aaron a. thomas
Translator (Italian to English) at Translator
ph.d . candidate political science ( ucla ) freelance translator ( italian english )
doctoral candidate political science university california , los angeles ( ucla ) freelance italian translator . completing dissertation twentieth-century italian political legal philosopher norberto bobbio . also preparing translating anthology bobbio ’ essay published university toronto press , tentatively entitled `` ​in labyrinth politics : essay democracy , human right , law . `` ​ broad teaching experience ucla ucr area political science , political theory , italian culture history . research interest multidisciplinary span field political science , economics , sociology , legal philosophy , italian culture history . area economics finance , interested index- factor-based investing ; esg consideration ; functional finance macroeconomic policy ; question concerning financial stability . conducted research fulbright scholar based bologna , italy . currently serve editorial board teoria politica , journal political theory based turin , italy . worked google research associate publication department getty research institute los angeles . fun , enjoy cycling , swimming , cooking italian ( make respectable lamb ragù ) . personal website : http : //www.aaronathomas.com
Translator
Project under contract with the University of Toronto Press:

Selected essays by Norberto Bobbio, tentatively entitled "​In the Labyrinth of Politics: Essays on Democracy, Human Rights and the Law"​, edited and translated by Aaron Thomas, with a preface by Carole Pateman.

Previous volumes:

Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments and Other Essays,"​ edited by Aaron Thomas, translated by Aaron Thomas and Jeremy Parzen, with an introduction by Alberto Burgio (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008).

Remo Bodei, "We, the Divided: Ethos, Politics and Culture in Post-war Italy, 1943-2006,"​ translated by Aaron Thomas and Jeremy Parzen (New York: Agincourt Press, 2006).

For a full list of professional Italian–English translations please see my website: 

http://www.aaronathomas.com/italian-translation.html
Translator (Italian to English)
Teoria Politica
Teoria Politica is a journal of political theory originally founded by Norberto Bobbio in the 1980s. I have served on the Editorial Board since it’s re-launch in 2010 as an annual publication under the direction of one of Bobbio’s pupil’s, professor Michelangelo Bovero of the University of Turin.
Editorial Board Member
University of California, Riverside
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"Introduction to Political Ideologies" (300 student course)
Covered several ideologies and movements: liberalism, socialism, fascism, social democracy, the Civil Rights movement, participatory democracy, feminism, and cosmopolitanism.

"Introduction to Political Theory: Democratic Theory" (300 student course)
Introduction to theories and concepts of democracy through the study of classic and contemporary authors.
Riverside, CA
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Lecturer in Political Science
Google
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• Supervised, trained, and coordinated an international team working in Ads Quality Evaluation in 9 language groups. Moderated discussion among employee teams both on- and off-site.

• Facilitated interpretation and implementation of project guidelines to build AdSense classifiers to target properly online advertising in Google Search and on third-party platforms.

• Performed taxonomic classification of entities for Google's Knowledge Graph, search queries, conceptual clusters, webpages, and display ads in English and Italian.

• Analyzed and evaluated the content, quality, and efficacy of targeted advertising for Google's AdWords and AdSense products. 

• Collaborated with linguists to improve the efficacy of targeted advertising algorithms in several languages.

• Assisted in the classification of web pages for the creation of filters for publisher-sensitive content.
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Quality Evaluator and Administrator
Honors Collegium, UCLA
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Teaching Fellow
Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
Verified the accuracy of translations from Italian to English, copy-edited and proofread manuscripts, produced content for the Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library website, corresponded with authors and the publishing house (the University of Toronto Press) to develop book proposals and manuscripts.
Editorial Assistant
Agincourt Press
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Shepherded book manuscripts through the production process. Duties included proofreading and copy-editing manuscripts, corresponding with authors, graphic designers, typesetters, printers and distributors, and obtaining ISBN numbers and UPC codes.
Managing Editor
Getty Research Institute
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Assisted editors in the preparation of book manuscripts for publication. Responsibilities included verifying the accuracy of translations from Italian to English, copy-editing, obtaining permissions to reprint images of artwork and copyrighted materials, corroborating textual quotations and citations, compiling and proofreading bibliographies, and corresponding with authors and institutions.
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Research Associate
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Political Science
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University of California, Los Angeles
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BA
Double major in Economics and Political Science
Economics and Political Science
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UC Santa Barbara
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Master of Arts (M.A.)
Political Science
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various reform projects of the day. The equality of every citizen before the law, the right to a fair trial, the abolition of the death penalty, the elimination of the use of torture in criminal interrogations—these are but a few of the vital arguments articulated by Beccaria.

This volume offers a new English translation of On Crimes and Punishment alongside writings by a number of Beccaria's contemporaries. Of particular interest is Voltaire's commentary on the text, which is included in its entirety. The supplementary materials testify not only to the power and significance of Beccaria's ideas, but to the controversial reception of his book. At the same time that philosophes proclaimed that it contained principles of enduring importance to any society grappling with matters of political and criminal justice, allies of the ancien régime roundly denounced it, fearing that the book's attack on feudal privileges and its call to separate law from religion (and thus crime from sin) would undermine their longstanding privileges and powers.

Long appreciated as a foundational text in criminology, Beccaria's arguments have become central in debates over capital punishment. This new edition presents Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments as an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.

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Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments and other writings
University of Toronto Press
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Bologna, Italy
Fulbright Program, International Educational Exchange Program at U.S. Department of State
Fulbright Scholar
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United States
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South San Francisco, CA
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Sherwood, AR
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Aaron A. Thomas
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Aaron A Thomas, MBA
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Hyderabad
Aaron A Thomas
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