Claire Marrone, Ph.D., Professor, received her B.A. with honors from the University of Delaware and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.  She began her tenure at Sacred Heart in 1992 after teaching at The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Paris X, The Frères Lumière University in Lyons, France, and The Bryn Mawr College – University of Pennsylvania Italian Studies Summer Institute in Florence, Italy. 

Her research interests include women’s autobiographical writing, travel literature, and novels of development.  She has published a book entitled Female Journeys: Autobiographical Expressions by French and Italian Women (Greenwood P, 2000) along with numerous articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature. 

She teaches a variety of courses in French/Francophone and Italian language, literature, culture, and film.

Contact:
Academic Building., HC 221 B
Phone: 203-371-7821
Email: marronec@sacredheart.edu