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.
Margaret Brucia | Classics
Specialist in Augustan literature. Chair of the Latin Achievement Test Committee for the College Board. PhD, Fordham University.
Paolo Carloni | Art History
Specialist in Cinquecento Art. Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” specialization, Università Urbino.
Carolina Ciampaglia | Italian Cinema
Co-director of “Italiaidea,” a Rome-based Italian language and cultural center. Laurea in Lingue Moderne, 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 Art. Experience as lecturer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., and Director of Old Master Paintings, Piero Corsini, Inc. N.Y. PhD candidate in art history at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
Lucy Delogu | Italian Language
MA, The Ohio State University. PhD candidate in Italian Literature, Rutgers University
Cristiana Filippini | Art History
Specialist in Roman Medieval Art. PhD, Johns Hopkins 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 candidate, 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.
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; 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.
Flavia Marcello | Art History/Drawing
Australian architect whose speciality is architecture in Rome during the Fascist Period. PhD, University of Sydney.
Maurizio Marmorstein | Italian Language
Specialist in Italian Literature and Theater. MA, Italian Studies, Middlebury College.
Registilla Aloisi Masella | Italian Language Diploma, School for Interpreters and Translators of Rome.
Carmela Merola | Italian Language and Literature
Specializes in Dante and Boccaccio: Medieval and Renaissance literature. PhD, Rutgers University.
Pino Milani | Architecture
Private practice in Rome and a member of G.R.A.U. (Gruppo Romano Architetti Rubanisti). Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” School of Architecture.
Liana Miuccio | Photography
Documentary photographer whose work has been published in numerous international publications and widely exhibited. Represented by Getty Images. BA, McGill University.
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.
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 ofprintmaking 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.
Alessandro Zanazzo | Photography
Professional photographer working for editorials and advertising. His works have been exhibited internationally and included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. BA, Academy of Fine Arts, Bergen, Norway.
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