Meet the Faculty

The faculty and staff of the Summer Institute in Urbino, are from a consortium of American and Italian colleges and universities. Their broad range of educational backgrounds, work and travel experiences provide for a vibrant and diverse learning and traveling environment.

  
     
 
 
 
  Michael Vena, Program Director

Professor of Italian, Southern Connecticut State University. B.A, University of Bridgeport, M.A., Ph.D., Yale University. Established the Summer Institute in Urbino Italy with the Raffaello Academy/University of Urbino in 1980. Author: articles: Language of the Italian Renaissance, articles and two textbooks: Modern Italian Theater and Contemporary Italy, Italian Grotesque Theater; Several translations of Italian plays.

 

Peter Bonadies, Program Coordinator

Professor of Studio Art, Drawing and Painting, at the Summer Institute, Professor of Art, Paier College of Art; B.F.A. University of Connecticut, M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art.

Email: ProgramCoordinator@StudyAbroadUrbino.net

 

Salvatore Di Maria

Professor of Italian, University of Tennessee – Knoxville; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin.

   

Giorgio Cerboni Baiardi

Ordinario di Letteratura Italiana, Preside della Facolta’ di Lettere, University of Urbino; Dottorato di Perfezionamento; Universita’ di Urbino.

   

Benedetta Fazi

Adjunct Professor of Art History and Art Restoration, University of Urbino; Laurea; Universita’ di Urbino Laurea. Recently completed restoration of the Anjou Castle in Naples, and the Ducal Palace in Urbino/Pesaro

   

Lidia Massolo

Professor of Classics and Italian, University of Urbino, Laurea; Universita’ di Urbino Laurea. Author: Italian Language and Culture Textbooks.

   

Mario Moffa

Professor Emeritus of Italian, Mount Holyoke College, formerly Middlebury College; Ph.D. Rutgers University Author: Eugenio Montale: Lettura della Farfalla di Dinard

   

Goffredo Pallucchini

Professor of Italian, Culinary Institute of Pesaro, formerly at University of Massachusetts - Amherst, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin. Poet and Short Story Writer.

   

Fausto Pauluzzi

Professor of Italian, University of South Carolina - Columbia; Ph.D. Rutgers University.

   

Francesca Roselli

Professor of Foreign Languages, Universita’ di Urbino, formerly at Notre Dame University, Columbia University; Laurea; Universita’ di Urbino, M.A. University of Notre Dame, ABD Columbia University.

   

Additional Faculty

from the Universita’ di Urbino and Raffaello Academy.