She was educated in Italy and at the Graduate Center in NY, where she received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Professor Bertoletti�s publications include scholarly essays on Medieval Italian literature, Petrarch, Italian film, psychoanalysis, the history of the Italian language and Italian feminism, as well as articles for Soma magazine on J. Genet, Hitchcock, Renaissance Fashion, the Olympics and Carlos Gardel. Dr. Bertoletti has translated works by the Italian political philosopher Paolo Virno into English (MIT Press) and is a member of International PEN (The Writers� Society), San Miguel de Allende (México) Centre. Dr. Bertoletti is actively involved in letter writing campaigns and work on behalf of International PEN�s Writers in Prison Committee. Professor Bertoletti received the SUNY Chancellor�s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010.