Michael Lettieri received his Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Toronto, where he is now Full Professor and serves as Chair of the Department of Language Studies. He has served as Associate Dean (Humanities) and Vice-Principal (Academic) at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Associate Director of the Italian School at Middlebury College (1991-1995), and Director of the School from 1995 to 2005. His research has been primarily in the areas of Renaissance Italian literature, textual criticism, second-language teaching and learning, and applied linguistics. Highlights from his list of publications include language textbooks, critical editions, and edited books. His interests in the fields of textual criticism and Italian theatre have led him over the years to investigate important literary works such as Pietro Aretino’s Orazia, the Accademia degli Intronati’s Il Capriccio, Giovanni Kreglianovich’s Orazio, Antonio Liruti’s Camilla, and Pierre Corneille’s Horace. Lettieri is a frequent contributor to academic journals, co-edits the University of Toronto Press series Toronto Italian Studies, and serves as the Associate Editor for linguistics of Italica, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. Lettieri was also Business Manager of Italian Canadiana (the official journal of The Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian Canadian Studies), Executive Director of the University of Toronto’s Blackwood Art Gallery, Chair of the McMaster University/University of Toronto Numata Program in Buddhist Studies, and Executive Director of Sheridan College/University of Toronto Theatre Erindale. Lettieri has received two awards for excellence in teaching, one from the University of Toronto, the other from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.