Domenico Maceri

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]

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]

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]