Elisa Lucchi-Riester

Background

Lucchi-Riester, Elisa was born on May 25, 1975 in Occhiobello, Rovigo, Italy. Daughter of Carlo Lucchi Cristofaro and Ivana Franca Pellegrinelli.

Education

Bachelor in English and Spanish Language & Literature, La Sapienza, Rome, 2001. Master of Arts in Teaching, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, 2007.

Career

Adjunct faculty Butler University, 2002—2006, lecturer, advisor and program coordinator, since 2006. Judge AATSP, Indianapolis, since 2005.

Achievements

• Elisa Lucchi-Riester has been listed as a noteworthy literature and language professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisor Best Buddies Indiana Chapter, Indianapolis, since 2008. Co-chair IHSI newsletter committee Italian Heritage Society Indiana, 2003—2005. Cultural committee chairperson IHSI, 2002—2006.

Member of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Capital Language Resource Center, IFLTA, AATSP (Edra Staffieri grant 2005), Sigma Delta Pi (Sigma Epsilon chapter).

Connections

Married James William Riester. 1 child Carlo James Riester.

Father:

Carlo Lucchi Cristofaro

Mother:

Ivana Franca Pellegrinelli

Spouse:

James William Riester

child:

Carlo James Riester Lucchi-Riester