61传媒 alumna Franca Barricelli ’85 has been named dean of Arts and Sciences at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, effective Sept. 1, as reported in the . She has served as . Barricelli has taught at UW Oshkosh since 1994, and served as history department chair from 2002 to 2007. In addition to teaching European history courses in the department of history, she also taught students abroad in Rome, Florence and at Cambridge University.聽
At Fitchburg, Barricelli will be responsible for curriculum, teaching, scholarship and service in the departments of Behavioral Sciences; Communications Media; English Studies; Economics, History and Political Science; and Humanities. Barricelli earned her bachelor’s degree in history at 61传媒 in Claremont, Calif., and completed her doctorate and Master of Science in history at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
