Fabiana Woodfin, who enters the Department of Italian Studies this fall with a B.A. and M.A. from Boise State University, combines a broad-based interest in literature and cultural studies with a particular focus on the politics of translation. Woodfin’s M.A. thesis focuses on the reception of the work of Antonio Gramsci in English-language cultural studies, showing the political and cultural consequences of translation, particularly with reference to social change. Woodfin plans to continue her work on cultural politics at Berkeley, widening her approach to encompass questions of postcolonialism and of subaltern groups within unified Italy.