rome, Italy
Semester/Year study abroad Program
Temple Rome Faculty
Giovanna Agostini | Italian Language
Produced radio programming, conducted film research and provided simultaneous translations for RAI, the Italian National Radio and Television Network. BFA, Ohio University.
Registilla Aloisi Masella | Italian Language
Diploma, School for Interpreters and Translators of Rome.
Federigo Argentieri | History/Political Science
Has published widely on Hungary and other members of the former Soviet bloc, Italian political culture, and European security after the Cold War. A member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and currently focusing on Ukraine. PhD, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest.
Kathleen Biddick | History
Professor, Department of History, Temple University. Recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Stanford Humanities Center, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Council for Learned Societies. PhD, Center for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.
Margaret Brucia | Classics
Specialist in Augustan literature. Chair of the Latin Achievement Test Committee for the College Board. PhD, Fordham University.
Roberto Caracciolo | Drawing
Rome based painter who is represented by Grossetti Arte Contemporanea in Milan and is the arts liaison for the American Academy in Rome. Studies at the Istituto d’Arte di Urbino in Italy, United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, and the New York Studio School.
Paolo Carloni | Art History
Specialist in Cinquecento Art. Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” specialization, Università Urbino.
Paolo Chirichigno | Italian Language
Co-founder of “Italiano per te,” association for the promotion of Italian culture and language. BSc, University of Rome “La Sapienza.”
Lucy Clink | Photography/Drawing
A photographer and painter whose work is represented by Polottico Gallery, Rome. MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Daniela Curioso | Italian Language
Co-founder of “Italiaidea,” an Italian language and culture center in Rome where she is currently the Director of University Programs, responsible for the development of programs for American study abroad branch campuses. Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, University of Rome “La Sapienza.”
Frank Dabell | Art History
Specialist in Italian Renaissance. Lecturer and former Fellow, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Director of Old Master Paintings, Piero Corsini, Inc., New York.
Lucy Delogu | Italian Language
MA, The Ohio State University. PhD candidate in Italian Literature, Rutgers University
Jan Gadeyne | Art History/History/Classics
An archeologist currently working on excavations of a Roman villa in the Lazio region. Specialist in ancient Rome and Italy. PhD, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
Peter Gardner | Film
Specializes in 19th-century literature and is a member of AISNA – Associazione Italiana di Studi Nord-Americani and MESEA – the Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas. MA, California State University, Dominguez Hills and PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Cristiano Gentili | Italian Language
Experience as radio program director/disc jockey for RAI, the Italian National Radio and Television Network, and music critic for the newspaper The Secolo XIX. Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza.”
Anita Guerra | Drawing and Painting
Represented in the Museo di Arte Sacro in Celano, the Caproni Museum in Trento, and at the French Cultural Center in Rome, Italy. Her modular paintings have been exhibited in the United States and Italy and are part of numerous private collections. MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Robert Huber | Art History
Area of research is Italian Renaissance. MA, Temple University.
Laurie Kalb Cosmo | Art History
Curator, scholar, and museum administrator with international experience in cultural preservation, exhibitions, collections, and program development. Director of Kalb and Associates Fine Arts Consulting, Rome, Italy. PhD in Folklore, University of Pennsylvania.
Katherine Krizek | Drawing/Art History
A graphic and industrial designer with a private design practice in Rome. BFA, Parsons School of Design; Bachelor of Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Aroop Mahanty | International Business
Economist with considerable teaching and work experience in the United States and foreign countries who has consulted extensively for private firms and NGOs. PhD, Colorado State University; Postdoc, University of Chicago.
Roberto Mannino | Sculpture/Fiber Art
A widely exhibited sculptor whose large-scale works and installations are constructed in handcast paper and mixed media. Diploma in Sculpture, Fine Arts Academy of Rome.
Carmela Merola | Italian Language and Literature
Specializes in Dante and Boccaccio: Medieval and Renaissance literature. PhD, Rutgers University.
Liana Miuccio | Photography
Documentary photographer whose work has been published in numerous international publications and widely exhibited. Represented by Getty Images. BA, McGill University.
Susan Moore | Painting | Drawing
Widely exhibited figurative painter whose work is represented by the Locks Gallery in Philadelphia. Her work is included in the collections of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum the National Portrait Gallery. She is a Professor at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and has taught at the Temple Rome campus numerous times. MFA, University of California at Davis.
Barbara Parisi Pesicce | Italian Language
Specialization in alternative teaching techniques. Liberal Arts degree, University of Rome “La Sapienza.”
Aldo Patania | International Business
Former senior economic specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Rome and senior country manager for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. MBA Director at the Rome Campus of the University of Malta. MA, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.
Maria Ponce de Leon | Italian Language
Translator for the Vatican (Congregation for the Causes of Saints) and an active volunteer for VIC Caritas in the Roman prison of Rebibbia. PhD, Northwestern University.
Francescangelo Possemato | Architecture
Architecture and design practices in Rome and Solopaca (BN). Consultant to U.S. and Italian governments on local and European infrastructures. Recipient of Italian national awards and winner of national competitions. SPRM Università Federico II, Naples, Master of Science in architecture and building design, Columbia University.
John James Pron | Architecture
Practicing architect, AIA, whose firm, Hospitality Design Group, Inc. of Chalfont, PA, specializes in the adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Professor of architecture at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where he lectures on architectural history and teaches design studios and graphics. He is also an artist, a member of the Third Street Gallery in Philadelphia, where his biennial shows of drawings and collages creatively reinterpret the architecture of both Philadelphia and Rome. Professor Pron is a past recipient of a Lindback Award for teaching excellence as well as the university's Great Teacher award. MArch, University of Pennsylvania.
Greg Smith | Anthropology/Sociology
Founding editor of the series Societa Mediterranea. Involved in a variety of Italian consulting projects. DPhil, Oxford University.
Kim Strommen | Dean of the Rome Campus, and Professor in the Graphic Arts and Design Department of the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. MFA, Washington University in St. Louis.
Mario Teleri | Printmaking
Widely exhibited printmaker who has produced documentaries on the history and technique of printmaking for Italian television, and conducts seminars and lectures at the Italian National Institute for Graphics and other institutes throughout Europe.
Anna Kiyomi Tuck-Scala | Art History
Specialist in Italian Baroque art and Neapolitan art and culture. PhD, Pennsylvania State University.
Carolina Vaccaro | Architecture
Private practice in Rome, and author. PhD in Architecture, University of Palermo, Naples and Florence.
Shara Wasserman | Art History/Director of Exhibitions
Specialist in contemporary art with previous work experience at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. MA, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
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