Nicole Doria
First Year Italian MA Student
- ndoria@nd.edu
Biography
Nicole Doria is a graduate student pursuing her Master of Arts in Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University in 2022 with a double major in English and Italian Language and Literature, a minor in Psychology, and an honors concentration in American Catholic Studies. During her undergraduate studies, she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and received the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Award for Excellence in Italian.
At Fordham University, Nicole developed her interests in literature and interdisciplinary scholarship. She contributed to Intellettuali in fuga dall’Italia fascista, a collaborative research and translation project associated with the University of Florence that explores the experiences of Italian intellectuals who fled Fascist Italy.
Prior to attending the University of Notre Dame, Nicole taught Italian courses at Mount Saint Mary Academy ranging from introductory Italian through Advanced Placement, developed curricula, and advised student organizations. She currently teaches introductory Italian at Notre Dame, where she shares her enthusiasm for Italian language and culture with undergraduate students.
Her academic interests include Italian and English literature, comparative literary studies, and gender studies, with particular attention to the representation of women, gender, and identity across literary traditions. She is especially interested in the relationships between Italian and English literary cultures and the ways literature both reflects and shapes broader social and cultural perspectives.
Research Interests
Comparative Italian and English literature; gender studies and feminist literary criticism; women's writing and representations of gender and identity; medieval and Renaissance Italian literature; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature; literary reception and cross-cultural exchange.