New Cabell Hall 453
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 1:00-2:00pm or via Zoom by appt

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, 2023

Smithsonian Institute (USA), Certificate in World Art History (expected in 2025)

Research Interests

• Contemporary Latin American and Italian Studies
• Activist ART (ARTivism)
• Global Mobility
• Educational Technology
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

I work under the umbrella of global mobility, investigating the socio-cultural legacy of forced migration provoked by political repression, economic disadvantages, slavery, land dispossession, and environmental disasters. My research mainly focuses on activist art (or ARTivism), exploring the complex ways in which migrants and their descendants navigate questions of identity negotiation, belonging, cultural preservation, and adaptation. My current book project, “The Visual Revolution of Afro-Argentinian Artivism” explores the transformative power of photography, cinema, and portraiture in challenging racial narratives and reclaiming cultural identity in contemporary Argentina. Pedagogically, as one of the Faculty AI Guides selected by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), I am interested in researching innovative practices for implementing AI in Second Language Acquisition (SLA). In my free time, I enjoy creating artwork on any available surface and with any medium at hand.

Research Appointments

• Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr. Emilio Ravignani” (Argentina), Visiting Research Fellow, Grupo de Estudios Afrolatinoamericanos (GEALA), 2024
• Columbia University (USA), Research Fellow, Institute of Latin American Studies, 2022
• University of Manchester (UK), Research Fellow, Center for Latin American Studies, 2020-2021

Teaching

University of Virginia (USA) Fall 2014 – present

Spanish Courses

SPAN 3300 (“Hispanic Migration in Literature and Visual Arts”—winner of the Mellon Global South Lab Curriculum Development Award, Spring 2021)

SPAN 3300 (“Texts and Interpretation” Spring 2018, Fall 2020, Spring 2025)     

SPAN 3010 (“Finding your Voice in Spanish” Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2025)     

SPAN 2020 (“Advanced Intermediate Spanish” Fall 2023)  

SPAN 2010 (“Intermediate Spanish” Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, J-Term 2019)

Italian Courses

ITTR 4559 (“Italians in Brazil: Art, Migration, and Identity”—independent study, Fall 2024)

ITAL 3559 (“Italy in Migration: Media, Literature, and Visual Arts” Spring 2023)

ITAL 2020 (“Intermediate Italian II” Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2024)          

ITAL 2010 (“Intermediate Italian I” Fall 2022)

ITAL 1020 (“Elementary Italian II” Spring 2023—focus on diversity, Spring 2024)

ITAL 1010 ("Elementary Italian I" Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024)  

College Courses

COLA 1500 (“Global ARTivism”—college advising seminar)

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

SPAN 3030 (“Spanish Culture in Cinema and Visual Arts” Summer 2018)   

SPAN 2020 (“Advanced Intermediate Spanish” Summer 2017, Summer 2018)       

SPAN 2010 (“Intermediate Spanish” Summer 2017)

Publications

The Visual Revolution of Afro-Argentinian Artivism (monograph under advanced contract with Vanderbilt University Press, expected in 2026)

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Bonino, Nicole. “Artistic Resilience: Climate Crisis and the Response of Latin American Eco-Artivism” (Forthcoming in LACIS Review, Spring 2025)

Bonino, Nicole. “The Socio-environmental Implications of Argentina’s Informal Economy in Antonio Berni’s Xilo-collage Inundación en el barrio de Juanito (1961).” Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, 6.2 (2024): 149-165

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