a focus on monastic women. She continues her translation endeavors, currently working on “the lost dialect poetry” of Calabria, rendering versions in standard Italian and English. Fazio has presented public lectures in collaboration with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies on such topics as "Fearless Females of the Global Renaissance" and "Emblematic Exchanges of Early Modern Venetian Women.
- Ph.D. Language and Literature (British Literature), University of Milan, Italy
- B.A. English Literature, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- Marsha Fazio. Internet English: An Ironic Revelation. La Pagina Europa (2015).
- Marsha Fazio. Phoenix, Arizona: Christmas in the Desert. La Pagina (2015).
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 217 | Writing Reflective Essays |
| ENG 217 | Writing Reflective Essays |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 213 | Intro to the Study of Language |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 213 | Intro to the Study of Language |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 213 | Intro to the Study of Language |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 213 | Intro to the Study of Language |
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 421 | Studies in Shakespeare |
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 323 | Rhetoric and Grammar |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 213 | Intro to the Study of Language |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
- Marsha Fazio. Networking from the Nunnery: Arcangela Tarabotti's empowerment and identity strategies. ACMRS Annual Conference (Feb 2015).
- Marsha Fazio. A Venetian Nun Wages War: the story of Arcangela Tarabotti. ACMRS Lecture Series (Sep 2014).
- Curriculum Committee: I have attended the one scheduled meeting so far., non-voting committee member (2014 - Present)
- Osher Extended Learning West Campus, Series Lecture (2014 - 2014)
- Osher Extended Learning, Series Lesturer (2013 - 2013)