Faculty Member
Angelina Del Balzo is an Assistant Professor of English at Utah Valley University, specializing in British literature of the long eighteenth century. Previously, she was Assistant Professor of Humanities at Bilkent University, in Ankara, Turkey. Her research focuses on drama and performance studies, imperialism and the development of race and gender, and adaptation theory. Her work has been published in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Eighteenth-Century Life, and SEL, and has been supported by grants from the Lewis Walpole Library, Harvard University, the Huntington Library, the William Andrews Clark Library, the Université de François Rabelais de Tours, and McGill University. Her current project is on eighteenth-century theatrical adaptations and depictions of the Ottoman Empire. Her teaching interests include feminist and inclusive pedagogy, adaptation as critical practice, and multimodal composition. In addition to her academic work, she has served as script reader and dramaturg with the theater at Boston Court Pasadena in California.
Major: English
Major: English
Major: English
Major: English with honors, Italian Studies
Critical Introduction to Literature HH, Spring 2025
Eminent Authors, Spring 2025
Intermediate Academic Writing CC, Spring 2025
Intermediate Academic Writing CC, Spring 2025
WSECS established this award as a tribute to the innovative scholarship, creative teaching, and generous spirit of Helene W. Koon, a scholar of eighteenth-century dramatic literature and professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino. The WSECS Committee offers an award of $400 for the best paper presented at the annual conference by a graduate student, post doc, independent scholar, contingent or junior faculty member.
The Collegium of University Teaching Fellows (CUTF) is an innovative program that creates unique learning opportunities for both graduate teaching fellows and undergraduate students on campus. Through the program, some of UCLA's very best advanced graduate students have the opportunity to develop and teach a lower division seminar in their field of specialization on a one-time only basis. This experience serves as a “capstone” to the teaching apprenticeship, preparing them for the academic job market and their role as future faculty. At the same time, undergraduates enrolled in CUTF seminars have the chance to take courses that are at the cutting edge of a discipline, and to experience the benefits of participating in a small-seminar environment.
The Laura Sperazi Memorial Award for Service was established in 2011 and honors the memory of Laura Sperazi, who was a research assistant at the Stone Center from 1988 to 1991, and subsequently an educational advocate on national, state, and local levels in Massachusetts and in Vermont. Laura was a tireless supporter of improving the quality of education for all, as well as instilling a love of all things poetic in life and nature. She was an ardent supporter of the theatre at Wellesley College and was responsible for bringing the current director to the College in 1989. She will be long remembered by friends and colleagues as a tireless and joyous participant in all aspects of life.
The Elizabeth Robinson ’78 Italian Studies Prize is awarded to a senior or junior for the best paper written in Italian on any subject in the course of the academic year.
