Skip to main content
Columbia University in the City of New York
Columbia University
Italian Department

Main navigation expanded

  • About Us
  • Programs of Study
  • People
  • Courses
  • Initiatives
  • Language Program
  • News
  • Events
  • Who we are
  • Celebrating 200 years of Italian studies at Columbia University
  • Contacts and Services
  • Make A Gift
  • Italian
    • Undergraduate Program
    • Graduate Programs
    • Summer Program in Venice
  • Hungarian
  • Professors
  • Adjunct Professor of Italian
  • Associate Professors
  • Senior Lecturers
  • Lecturers
  • Graduate Students
  • Graduate Student Handbook
  • Italian Graduate Student Association
  • Affiliated Faculty
  • Alumni
  • Staff
  • Faculty Resources
  • 2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
  • Medieval Seminars
  • The Italian and Mediterranean Colloquia
  • Guest Lectures
  • Co-Sponsorships
  • Digital Dante
  • eBOIARDO
  • World Epics
  • World Epics in Puppet Theater
  • All' Opera
  • Language Placement Exam
  • Proficiency Exam
  • Tutoring
  • Language Resource Center
  • The Italian Academy
  • Summer Program in Venice
Italian Department

You are here:

  1. Home
  2. People
  3. Professors

Professors

Photo of Teodolinda Barolini
Professor

Teodolinda Barolini

Da Ponte Professor of Italian, Director of Graduate Studies

Research Interest

Boccaccio Studies
Comparative Literature
Critical Philology
Dante Studies
Lyric Tradition
Medieval Literature
Petrarca Studies
Reception of Classics
Photo of Jo Ann Cavallo
Professor

Jo Ann Cavallo

Professor of Italian; Chair

Research Interest

Comparative Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Reception of Classics
Renaissance Literature
Renaissance Studies
photo of Elizabeth Leake
Photo of Elizabeth Leake
Professor

Elizabeth Leake

Professor of Italian

Research Interest

Comparative Literature
Modern Literature
Modern Cinema
Department of Italian1130 Amsterdam Avenue, 502 Hamilton Hall · New York, NY 10027

Phone

(212) 854-2308

Contact Us

[email protected]

Follow Us

Facebook Youtube
Columbia University Columbia University Logo
©2025 Columbia University Accessibility Nondiscrimination Careers Built using Columbia Sites