Blessing, Benita

Benita Blessing has recently been recognized as an outstanding instructor at Ohio University with the University Professor Award, which recognizes effective and innovative classroom teaching. Blessing was a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation fellow; a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany; a visiting researcher and fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy; and a visiting German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellow with Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. She spends part of her summers as director of an Italian langua...