David Ward
Department of Italian Studies
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA 02481
Office Phone: (781) 283 2617/Fax: (781) 283 2876
Email: dward@wellesley.edu

Memberships, Activities, Offices Held in Professional Societies

· Member of the Modern Languages Association, the American Association for the Teaching of Italian, the Ameican Association of Italian Studies

Other Professional Activities

· Review co-editor of Journal of Modern Italian Studies

· Outside evaluator for tenure cases at Dartmouth College, Boston College, Hofstra University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the University of Houston and Barnard College

· Outside evaluator for a reappointment case at Gettysburg College

· Peer reviewer for Modern Italy: Journal of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy, The European Legacy, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Italian Culture and Romance Languages Annual

· Outside reader for the University of Toronto Press, University of Wisconsin Press, McGraw Hill and on two occasions for Yale University Press

· Outside evaluator for applications to the Fellowship Program at the Italian Academy for Advanced Study, Columbia University, for the PS-CUNY Research Grant Program, the City University of New York, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Conseil de recherches en sciences humanines du Canada) and twice for the American Council of Learned Societies, 2003-04

· Chair of Visiting Committee to the Department of French and Italian at Dickinson College, Februay, 2004

· Outside evaluator for the John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation

Memberships on Commitees, Special Departmental Committees, and Other Services to the College

· 1988-91, Member of Foreign Students Admissions Board, Wellesley College

· 1991-92, Member of Study Abroad Committee, Wellesley College

· 1993-94, Member of Curriculum Committee, Wellesley College

· 1995, Stand-in Chair of Italian Department, Spring semester

· 1996, Member of College-wide Search Committee for new Registrar

· 1996, Participant in Conference on World War II and Memory, Wellesley College

· 1996-98, Chair of Department of Italian, Wellesley College

· 1996-98, Member of Language Chairs' Committee, Wellesley College

· 1997-98, Chair of Language Chairs' Committee, Wellesley College

· 1997-98, Member of Study Abroad Committee, Wellesley College

· 1999-present, Member of Comparative Literature sub-Committee of Language Chairs’ Committee

· 1999, Moderator of presentation of Professor Joel Krieger’s book British Politics in the Global Age: Can Democracy Survive?, European Studies Faculty Seminar, Wellesley College

· 1999, Translator, Reader and Co-Organizer of Clara Sereni's participation in Colloquium on European Women Jewish Writers, Wellesley College

· 2000-present, Chair of Department of Italian Studies, Wellesley College

· 2000-present, Member of Language Chairs’ Committee, Wellesley College

· 2000-present, Organizer of Faculty Research Seminar, “Narrative across the Disciplines,” Wellesley College

· 2003, Participant in Alumnae Association Symposium on World War II, Wellesley College

· 2003-2005, Chair of Language Chairs’ Committee, Wellesley College

· 2004-present, Member of Newhouse Humanities Center Advisory Board

· 2005-present, Member Lecture Committee, Wellesley College

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· Contact: David Ward, Italian Dept.

· Created: June 6, 2003

· Last modified: Sept. 26, 2005

· Modified by: Weishi Li '07

· Expires: Sept. 1, 2006