Education

Ph.D. University of Virginia (USA), Spanish (focus on Latin American Studies), 2020

M.A. University of Virginia (USA), Spanish, 2016

M.A. University of Turin (Italy), Comparative Literatures and Cultures, 2013

B.A. University of Turin (Italy), Comparative Literatures and Cultures, 2011

Harvard University (USA), Certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies

Research Interests

Migratory Mobilities and Diaspora Studies 

Latin American and Italian Studies

Visual Arts and Literature

Eco-Migration and Environmental Humanities

Research Appointments

Columbia University (USA), Research Fellow, Institute of Latin American Studies

University of Manchester (UK), Research Fellow, Center for Latin American Studies

Teaching

University of Virginia (USA), 2014 – present 

Spanish 3300 (“Hispanic Migration in Literature and Visual Arts”)

Italian 3559 (“Italy in Migration: Media, Literature, and Visual Arts”)

Spanish 3300 (Introduction to Literature)     

Spanish 3010 (Academic Writing and Composition)     

Spanish 2020 (Advanced Spanish Grammar and Culture)

Italian 2020 (Advanced Italian Grammar and Culture with focus on language and diversity)

Spanish 2010 (Intermediate Spanish Grammar and Culture, J-Term 2019)

Italian 2010 (Intermediate Italian Grammar and Culture)

Italian 1020 (Elementary-Intermediate Italian Grammar and Culture)

Italian 1010 (Elementary Italian Grammar and Culture)   

University of Virginia in Valencia, Study Abroad Program (Spain), 2017, 2018

Spanish 3030 (“Hispanic Culture in Cinema and Visual Arts”)   

Spanish 2020 (Advanced Spanish Grammar and Culture)       

Spanish 2010 (Intermediate Spanish Grammar and Culture)

Publications

Bonino, Nicole. “The Socio-Environmental Implications of Informality in Antonio Berni’s Xilo-Collage ‘Inundación en el barrio de Juanito’” (Forthcoming in Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, Spring 2024)

Bonino, Nicole. “Trazando caminos: Retratística afroargentina como archivo de memoria e instrumento de visibilización.” Perspectivas Afro. Revista de investigaciones en estudios afrolatinoamericanos y afrocaribeños, 3.1 (2023): 135-152

Bonino, Nicole and Hiromi Kaneda. “Reclaiming Identity: The Cinematic Activist Journey of Afro- Argentinian Director Wisny Dorce and His Film Production Company ‘Black Existencia Films’: Interview with Wisny Dorce.” Framework. The Journal of Cinema and Media, 64.1 (2023): 180-191

Bonino, Nicole. “Más allá del conflicto: matices ecocríticos en ‘A la deriva’ por Horacio Quiroga.” Chasqui. Revista de literatura latinoamericana, 51.1 (2022): 135-152

Bonino, Nicole. “Hibridismo literario y naturalismo criollo: el caso de Antonio Argerich.” El Cid, 31 (2021): 7-13 (winner of the Del Greco Essay Prize)

Bonino, Nicole. “Villa Miseria también es América: Resistance and Resilience in Argentinian Slums During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Spanish and Portuguese Review, 6 (2020): 9-21

Bonino, Nicole. “Génova-Buenos Aires: paisaje oceánico y migración en Sull’Oceano (1889) de Edmondo De Amicis.” Exégesis, 3 (2020): 93-107

Bonino, Nicole. “Colombia no tiene quien la cure: el discurso médico en El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1958-61) de Gabriel García Márquez.” Hispanófila. Ensayos de literatura, 184 (2018): 69-83

Bonino, Nicole. “Migración y ecocrítica: paisajes urbanos en la literatura ítalo-argentina.” In La cosa nostra: estudios lingüístico-literarios sobre la inmigración italiana en Argentina, edited by Augusto Lorenzino. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken (2019): 11-29 (Invited Article)

Bonino, Nicole, and Stella Mattioli. “Keeping up with Social Changes in Second Language Acquisition.” Drive-Thru Pedagogy, Studio for Teaching and Learning Innovation, College of William and Mary, March 2022 (Public writing)

Bonino, Nicole. “Covid-19 and the City: Visual Art, Social Media, and Performance in a Locked-down Buenos Aires.” Global COVIDiaries, University of Virginia, May 2020 (Public writing)

Bonino, Nicole. “Coastal Futures Conservatory Open Lab: Bridging Science, Art, and Community.” Environmental Humanities at UVA, University of Virginia, September 2019 (Public writing)

Full CV available at: https://virginia.academia.edu/NicoleBonino/CurriculumVitae