Domenico Maceri

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

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

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


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
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. Amazon.com: LSC (ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE) ITAL101: Grammar Workbook for Introductory Italian (9780078039263): Domenico Maceri: Books. ISBN 0078039266.
  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: 91–100.
  11. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/opinion/24iht-edmaceri_ed3_.html
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
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