Teresa de Lauretis (born 1938,
Bologna) is an
Italian-born author and Distinguished Professor Emerita of the
History of Consciousness at the
University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her doctorate in Modern Languages and Literatures from
Bocconi University in
Milan before coming to the
United States. She joined the
History of Consciousness with
Hayden White,
Donna Haraway,
Fredric Jameson and
Angela Davis. She has held Visiting Professorships at universities worldwide including ones in
Canada,
Germany, Italy,
Sweden,
Austria,
Argentina,
Chile,
France,
Spain,
Hungary,
Croatia,
Mexico and the
Netherlands.