Ryan Calabretta‐Sajder
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Associate Professor of Italian, Section Head of Italian, Director of International and Global Studies, Associate Director of Gender Studies
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Ryan Calabretta‐Sajder focuses on Italian and Italian American studies, specifically examining the intersections of gender, sexuality, and media. As an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, he serves as Section Head of Italian, Director of International and Global Studies, and Associate Director of Gender Studies. His research investigates cultural representations in television and film, including studies on masculinity in mainstream sitcoms and the history of the Italian American experience in cinema.
Calabretta‐Sajder’s work also addresses language pedagogy and immersive technology. His 2025 research explores the use of virtual reality and digital games in Italian language instruction. Other recent publications analyze queer Italian American poetry and Somali storytelling. He has produced 29 total publications, including editorial contributions to the journal Italica, and maintains an h-index of 2 with 9 citations.
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- h-index: 2
- Publications: 29
- Citations: 9
Selected Publications
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Teaching Italian through Virtual Reality and Digital Games: From Preparing Bucatini to Shopping at the Prati Market (2025)
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Interview with Anthony Julian Tamburri (2024)
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The Celluloid Closet: Sex, Power, and Coming Out Repression of the Italian American Closet in Nunzio’s Second Cousin (1994), Kiss Me, Guido (1997), and Mambo Italiano (2003) (2024)
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<i>Re</i>-Reading <i>Italica</i>: Celebrating the <i>Centenario</i> of North America's Prestigious Italian Studies Journal (2023)
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Luogo. Migrazione. Roma. Intervista: 29 luglio 2019, Pigneto, Roma (2022)
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World Film Locations: Florence (2022)
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Who’s looking as whom? Lucy/Luce: the ‘new’ woman in the ‘New’ World (2022)
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Joseph Tusiani: A Man for All Seasons (2021)
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After identity: migration, critique, Italian American culture (2021)
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Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama: Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema (2020)
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A Companion to Martin Scorsese (2019)
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The Heart and the Island: A Critical Study of Sicilian American Literature (2018)
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The Bargaining Performative and Awakening Potential of Foodways in Bob Giraldi's Dinner Rush (2018)
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Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown (2017)
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Beyond the “Male Gaze”—Conceiving the “Fourth” Gaze in La bestia nel cuore (2017)
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- Teaching Italian through Virtual Reality and Digital Games: From Preparing Bucatini to Shopping at the Prati Market
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