Tania Convertini is Research Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College where she directs the Language Program in the Department of French and Italian. Her main areas of research include foreign language pedagogy and digital pedagogy, intercultural education, and media studies. She has published articles on the pedagogical use of film and technology in the language classroom, as well as critical readings of films, television shows and literary texts. Her current project explores the work of the Italian educator, humanist and television host Alberto Manzi and the role of Italian educational television in the 60s.