Ghada Hamila (FLTA – Arabic Language; Tunisia)

Ghada Hamila, FLTA, 21-22

Ghada Hamila is Tunisian Fulbrighter at Ramapo College where she teaches Arabic. She earned both a bachelors in English Language, Literature and Civilization and a Masters in Cultural Studies from Sousse University in Tunisia. She has worked with Al-Maarifa, Youth Council Tunisia, Gallery Teachers and Red Crescent. In 2020, she became TESOL-certified through a 90-hour English teacher training program at Amideast Tunisia and a 150- hour online TESOL specialization through the University of Arizona and Coursera. Following this, she embarked on a new journey as an English Language Instructor at the University of Sousse in Tunisia. She also participated in the Connect Program, an online cross-cultural educational program. Currently, she is taking a training to become an online dialogue facilitator with Soliya. Additionally, she is the Reading, Writing and Language leader of the American Corner SAT prep club. In a nutshell, Ghada considers teaching as a divine mission and herself as a catalyst for change for she aims to help students develop the four skills of language learning as well as other skills to become better communicators and to achieve their career goals.

Roberta Berlingo (FLTA – Italian Language; Italy)

Yu-Chien Hseih (FLTA – Chinese Language; Taiwan)

Sarra Safhi (FLTA – Arabic Language, Morocco)

Adrielle de Matos Borges Texeira (Scholar-in-Residence; Brazil)

Francesca Scafuto (Scholar-in-Residence; Italy)

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Rafael Bianciotto (Scholar-in-Residence; France/Argentina)

Born in Buenos Aires, he studied computer science at the University of Buenos Aires, then an actor’s training school at CELCIT in Buenos Aires from 1985 to 1989. In 1990, he followed Etudes Théâtrales at the Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III and settled in France.

He meets Mario Gonzalez who introduces him to the world of Commedia dell’Arte masks and the Clown. He is his assistant on many shows. Notably: “Clowner” in Sweden 1992 and “Truðar” in Iceland 1994, total improvisation show with four clowns. In New York, he staged “The Forced Mariage” then “The Precious Ridiculousness” by Molière (with The New York Mask and Clown Workshop Cie).

In 1998, the company ZÉFIRO THÉÂTRE was created and he staged “La Jalousie du Barbouillé” by Molière (with Benoit Lavigne), “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, “Great Fear and Misery of the Third Reich” by Brecht, “La Nuit des Kings” by W. Shakespeare and “Candide” after Voltaire, “The Tempest” by W. Shakespeare, and “Proof of Love” by R. Arlt. Since 1994 he has been teaching neutral mask and Clown at the National Conservatory of Iceland in Reykjavik.

He directed “Capital Sins, (a divine comedy)” in 2008, a show with four clowns based on Dante’s Divine Comedy and “Sokrates” a Clown Opera at the Reykjavik City Theater in 2015. He was Fulbright “Scholar-in-Residence” and professor at Ramapo College and Bergen Community College in New Jersey (USA) in 2015 following the 2015 Fulbright France laureate. 

Website: https://www.rafaelbianciotto.com/

Ahmed Ferwana (FLTA – Arabic Language; Palestine)

Kosei Tamura (FLTA – Japanese Language; Japan)

Ramzi Brahmi (FLTA – Arabic Language; Tunisia)

Alexander Kubyshkin (FLTA – Russian Language; Russia)

Dr. Kubyshkin continues to serve as a full time Professor at St. Petersburg State University, where he teaches courses on Introduction to American Civilization, US History and American Political Thought, The History of International Relations, US Public Diplomacy, Brain Trusts in International Relations and Research Seminar.

Kyohei Nishino (FLTA – Japanese Language; Japan)

Elena Sorokina (FLTA – Russian Language; Russia)

Junying Wang (FLTA – Chinese Language; China)

Maan Aubed  (FLTA – Arabic Language; Iraq)

Abror Gadaev (Scholar-in-Residence; Uzbekistan)

Julia Ivanova (FLTA – Russian Language; Russia)

Laura Nicolas (FLTA – French Language; France)

Guiseppe Sorrentino (FLTA – Italian Language; Italy)

Yige Zhu (FLTA – Chinese Language; China)

Mahmoud Abdelfattah (FLTA – Arabic Language)

Maria Farisco (FLTA – Italian Language; Italy)

Julia Ivanova (FLTA – Russian Language; Russia)

Hongjuan Mao (FLTA – Chinese Language; China)

Natacha Paul (FLTA – French Language; France)

Lucia Vedovi (FLTA – Italian Language; Italy)