People
The Center for Italian Studies is a hub for collaboration on Italian Studies with faculty across the university, advancing the Center's research mission and supporting teaching across the disciplines.
Director and Staff
Professor Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies
David G. Lummus, Ph.D., Assistant Director
Demetrio S. Yocum, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate
Visiting Scholars and Students
Luca Lombardo, Ph.D., Visiting Research Assistant Professor of Italian
Christian Vassallo, Ph.D., Fulbright Italian Distinguished Lecturer
Leonardo Canova, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pisa
Damien Pollard, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge
Notre Dame Faculty Affiliates
Maurizio Albahari
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Concurrent Associate Professor, Keough School of Global Affairs
Zygmunt G. Barański
Notre Dame Professor of Dante and Italian Studies, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Tracy Bergstrom
Director, Specialized Collection Services Program; and Curator, Zahm Dante and Early Italian Imprints Collection, Hesburgh Libraries
Francesca Bordogna
Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies, and Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of History
Kathleen Boyle
Associate Professional Specialist of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.
Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies; and Professor of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Paolo G. Carozza
Director, Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Professor of Law; and Concurrent Professor of Political Science
Robert Randolf Coleman
Associate Professor Emeritus of Renaissance & Baroque Art, Department of Art, Art History & Design
Kathleen Sprows Cummings
Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism; and Associate Professor, Department of American Studies and Department of History
Silvia Dall'Olio
Executive Director, Rome Global Gateway; and Adjunct Assistant Professional Specialist of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
JoAnn Della Neva
Academic Director, London Global Gateway; and Professor of French, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Margaret Anne Doody
John and Barbara Glynn Family Professor of Literature, Department of English
Brad Gregory
Professor, Department of History; Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair in European History; and Director, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
David T. Gura
Curator, Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts, Hesburgh Library; and Concurrent Associate Professor, The Medieval Institute
Marius B. Hauknes
Assistant Professor of Medieval Art History, Department of Art, Art History & Design
Peter Holland
Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre; McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies; and Associate Dean for the Arts
Vittorio Hösle
Paul G. Kimball Chair of Arts and Letters; Professor of German, Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures; and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy and Political Science
Heather Hyde Minor
Academic Director, Rome Global Gateway; and Professor of 17th-18th-Century European Art, Department of Art, Art History & Design
Peter Jeffrey
Michael P. Grace Chair in Medieval Studies; Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Department of Music
Krupali Uplekar Krusche
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Creative Work, School of Architecture
Catherine Kupiec
Visiting Assistant Professional Specialist, Italian Renaissance Art, Department of Art, Art History & Design
Charles L. Leavitt, IV
Assistant Professor of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Giovanna Lenzi-Sandusky
Director of Relations, Associate Special Professional Faculty, School of Architecture, Rome Program
Jennifer Newsome Martin
Assistant Professor, Program of Liberal Studies; and Concurrent Assistant Professor, Department of Theology
Barry McCrea
Professor, Department of English; Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies; and Concurrent Professor, Departments of Romance Languages and Literatures and Irish Language and Literature
Margaret Meserve
Associate Dean for the Humanities and Faculty Affairs, College of Arts and Letters; Fabiano College Chair in Italian Studies; and Associate Professor, Department of History
Michael E. Pippenger
Vice President and Associate Provost for Internationalization, Office of the Provost
Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Professor, Program of Liberal Studies; Concurrent Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Theology
Robin Francis Rhodes
Associate Professor of Ancient Art History and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Art, Art History & Design
Ilaria Schnyder von Wartensee
Ford Family Research Assistant Professor, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Steven Semes
Professor and Director of the Graduate Studies for Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture
Tiziana Serafini
Associate Professional Specialist of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Patrick Vivirito
Associate Teaching Professor of Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Warren von Eschenbach
Associate Vice President & Assistant Provost for Internationalization, Notre Dame International
