Petra Petry
Adjunct Professor, European Languages and Studies
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
World Languages, Literature and History, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 2001, Italian Language, Culture and Literature
World Languages, Literature and History, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 2001, Master in Spanish Language and Literature
Russian Language, History and Literature, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 2001, Doctorate Degree
Czech Language, Culture and History, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 1999, Master in Czech Language and Literature
World Languages, Literature and History, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 2001, Master in Spanish Language and Literature
Russian Language, History and Literature, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 2001, Doctorate Degree
Czech Language, Culture and History, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venice Italy, 1999, Master in Czech Language and Literature
Email: ppetry@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
243 Humanities Instructional Building
HH 254
Irvine, CA 92697
243 Humanities Instructional Building
HH 254
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Italian music, culture, literature, Italian fashion and European history, women and gender studies, Digital and Video communications media for the purpose of teaching world languages
Awards and Honors
2023 The UC Online Leadership Team course Award 2023 UCI Online Asynchronous Development Italian for Spanish speakers.
2016 Mt.SAC Award for Excellence supporting Heritage 1st-time college students
Travel ACTFL conferences years 2011-2019
2016 Mt.SAC Award for Excellence supporting Heritage 1st-time college students
Travel ACTFL conferences years 2011-2019
Short Biography
Biography
Petra Petry is an Adjunct Professor of Italian at UCI, MT SAC, and Spanish at Coastline Community Colleges in the Costa Mesa Humanities World Languages division. She is a Polyglot, speaking 5 languages. Petra Petry, received her Doctorate Degree in Foreign Languages, with an emphasis on Literature, History and Cultural Studies, from the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy in 2001. She worked full-time for 10 Years in Dental & Maxillofacial surgery to sustain herself and pay for her studies. She graduated with the intention to teach at the same University, but her personal life brought her to Newport Beach, CA.
Petra was born in the Czech, but she was raised Italian in a small international city Venice in Italy. She had the opportunity at a very young age to travel to Europe, Asia, and Central America, developing her fluent knowledge of 5 languages and achieving her goals in entertainment later acting, singing, and writing. Petra teaches at the University level, developing the talents of students interested in succeeding in professions that require the ability to speak a foreign language. She has been teaching Italian at Fondazione-Italia - an Italian non-profit organization for the past 15 years.
Petra Petry is an Adjunct Professor of Italian at UCI, MT SAC, and Spanish at Coastline Community Colleges in the Costa Mesa Humanities World Languages division. She is a Polyglot, speaking 5 languages. Petra Petry, received her Doctorate Degree in Foreign Languages, with an emphasis on Literature, History and Cultural Studies, from the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy in 2001. She worked full-time for 10 Years in Dental & Maxillofacial surgery to sustain herself and pay for her studies. She graduated with the intention to teach at the same University, but her personal life brought her to Newport Beach, CA.
Petra was born in the Czech, but she was raised Italian in a small international city Venice in Italy. She had the opportunity at a very young age to travel to Europe, Asia, and Central America, developing her fluent knowledge of 5 languages and achieving her goals in entertainment later acting, singing, and writing. Petra teaches at the University level, developing the talents of students interested in succeeding in professions that require the ability to speak a foreign language. She has been teaching Italian at Fondazione-Italia - an Italian non-profit organization for the past 15 years.
Publications
2022 Venetian Cities Plazas: Secret Squares of the Venetian Republic - Mestre, Treviso, Padova, Vicenza, Verona (Main City Squares of Italy) Free Kindle Edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B587GMNG
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B587GMNG
Books translated from Russian to Italian
2001 Translated and edited the entire book - “Terra Nativa” – by Dmitrij Bakin.
2001 Translated and edited the entire book - “Terra Nativa” – by Dmitrij Bakin.
2008 Book translated from Italian to Czech: “Bellezze di Venezia” – Societa’ Manfrini Editori - (pages 1-28)
Grants
2021-2022 ACUE - Teaching for Excellence
2018 ACTFL & Master Itals. Ca’Foscari, Venice Italy
2017 SPOT Teaching World Language online. Mt.SAC
2019 Languages and intercultural studies in full immersion, Firenze
2010 Summer Institute in the Italian Fondazione-Italia
2023 UCI Online Asynchronous Development for two classes - 1ABSP & ITAL1 BCSP: Accelerated First-Year Italian for Hispanophone Students”
Professional Societies
ACTFL
NEA CCA
Renaissance Lodge Sons and Daughters of Italy in America
Coastline Curriculum Committee Liaison
Other Experience
Master Itals
Universita' Ca' Foscari Venezia - Italy 2008
Universita' Ca' Foscari Venezia - Italy 2008
Italian language Community outreach volunteer
Bowers Musem 2016—2020
Bowers Musem 2016—2020
Graduate Programs
Education
Research Centers
The UC Online Leadership Team course Award 2023 UCI Online Asynchronous Development for two classes - 1ABSP & ITAL1 BCSP: Accelerated First-Year Italian for Hispanophone Students”
Link to this profile
https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7064
https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7064
Last updated
11/18/2023
11/18/2023