AIFS in Rome Resident Director

Rosanna Graziani
The Rome Study Center of Richmond
Piazza Sant’Andrea della Valle 6
00186 Rome, Italy

Phone: (39) 06 6813 6104
Fax: (39) 06 6813 1671
Email: info@richmondinrome.it

Rosanna is from the medieval town of Gubbio, Umbria. She received her MA from the University of Florence in English language and literature with a post-graduate specialization in museum studies from the University of Perugia.

Rosanna first worked for AIFS Richmond as a Librarian on the Florence program, starting in 1995. She then became Assistant Director of the Florence semester program and Director of the Florence summer school before moving to Rome in 2001 to open the Rome campus and become Resident Director in Rome. She manages a team of five staff in Rome. Previously, she was a teacher of Italian as a foreign language in Florence. She speaks English, French and Spanish, and enjoys hiking, contemporary literature and cinema.

The Resident Director provides academic advice, introduces you to the community and handles communication with the University.

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Special features of the AIFS program:

Each semester starts with two weeks of intensive Italian language in Florence. The program includes a three-day visit to London, three-day visit to Venice, and three-day visit to Naples and Pompeii. Students live in furnished apartments or with an Italian family, and receive restaurant vouchers for breakfast or lunch and dinner five days a week. The Richmond Study center is in the heart of the historical centre of Rome, a few minutes’ walk from the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona.