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Serafino Amato 2008

Lecturer in Photography

Curator and Photographer,
Alberto Moravia Foundation and Sigma Tau Foundation

Email: samato@johncabot.edu

Silvia Ammary 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

Coordinator of ENLUS (English Language for University Studies)
B.A., University of Jordan, 1993
M.A., University of Jordan, 1996
Ph.D., University of Jordan, 2001

Email: sammary@johncabot.edu

Brunella Antomarini 1998

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Laurea, University of Macerata, 1977
Laurea, University of Urbino, 1985
Dottorato di Ricerca, Gregoriana University, Rome, 2003

Email: bantomarini@johncabot.edu

Alessandro Antonelli 2010

Lecturer in Economics

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1978
M.A., City University of New York, 1981
P.M.D, Harvard University, 1986

Email: aantonelli@johncabot.edu

Federigo Argentieri 1996

Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Guarini Institute for Public Affairs

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1985
Ph.D., University of Budapest-ELTE, 2004

Email: fargentieri@johncabot.edu

Stefano Arnone 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1996
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2000

Email: sarnone@johncabot.edu

Pierfederico Asdrubali 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 1985
Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University, 1987
M.A., Brown University, 1992
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 1994
Ph.D., Brown University, 1996

Email: pasdrubali@johncabot.edu

Judy Bachrach 2010

Adjunct Professor of Journalism

B.A., Chatham College
M.S., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Email: jbachrach@johncabot.edu

Tom Bailey 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Business Administration

B.A., University of Oxford, 1996
M.A., University of Warwick, 1998
Ph.D., University of Warwick, 2003

Email: tbailey@johncabot.edu

Maria Adelaide Basile 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
M.A., Rutgers University, 1998
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2003 

Email: mbasile@johncabot.edu

Alan Bates 2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Ph.D., Trinity College, University of Dublin, 2000

Email: abates@johncabot.edu

Maria Carla Battelli 2002

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1988
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2004

Email: cbattelli@johncabot.edu

Ada Bertini-Bezzi 1998

Lecturer in italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1986
Master in Didactics of Italian as a Foreign Language,
University of Venice "Ca' Foscari," 2005

Email: abertini@johncabot.edu

Benedetta Bessi 2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Classics

B.A., University of Florence, 1994
Specialization in Archaeology, Italian Archaeological School of Athens, 1998
Ph.D., University of Messina, 2002

Email: bbessi@johncabot.edu

Corrada Biazzo Curry 2010

Associate Professor of Italian and French

Laurea, University of Catania, 1983
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1989

Email: cbcurry@johncabot.edu

Colin Biggs 2009

Visiting Professor of Business Administration

B.A., University of Oxford, 1969
M.A., University of Oxford, 1971
Ph.D., Cambridge Universiy, 1976
M.B.A., London Business School, 1993

Email: cbiggs@johncabot.edu

Andrea Branchi 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1993
M.A., Columbia University, 1998
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Bologna, 2001

Email: abranchi@johncabot.edu

Ann E. Buckley 1999

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1968
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1980
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1988

Email: abuckley@johncabot.edu

Federica Capoferri 2005

Assistant Professor of Italian Language and Literature

Laurea, University of Parma, 1993
M.A., University of Virginia, 1997
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2003

Email: fcapoferri@johncabot.edu

Aaron Carpene 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

B.S., University of Western Australia, 1989
Organ Diploma, Venice Conservatory, 1995
Harpsichord Diploma, Venice Conservatory, 1996
Composition and Choral Conducting, Venice Conservatory, 1998

Email: acarpene@johncabot.edu

Anthony James Casling 2009

Lecturer in English

M.A. University of Surrey, UK, 2005
M.A. Aberdeen University, Scotland, 1977

Email: acasling@johncabot.edu

Barbara Castaldo 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1995
M.A., Columbia University, 1998
Ph.D., New York University, 2008

Email: bcastaldo@johncabot.edu

Allan Christensen 1981

Professor Emeritus of English

A.B., Harvard College, 1962
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1968

Email: allan.christensen@tin.it

Robert Christofferson 2010

Lecturer in Business Administration

BSC, McGill University, 1975
MBA, IESE, 1987

Email: rchristofferson@johncabot.edu

Davide Ciferri 2010

Lecturer in Economics

Laurea, Luiss University, Rome, 2004

Email: dciferri@johncabot.edu

Isabella Clough Marinaro 2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science

B.A., Bath University, UK, 1994
Ph.D., Bath University, UK, 2006

Email: iclough@johncabot.edu

Andrea Coccia 2001

Lecturer in Business Administration

B.B.A., John Cabot University, 1989
M.S.A., Boston University, 1992

Email: acoccia@johncabot.edu

Berenice Cocciolillo 1992

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian

B.A., New York University, 1981
M.A., New York University, 1983

Email: bcocciolillo@johncabot.edu

Marco Colazingari 2010

Adjunct Professor of Economics

Laurea, Luiss University, 1993
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1996

Email: mcolazingari@johncabot.edu

Arianne Conty 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

B.A., Macalester College, Saint Paul
M.A., University of Paris IV, 1994
D.E.A., University of Aix-Marseille, 1995
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006

Email: aconty@johncabot.edu

Colm Corcoran 1999

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences

B.Sc., Trinity College Dublin, 1987
Ph.D., University of London, 1994

Email: ccorcoran@johncabot.edu

Shannon Cox 2003

Lecturer in English

Writing Lab Coordinator
B.A., John Cabot University, 1992
M.A., School for International Training, Vermont, 1997

Email: scox@johncabot.edu

Judith Waton Crews 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor

B.A., University of Dallas, 1973
M.A., University of Dallas, 1977
D.E.A., University of Montpellier, 1981
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1984

Email: jcrews@johncabot.edu

Daniel Crocco 2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.A. University of Western Ontario, 1965
M.A.Sc. University of Waterloo, Canada, 1969
Ph.D. University of Ottawa, 1974

Email: dcrocco@johncabot.edu

Luca de Caprariis 2000

Professor of History

Laurea, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, 1988
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998

Email: ldecaprariis@johncabot.edu

Antonella De Michelis 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.A., University of British Columbia, 1997
M.A., Courtauld Institute of Art, 1999
Ph.D., Courtauld Institute of Art, 2006

Email: ademichelis@johncabot.edu

Eric De Sena 2003

Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

B.A., SUNY Albany, 1990
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana, 1997
Ph.D., University of Bradford, UK, 2005

Email: edesena@johncabot.edu

Carlos Dews 2008

Associate Professor of English

B.A., University of Texas, 1987
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1992
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994
M.F.A., The New School University, 2008

Email: cdews@johncabot.edu

Fiorenza Di Franco 1976

Professor Emeritus of Theater and Italian Literature

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1965
M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1965
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1969
M.L.S., Vatican International School of Library Sciences, 1975

Email: fdifranco@johncabot.edu

Yvonne Dohna 2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

Staatsexamen, University of Kiel, 1994
Magister, University of Heidelberg, 1997
Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe, 2000

Email: ydohna@johncabot.edu

Moira Egan 2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1985
M.F.A., Columbia University, 1992
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1994

Email: megan@johncabot.edu

Angela Eliseo 2005

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza," 2004
Master, Didactics of Italian as a Second Language
Università per Stranieri, Perugia

Email: aeliseo@johncabot.edu

Michèle Favorite 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business and Communications

B.A., Brown University, 1982
M.Phil., Oxford University, 1984
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1988

Email: mfavorite@johncabot.edu

Rosa Filardi 1998

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Bologna, D.A.M.S., 1986

Email: rfilardi@johncabot.edu

Peter Flaccus 1994

Associate Professor of Studio Art

B.A., Amherst College, 1969
M.F.A., Indiana University, 1971

Email: pflaccus@johncabot.edu

Angelo Forte 1993

Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration

B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY
Laurea, Libera Universita' Internazionale degli Studi Sociali, Rome

Email: aforte@johncabot.edu

Sarah Franceschi 2005

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2004

Email: sfranceschi@johncabot.edu

Elisabeth Fuhrmann-Schembri 2003

Lecturer in Classics and Art History

M.A., University of Vienna, 1996

Email: efuhrmann@johncabot.edu

Susan Fuller 1987

Associate Professor of Business Administration

B.A., Wheaton College, 1966
M.S., Simmons College, 1972
M.B.A., Anna Maria College, 1985

Email: sfuller@johncabot.edu

Matilde Galante 2004

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1968

Email: mgalante@johncabot.edu

Renato Gatto 2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1989
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1997
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996

Email: rgatto@johncabot.edu

Stefano Gazziano 1999

Lecturer in Computer Science

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 1982

Email: sgazziano@johncabot.edu

Elizabeth Geoghegan 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

B.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992
M.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996
M.F.A., The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

Email: egeoghegan@johncabot.edu

Ilaria Gianni 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

Laurea Triennale, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2002
Laurea Specialistica
, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2005
M.F.A., Goldsmiths College, U.K., 2008

Email: igianni@johncabot.edu

Thomas Govero 2003

Lecturer in Classics

B.A., St. Louis University, 1962
M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1972

Email: tgovero@johncabot.edu

Lawrence E. Gray 1989

Professor of Political Science

B.A., Tulane University, 1968
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1977

Email: lgray@johncabot.edu

Alessandra Grego 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1999
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2003

Email: agrego@johncabot.edu

Elena Grillo 2004

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Messina, 2001
Master, University of Padova, 2002

Email: egrillo@johncabot.edu

Inge Lyse Hansen 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

M.A., Edinburgh University, 1993
Ph.D., Edinburgh University, 2001

Email: inhansen@johncabot.edu

Pamela Harris 1999

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1993
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1998

Email: pharris@johncabot.edu

Frank Hull 2010

Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration

B.A., University of Mississippi, 1964
M.A., University of Mississippi, 1967
M. Phil., Columbia University, 1977
PhD., Columbia University, 1977

Email: fhull@johncabot.edu

Lewis Klausner

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Boston University, 1980
Ph.D., Yale University, 1988

Email: lklausner@johncabot.edu

Margaret Kneller 2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences

Coordinator of the Math Lab
B.S., Stanford University, 1980
M.E.S., Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1988
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996

Email: mkneller@johncabot.edu

Jens Koehler 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

M.A., University of Munich, 1988
Ph.D., University of Munich, 1991

Email: jkoehler@johncabot.edu

Eszter Kollar 2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs

B.A., University of Budapest-Elte, 2003
M.A., Central European University, 2004
Ph.D., Luiss University, Rome, 2008

Email: ekollar@johncabot.edu

Andrea Lanzone 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History and Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1994
Ph.D., Essex University, 2001

Email: alanzone@johncabot.edu

Luca Larpi 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History and Classics

Laurea magistrale, University of Pisa, 2005
Ph.D, University of Manchester, 2009

Email: llarpi@johncabot.edu

Antonio López 2008

Lecturer in Communications

B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1989 
M.A., New School for Social Research, New York City, 2005 
Ph.D. candidate, Prescott College, Arizona

Email: alopez@johncabot.edu

Elaine Luti 1999

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, 1970
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1980

Email: eluti@johncabot.edu

Stefania Maggini 2003

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Bologna, D.A.M.S., 1987

Email: smaggini@johncabot.edu

Chiara Magrini 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1995
LL.M., University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 1996
M.Jur., University of Oxford, 2000
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2002

Email: cmagrini@johncabot.edu

Tijana Mamula 2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 2003
M.A., King’s College, London, 2005
Ph.D., King’s College, London, 2009

Email: tmamula@johncabot.edu

Rosamaria Mancini 2009

Lecturer in Journalism

B.A., Hunter College, 2000
M.A., New York University, 2002

Email: rmancini@johncabot.edu

Anna Mauceri Trimnell 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian

Laurea, University of Pavia, 1992
Dottorato di Ricerca, University for Foreigners of Siena, 2005

Email: amauceri@johncabot.edu

Mary P. Merva, CFA 1994

Professor of Economics and Dean of Academic Affairs

B.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1982
M.A., Rutgers University, 1985
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1989

Email: mmerva@johncabot.edu

Karim Mezran 2001

Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science

B.A., Hiram College, 1984
Laurea, University of Rome, 1988
M.A., Georgetown University, 1993
Ph.D., SAIS- Johns Hopkins University, 2001

Email: kmezran@johncabot.edu

Rosa Napoli 2002

Lecturer in Italian

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1992

Email: rnapoli@johncabot.edu

Christopher Neenan 1973

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., Cambridge University, 1967
M.A., Cambridge University, 1971
B.A., University of London, 1977
Laurea, University of Rome, 1978

Email: neenanc@yahoo.com

Bruno Novelli 2009

Lecturer in Business Administration

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1964

Email: bnovelli@johncabot.edu

Gene E. Ogle 2002

Assistant Professor of History and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

B.A., Texas Tech University, 1993
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2003

Email: gogle@johncabot.edu

Pietro Paganini 2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Dottorato di Ricerca, LUMSA University, Rome

Email: ppaganini@johncabot.edu

Franco Pavoncello 1990

Professor of Political Science

B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1974
M.A., The University of Michigan, 1978
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1984

Email: fpavoncello@johncabot.edu

William Pettit 1999

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Studio Art

B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1994
M.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 1996

Email: wpettit@johncabot.edu

Zara Pogossian 2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Maharishi International University, Iowa, 1994
M.A., American University, Washington D.C., 1997
M.A., Central European University, Budapest, 1999
Ph.D., Central European University, Budapest, 2004

Email: zpogossian@johncabot.edu

Tiziana Provvidera 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Humanities

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1993
Ph.D., University College London, 2000

Email: tprovvidera@johncabot.edu

Silvia Carnini Pulino 2002

Assistant Professor in Business Administration

B.A., Oxford University, 1985
M.A., Oxford University, 1986
M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1988

Email: spulino@johncabot.edu

Atiqur Rahman 2007

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England

Email: arahman@johncabot.edu

Barbara Roggema 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

M.A., University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 1995
Ph.D., University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2007

Email: broggema@johncabot.edu

Shannon Russell 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

B.A., University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1985
M.A., Dalhousie University, 1988
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1997
Post-Doctorate Fellow, University of Oxford, 2000

Email: srussell@johncabot.edu

Sharon Salvadori 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.A., Bard College, 1987
Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2002

Email: ssalvadori@johncabot.edu

Antonella Salvatore 2010

Lecturer in Business Administration

Laurea, Pescara, 1995
M.B.A., Open University, England, 2006  

Email: asalvatore@johncabot.edu

Peter Sarram 1998

Lecturer in Communications

B.A., Boston College, 1986
M.A., Northwestern University, 1995
Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University

Email: psarram@johncabot.edu

Raffaele Sassun 1998

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science

B.Sc., Technion Israeli Institute of Technology, 1983
M.Sc., Technion Israeli Institute of Technology, 1986

Email: rsassun@johncabot.edu

Silvia Scarpa 2009

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science

Laurea, LUISS University, Rome 2000
Master, University of Rome, "La Sapienza," 2002
Dottorato di Ricerca, University St. Anna, Pisa, 2006

Email: sscarpa@johncabot.edu

Alberto Schepisi 2008

Visiting Professor of Political Science

Former Italian Ambassador to Ireland
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1966

Email: aschepisi@johncabot.edu

Antonietta Scioti 1980

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1976
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1981
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2003

Email: ascioti@johncabot.edu

Francesca Romana Seganti 2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications

Laurea Magistrale, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 2002
Ph.D., London Metropolitan University, 2008

Email: fseganti@johncabot.edu

Ray Shaw 2000

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration

B.Sc., University of North London, 1970
Ph.D., University of North London, 1974
M.Sc., London Business School, 1977

Email: rshaw@johncabot.edu

Gina Siddu Pilia 2002

Lecturer in Italian

Coordinator of the Italian Tutoring Center
Laurea,
University of Florence, 1988

Email: gsiddupilia@johncabot.edu

Alessandro Signorini 2008

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1998
M.Phil., University of Strathclyde, 2003
Ph.D., candidate, University of Strathclyde

Email: asignorini@johncabot.edu

Gabriele Simoncini 2003

Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science

Laurea, University of Pisa, 1982
M.A., Columbia University, 1986
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1991

Email: gsimoncini@johncabot.edu

Carolyn Smyth 1997

Professor of Art History

B.A., Vassar College, 1976
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1980
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1988

Email: csmyth@johncabot.edu

Lauren Sunstein 2000

Lecturer in English

B.A., Harvard University, 1973
M.A., New York University, 1985

Email: lsunstein@johncabot.edu

Paul Tegmeyer 1991

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.A., New Mexico State University, 1983

Email: ptegmeyer@johncabot.edu

Anna Tuck-Scala 2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.A., Cornell University, 1987
M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1993
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2003

Email: atuckscala@johncabot.edu

Mauro Valenti 2010

Lecturer in Business Administration

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1979

Email: mvalenti@johncabot.edu

John Westley 2003

Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., Yale University, 1961
M.A., Columbia University, 1966
Ph.D., American University, 1983

Email: jowestley@johncabot.edu

Joan Westley 2000

Lecturer in English

B.A., Oberlin College, 1964
M.A.T., Yale University, 1965

Email: jwestley@johncabot.edu

Erick Wilberding 2004

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.A., Fairfield University, 1985
M.A., Boston College, 1986
M.A., Syracuse University, 1989
Ph.D., New York University, 1997

Email: ewilberding@johncabot.edu

Vanda Wilcox 2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

B.A., University of Oxford, 2000
M.St., University of Oxford, 2002
D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2006

Email: vwilcox@johncabot.edu

Lila Elizabeth Yawn 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History

B.F.A., University of Florida, 1984
M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004

Email: lyawn@johncabot.edu