Lucio Ruotolo, Stanford University Dr. Ruotolo, professor emeritus at Stanford University, is a distinguished scholar of English literature, and is currently writing a biography of…

Paul D’Ambrosio Paul D’Ambrosio is chief curator of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, NY. He is engaged in a major research project…

Holly Metz, New School Holly Metz is an instructor in humanities at the New School for Social Research and a writer on cultural and social…

Anna Lomax Chairetakis, Hunter College Dr. Chairetakis, an anthropologist and daughter of  Alan Lomax, is president of the Association for Cultural Equity at Hunter College/CUNY,…

Marcella Bencivenni, CUNY Graduate Center Marcella Bencivenni, who is writing her dissertation in the PhD program in History at the CUNY Graduate School, examines the…

Carol Kushner, SUNY Dutchess Community College Carol Kushner is a writer and English professor at Dutchess Community College/SUNY. As a student she studied sculpture for…

Jason Pine, University of Texas at Austin Jason Pine is a Ph.D candidate in Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. His interest lies…

Augusto Ferraiuolo, Università di Cassino From early June to mid-September, Boston’s North End is transformed into a living theater of religious spectacle.  Professor of Cultural…

Mary Jo Bona, SUNY Stony Brook Mary Jo Bona, Associate Professor of Italian American Studies at SUNY Stony Brook, will examine second-wave Italian American feminism…

David De Gregorio, CUNY Graduate Center David De Gregorio, Esq., a student in CUNY Graduate’s history program, explores German cultural influence in Italy in the…