Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi

Instructor of Italian
MA, University of North Carolina

Asbury 224A
202-885-1468
ranieri@american.edu

Mr. Cavaceppi teaches various levels of Italian at American University, including beginner, intermediate, and conversation & composition courses.  As the primary instructor at AU, he promotes Italian studies by fostering interest in its culture, by inviting guest speakers to the university, and by supervising the independent study projects of undergraduate students.  He is also the faculty advisor to the AU Italian Club.  Mr. Cavaceppi’s research interests include Renaissance and twentieth century Italian literature.

A Fulbright Scholar and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cavaceppi received an MA in Italian Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  His master’s thesis focused on the Cinquecento author Teofilo Folengo.  Mr. Cavaceppi is currently researching Italian Renaissance Hospitaller writings for his dissertation at Brown University.  He spent his formative years in both Rome and Washington, D.C.  During the last twelve years, Mr. Cavaceppi has taught Italian at Brown, UNC, and the Upward Bound Program.  Additionally, he was the Assistant Director of the Brown-in-Bologna Program, coordinating the daily activities of study abroad students in Italy.