Ernest Ialongo
Professor of History & Chair
Behavioral & Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College,
The City University of New York
500 Grand Concourse, B-317
Bronx, NY 10451
718-319-7933
Education
PhD:
Graduate School of the City University of New York [CUNY]
PhD Program in History, 2009
Dissertation Title: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics
Major: Late Modern European History; Minor: American History
Advisors: Philip Cannistraro (2002-2005) and Marta Petrusewicz (2005-2009)
MA:
York University, Toronto, Canada
Masters of Arts in History, 1996
Thesis Title: Italy, Britain and Eritrea: The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1879-1882
BA:
York University, Toronto, Canada
Bachelor of Arts in History, Specialized Honors, 1992
Teaching History
Fall 2019: Professor of History
Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College, CUNY
2016-2019: Associate Professor of History
(Tenure received in Fall 2016)
Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College, CUNY
2009-2016: Assistant Professor of History
Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College, CUNY
2008-2009: Instructor, History
Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College, CUNY
2007-2008: Instructor, History
Department of History, Political Science, and Geography
Nassau Community College, State University of New York [SUNY]
2005-2007: Instructor, History
Department of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
2003-2005: Graduate Teaching Fellow
Department of History, Bronx Community College, CUNY
2001-2002: Writing Fellow
Department of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
2000-2001: Graduate Teaching Fellow
Department of History, Baruch College, CUNY
1999-2000: Adjunct Professor
Department of History, Queens College, CUNY
Classes
Western History, I and II; World History, I and II; United States History, I and II. All classes are Web-Enhanced via Blackboard, have been taught in regular and “Smart” classrooms, and have been offered as either standard or Writing Intensive sections. World History II and United States History I and II classes have also been taught as Hybrids (half online). US History I has been taught as an Honors section, and synchronously on Zoom.
Publications
Books
Ialongo, Ernest. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015.
Ialongo, Ernest and Wiliam Adams, editors. New Directions in Italian and Italian American History: Selected Essays from the Conference in Honor of Dr. Philip V. Cannistraro. New York: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2013.
Scholarly Articles
Ialongo, Ernest. “Visualizing Italy through a Militant Lens: F.T. Marinetti and Italy’s Military Experience.” Italy and Military Culture(s). Edited by Mattia Roveri. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
Ialongo, Ernest and Annalisa Capristo. “Introduction: On the 80th Anniversary of the Racial Laws. Essays Reflecting the Current Scholarship on Italian Fascist Anti-Semitism in Honour of Michele Sarfatti.” Introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies co-edited by Ialongo and Capristo, 24, #1 (January 2019).
Ialongo, Ernest. “Nation-Building through Antisemitism: Fascism and the Jew as the Internal Enemy.” Annali d’Italianistica: The New Italy and the Jews from Massimo d'Azeglio to Primo Levi. Edited by Jonathan Druker and Scott Lerner, 39 (2018), 327-349.
Ialongo, Ernest. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Fascist Italy’s Racial Turn: Accommodating the Regime and Legitimating Persecution.” Visual History: Rivista internazionale di storia e critica dell’immagine 4 (2018), 25-46.
Ialongo, Ernest and Teresa Fiore. “Introduction: Italy and the Euro–Mediterranean ‘migrant crisis’: national reception, lived experiences, E.U. pressures.” Introduction to a selection of essays co-edited by Ialongo and Fiore and appearing in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies 23, #4 (September 2018), 481-489.
_____. “Futurism from Foundation to World War: The Art and Politics of an Avant-Garde Movement.” Journal of Modern Italian Studies 21, 2 (March 2016), 306-323.
Ialongo, Ernest and Adrian Lyttelton, editors. “Multi/Interdisciplinary Investigations into Italy and World War I: An Introduction.” A selection of essays appearing in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies 21, 2 (March 2016), 300-305.
Ialongo, Ernest. "Marinetti and the Mafarka Trial: Re-thinking the Early History of Futurism," Mise en Abyme. International Journal of Comparative Literature and Arts. Vol. II, Issue 2 (July/December) 2015, Vol. III, Issue 1 (January/June 2016) (Double Issue), 5-23.
Ialongo, Ernest. “Solving the Nation’s Ills through War: Italy, the Great War, and Nation Building.” Peace & Change 40, 2 (April 2015), 234-243.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Futurist as Fascist, 1929-1937.” Journal of Modern Italian Studies 18, 4 (September 2013), 393-418. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmis20/current#.UjdX9n_8KRk
Ialongo, Ernest and Walter Adamson, editors. “Reconsidering Futurism.” A selection of essays appearing in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies 18, 4 (September 2013), 389-392.
Ialongo, Ernest. “Marinetti and the Cult of the Duce.” In New Directions in Italian and Italian American History: Selected Essays from the Conference in Honor of Dr. Philip V. Cannistraro. Edited by Ernest Ialongo and William Adams. New York: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2013.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics.” In Futurismo: Impact and Legacy. Edited by Giuseppe Gazzola. New York: Forum Italicum Publishing, 2011.
_____. “Italian History.” The History Highway 2000: A Guide to Internet Resources. 2nd ed. Edited by Dennis A. Trinkle and Scott A. Merriman. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Teaching Articles
Ialongo, Ernest, with Deborah Eldridge (lead author), Rebecca Watts, G. Michael Guy, and Lucinda Zoe, “Collaborative Faculty Professional Development: Bringing the Classroom to the Screen,” Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21, #11 (2021), 86-97.
Ialongo, Ernest, with N. Nunez Rodriguez, J. DiSanto, A. Varelas, S. Brennan, and K. Wolfe. “Building Understanding of High School Students’ Transition to College.” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 29, 2 (2017), 402-411.
Ialongo, Ernest, with Antonios Varelas and Kate Wolfe. “Building a Better Student: Developing Critical Thinking and Writing in the Community College from Freshman Semester to Graduation.” The Community College Enterprise 21, 2 (Fall 2015), 76-92.
_____. “Questioning Clichés: Gender Analysis in History.” Touchstone (2010).
Book & Article Reviews
Ialongo, Ernest. “Italy in the Era of the Great War.” Review of Italy in the Era of the Great War edited by Vanda Wilcox. Journal of Modern Italian Studies (published online February 2, 2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571X.2022.2030141 .
_____. "The Machine Has a Soul: American Sympathy with Italian Fascism." Review of The Machine Has a Soul: American Sympathy with Italian Fascism by Katy Hull. Journal of American Studies 55 (2021), e25.
_____. “The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America.” Review of The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America by Giorgio Bertellini. Italia Contemporanea #293 (2020), 297-302.
_____. “The United States and Fascist Italy: The Rise of American Finance in Europe.” Review of The United States and Fascist Italy: The Rise of American Finance in Europe by Gian Giacomo Migone, translated by Molly Tambor. The Italian American Review 8, #1 (Winter 2018), 84-88.
_____. “A Pact with Vichy: Angelo Tasca from Italian Socialism to French Collaboration.” Review of
A Pact with Vichy: Angelo Tasca from Italian Socialism to French Collaboration, by Emanuel Rota.
H-Italy, H-Net Reviews. June, 2015. URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43932
_____. "Italian Immigrant Radical Culture: The Idealism of the Sovversivi in the United States, 1890-1940.” Review of Italian Immigrant Radical Culture: The Idealism of the Sovversivi in the United States, 1890-1940, by Marcella Bencivenni. Voices in Italian Americana 24, #1-2 (2013), 92-93.
_____. “In the Name of Italy: Nation, Family, and Patriotism in a Fascist Court.” Review of In the Name of Italy: Nation, Family, and Patriotism in a Fascist Court, by Maura E. Hametz.
Modern Italy 18, 4 (November 2013), 459-462.
_____. "Garibaldi: Citizen of the World." Review of Garibaldi: Citizen of the World, by Alfonso Scirocco. Italian Culture 29, #2 (September, 2011), 144-146.
_____. “L’intellettuale antisemita.” Review of L’intellettuale antisemita, edited by Roberto Chiarini. Modern Italy 16, #1 (February, 2011), 88-91.
_____. “Censorship and Literature in Fascist Italy.” Review of Censorship and Literature in Fascist Italy, by Guido Bonsaver. Modern Italy 15, #1 (February, 2010): 93–95.
_____. “Debating Divorce in Italy: Marriage and the Making of Modern Italians, 1860-1914.” Review of Debating Divorce in Italy: Marriage and the Making of Modern Italians, 1860-1914, by Mark Seymour.
H-Italy,
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=14192 (posted February 3, 2008).
_____. “Le “militi dell’idea”, Storia delle organizzazioni femminili del Partito Nazionale Fascista” Review of Le “militi dell’idea”, Storia delle organizzazioni femminili del Partito Nazionale Fascista, by Helga Dittrich-Johansen. CONGRIPS: The Journal of The Congress Group of Italian Politics and Society 57 (Spring, 2003).
Scholarly Presentations
Ialongo, Ernest. “Mario Mignone as Historian.” Paper presented at Made in Italy, Made for America Honoring Mario B. Mignone (1940-2019) at the Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, November 11, 2022.
_____. “Eugenio Colorni in the United States: A Series Presentation.” Panel discussant at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York City, February 24, 2021.
_____. “Visualizing Italy through a Militant Lens: F.T. Marinetti and Italy’s Military Experience.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, January, 3, 2020.
_____. “Nation-Building through Antisemitism: Fascist Italy and the Jew as Internal Enemy.” Paper presented at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute as part of the Giorno della Memoria (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) events organized by the Centro Primo Levi, New York City, February 6, 2018.
_____. Respondent for “Visualizing Crisis,” a paper by Rhiannon Welch at the workshop “The Military, Power, and Culture.” Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, New York University, New York City, April 28, 2017.
_____. “Nation-Building Through Anti-Semitism: Politics and Culture in the Persecution of Italian Jews, 1936-1945.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Italian Studies, Columbus, Ohio, April 22, 2017.
_____. Presentation of my book
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics, delivered at the Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 26, 2016.
_____. Presentation of my book Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics, delivered at the Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, October 17, 2016.
_____. "Salvemini in America: Struggling to find his Place," delivered at the Center for Italian Modern Art, New York City, April 13, 2016.
_____. Presentation of my book Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics, delivered at the Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, September 24, 2015.
_____. “Futurism: An Introduction.” Guest speaker for Filmopolis: Urban Space on the Screen, Masters in Liberal Studies Program, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, September 9, 2015.
_____. Presentation of my book Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics, delivered at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York City, May 13, 2015.
_____. Presentation of my book Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and his Politics, delivered at the Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, CUNY, April 30 2015.
_____. “Our American Days,” a film by Chiara Barbo and Andrea Magnani. Film introduction delivered at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, New York City, March 10, 2015.
_____. “Futurism from Foundation to World War: The Art and Politics of an Avant-Garde Movement.” Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, January 4, 2015.
_____. "The Politicization of Futurism in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy." Panel speaker, Blinken European Institute, Columbia University, New York City, March 26, 2014.
_____. “Grappling with Art and Politics: The Case of F.T. Marinetti.” Guest speaker for Transformations of Modernity, 1914-Present, Masters in Liberal Studies Program, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, February 10, 2014.
_____. "Solving the Nation’s Ills through War: Italy, the Great War, and Nation-Building.” Paper presented as part of the roundtable “Advocating Peace, Debating War: Disagreement and Division in Europe, China, and Brazil, c. 1900–17” at the annual international meeting of the American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 4, 2014.
_____. “Marinetti on the Road: A Futurist Stumping for Fascism, 1925-1929.” Paper scheduled for The Ambassadorship of Literature, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, New York City, February 8-9, 2013.
_____. “Futurism and Fascism: An Anatomy of Cultural Accountability.” Guest lecture for Fictionalizing History: Fascism in Literature and Film, Department of Italian, Columbia University, New York City, September 26, 2012.
_____. “The Calculated Compromise: F.T. Marinetti and Fascism in the Twenties.” Paper presented at New Directions in Italian and Italian American History: An International Conference in Honor of Dr. Philip V. Cannistraro, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, New York City, November 5, 2011.
_____. “The Calculated Compromise: F.T. Marinetti and Fascism in the Twenties.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Modernist Studies Association, Buffalo, NY, October 7, 2011.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: A Reinterpretation.” Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the American Historical Association, Boston, January 6-9, 2011.
_____. "Marinetti and the Cult of the Duce." Paper presented at The Personality Cults of Modern Dictators, The Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, The University of London, School of Advanced Study, UK, October 22, 2010.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: Re-Interpreting an Icon.” Paper presented at the Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, April 29, 2010.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Futurist as Fascist.” Paper presented at the Columbia University Seminar in Modern Italian Studies, New York City, April 9, 2010.
_____. “Marinetti’s Bombshell: 'War, the World’s Only Hygiene.'” Paper presented at Shock and Awe: The Troubling Legacy of the Futurist Cult of War, Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, New York City, November 11, 2009.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics.” Paper presented at Futurismo: Impact and Legacy, Florence, Italy, October 16-17, 2009.
_____. “Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics.” Paper presented at Back to the Futurists: Avant-gardes, 1909-2009, London, UK, July 2-4, 2009.
Teaching Presentations & Seminars
Ialongo, Ernest, Deb Eldridge, Rebecca Watts, G. Michael Guy, and Lucinda Zoe. “Collaborative Faculty Professional Development Training: Helping Bring the Classroom to the Screen.” Co-Presenter at 2021 AACU Conference, via Zoom, January 22, 2021.
Ialongo, Ernest, Cynthia Jones, and Karina Castro. “The Hostos Honors Program: Helping Our Students Excel.” Co-Presenter at 2016 CUE Conference, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, May 13, 2016.
Ialongo, Ernest. “Developing Scientific Literary and Critical Thinking Skills in College Introductory Courses by Integrating High School Trends.” Co-presenter at National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs Conference, Boston, MA, March 7, 2015.
_____. “Developing College Skills in Introductory College Courses by Integrating High School Trends.”
Co-presenter,
2014 CUE Conference, LaGuardia Community College, New York City, May 2, 2014.
_____. “Graduate NYC.” Co-participant and presenter, Hostos Community College, CUNY, September 2013-May 2014.
_____. “Building a Community of Practice for Hybrid Instruction.” Co-Presenter at Celebrate the Art of Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, May 30, 2013.
_____. “Building a Better Student: Developing Critical Thinking and Writing in the Community College from Freshman Semester to Graduation.” Co-Presenter at 2013 CUE Conference: Transformations in Teaching and Learning: Research and Evidence Based Practices at CUNY, John Jay College, CUNY, New York City, May 10, 2013.
_____. “Genocide in Cambodia: Origins and Development.” Paper presented at the Book of the Semester Project, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, November 14, 2012.
_____. “Expanding the Curriculum: Learning Styles and Gender in the History Classroom.” Paper presented at International Learning Styles, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, July 10, 2012.
_____. “Teaching Gender Analysis in the Community College.” Paper presented at Tri-State Best Practices: Innovation and Creativity in the Community College Classroom, Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands, NJ, February 18, 2012.
_____. “Academic Freedom: What You Need to Know.” Presentation for the Center for Teaching and Learning, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, May 31, 2011.
_____. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay. Panel Discussant, Book of the Semester Project, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, April 28, 2011.
_____. “This Voice in my Heart: The Historical Context.” Paper presented at the Book of the Semester Project, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, May 4, 2010.
_____. “Questioning Clichés: Gender Analysis in History.” Paper presented at RITE Conversations, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, March 15, 2010.
Events Organized/Chaired
Ialongo, Ernest. “Marching on Rome: Contesting the Eternal City Through the Ages.” Conference co-organizer, held at the Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City, October 28, 2022.
_____. “Italy and the Military: New Perspectives.” Panel co-organizer with Mattia Roveri, held at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, January 3, 2020.
Ialongo, Ernest. “Friends, Family, and Finance: Transnational Networks and the Shaping of an Italian Nation.” Chair of this panel, at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, Il, January 4, 2019.
_____. “Jews in Italy, and Nazi and Fascist Persecution: Themes for Future Research. A Lecture by Michele Sarfatti. Introduced by David Kertzer.” Event co-organizer along with the Centro Primo Levi, and the Italian Academy of Columbia University, held at the Italian Academy, New York City, October 23, 2018.
_____. "Italy and the Euro Mediterranean Migrant Crisis." Event co-organizer with Teresa Fiore, held at Columbia University, NYC, April 26, 2017, and Montclair State University, NJ, April 27, 2017.
_____. “Renzo De Felice’s The Jews in Fascist Italy: An Historical Appraisal.” Event organizer and panel chair, held at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY, New York City, January 28, 2016.
_____. “Alberto Burri: A Symposium at the Italian Academy of Columbia University.” Event organizer, panel moderator, and liaison with the Guggenheim Museum, held at the Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City, October 21, 2015.
_____. “Multi/Interdisciplinary Investigations into Italy & World War I.” Panel organizer and moderator, annual international meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, January 4, 2015.
_____. “Futurism at the Guggenheim: A Roundtable Discussion.” Event organizer and discussion moderator, Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City, February 26, 2014.
_____. “HOSTOS 175.” Events co-organizer for Spring and Fall 2014 celebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of Eugenio María de Hostos (including guest lecturers, workshops, curricular integration of the works of Hostos, and an international academic conference), Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, January-December 2014. See http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/Administrative-Offices/Office-of-Institutional-Advancement/Office-of-Communications/Hostos175 for full details.
_____. “Italian Fashion: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” Conference co-organizer, Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City, October 11, 2013.
_____. “Columbia Seminar in Modern Italian Studies.” Seminar organizer and Chair, Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City, September 2013 through May 2019.
_____. “New Directions in Italian and Italian-American History: Selected Essays from the Conference in Honor of Philip V. Cannistraro.” Panel organizer for celebration of book of the same name, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, April 23, 2013.
_____. “Modernist Rituals of Display, Exhibition, and Consumption.” Panel chair for the conference Modernist Manhattan, New York Institute of Technology, New York City, March 2, 2012.
_____. “New Directions in Italian and Italian American History: An International Conference in Honor of Dr. Philip V. Cannistraro.” Conference organizer, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, New York City, November 5, 2011.
_____. “The Inconvenient Politics of Modern European Artists.” Panel organizer for the annual conference of the Modernist Studies Association, Buffalo, NY, October 7, 2011.
_____. “Academic Freedom: What You Need to Know.” Panel organized and chaired for the Center for Teaching and Learning, Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York City, May 31, 2011.
Awards/Honors
2018-2019: PSC-CUNY Research Grant-Professional Staff Congress, CUNY
2017-2018: Chancellor's Research Fellowship-Office of the Chancellor, The City University of New York.
2016-2017: Chancellor’s Research Fellowship-Office of the Chancellor, The City University of New York.
2015: Title V Grant-US Department of Education; invited by the Office of Academic Affairs of Hostos Community College to partake in the Title V Grant-funded ADELANTE project
2012-2013: PSC-CUNY Research Grant-Professional Staff Congress, CUNY
2011: William Stewart Travel Award Grant-CUNY Academy for the Humanities
2009-2010: PSC-CUNY Research Grant-Professional Staff Congress, CUNY
2003-2005: Graduate Teaching Fellowship-Department of History, Bronx Community College, CUNY
2002-2003: Mellon Humanities Fellowship-The Mellon Foundation and The Center for the Humanities, at The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Getty Library Research Grant-The Getty Research Foundation, Los Angeles
2001-2002: CUNY Writing Fellowship-The Graduate School of the City University of New York
2000-2001: Graduate Teaching Fellowship-PhD Program in History, at The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Student Scholarship-The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
1999-2000: University Student Senate Merit Award-City University of New York
Tuition Award-PhD Program in History, at The Graduate School of the
City University of New York
Teaching Fellowship-PhD Program in History, at The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Student Scholarship-The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
1998-1999: Tuition Award-PhD Program in History, at The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Student Scholarship-The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
1997-1998: Student Scholarship-The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
Service at Hostos Community College, CUNY
Faculty Senate: Chair of the Senate, Fall 2017-Present; Vice-Chair of the Senate, Fall 2011-Spring 2017; Senator, Fall 2009-Present
Writing Intensive Task Force: Fall 2009-Present
PSC CUNY, Hostos Chapter: Fall 2009-Spring 2014 (Elected to Executive Committee in Spring 2011)
Liberal Arts Task Force: Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Middle States Review: Spring 2010-Spring 2011
Hostos Technology Strategic Planning Committee: Fall 2013
Hostos175 Co-Coordinator: Spring 2014-Fall 2014
Moderator/Interviewer, Hostos Presidential Search: Spring 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences Personnel & Budget Committee: Fall 2015-Present
Honors Committee Co-Director: Fall 2015-Present
Moderator/Interviewer, Hostos Provost Search: Spring 2016
Strategic Planning Committee: Fall 2016-Spring 2017
Economics Search Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Department, Social Sciences Unit: Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Political Science Search Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Department, Social Sciences Unit: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Middle States Steering Committee: Fall 2019-Present
Presidential Search Committee: Spring 2021
Provost Search Committee: Fall 2021
Assistant VP for Information Technology Search Committee: Fall 2022
Service to the City University of New York
University Faculty Senate, Council of Faculty Governance Leaders: Fall 2017-Present
University Faculty Senate, Academic Affairs Committee: Fall 2018-Spring 2022
University Faculty Senate, Budget Advisory Committee: Fall 2019-Present
University Faculty Senate, Charter Revision Committee: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
City University of New York, Pathways Year Six Evaluation Task Force: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
City University of New York, Office of Academic Affairs, Faculty and Staff Task Force, Faculty Liaison from the UFS: Summer 2020
Service to the Professional Community
2012-2019: Chair, Columbia University Seminar in Modern Italian Studies http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/studies-in-modern-italy/
2017-Present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Modern Italian Studies
2017-Present: Editorial Board Member, Visual History: Rivista internazionale di storia e critica dell’immagine
2017: February, External Examiner, Dissertation Defense Committee for Walter Barbieri’s dissertation “Futurist Performance and Marketing,” Flinders University, Australia (via Skype).
2017: January, Advisory Committee, Giorno della Memoria [International Holocaust Remembrance Day], Primo Levi Center, New York City.
2017: January 26, External Examiner, Dissertation Defense Committee for Christopher Adams’ dissertation “More Alive than Ever? Futurism in the 1940s,” University of Essex, UK (via Skype).
2014: September 12, Reader, Dissertation Defense Committee for Christina Brungardt’s dissertation “On the Fringe of Italian Fascism: An Examination of the Relationship between Vinicio Paladini and the Soviet Avant-Garde,” Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Outside Reviewer
California Italian Studies Journal
Forum Italicum
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University
Journal of Genocide Research
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
Palgrave Macmillan
Affiliations
American Historical Association
American Association for Italian Studies
Association for the Study of Modern Italy
Columbia University Seminar in Modern Italian Studies
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
SISSCO: Società italiana per lo studio della storia contemporanea
Society for Italian Historical Studies
References
Professor Emily Braun
Professor of Art History, Hunter College and
The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Professor Emerita Marta Petrusewicz
Professor of History, Hunter College and
The Graduate School of the City University of New York
Professor Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of History and
Queensboro Unico Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
Hofstra University
Dean Anthony Julian Tamburri
Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute and
Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
Queens College, in the City University of New York
