The Faculty at the Umbra Institute

The Umbra Institute is committed to the highest standard of academic excellence. The academic life at The Umbra Institute takes place within a small and vibrant community of scholars and researchers, where students have the opportunity to interact on a daily basis inside and outside of the classroom with their professors, who are experts in their field and have a demonstrated track-record of excellence in teaching.

 

Our faculty deliver engaging, challenging and worthwhile material to our students, employing, when possible, on-site and experiential learning as part of the curriculum.

 

ACADEMIC COORDINATORS
Francesco Burzacca, Ph.D.
Universita’ degli Studi di Chieti

 

Carol Clark, Ph.D.
Cornell University

 

Anna Selberg, Laurea, ABD
Universita’ degli Studi di Siena (specialization)

 

 

ART HISTORY
Adrian Hoch, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

 

 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
AND INTERNSHIPS
Anna Selberg, Laurea, ABD
Universita’ degli Studi di Siena (specialization)

 

John L. Dennis, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin

 

 

DANCE
Idalee Hutson-Fish
Lecturer of Dance, Whitman College
Summer

 

Cynthia N. Nazzaro

Professor of Dance, Springfield College
Summer

 

 

ECONOMICS
Laura Fasanaro, Ph.D.
University of Florence

 

 

ENGLISH LITERATURE
& CREATIVE WRITING
Cynthia Clough, Ph.D.
Florida State University

 

Patrick Panazarella, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Summer

 

 

HISTORY AND CLASSICAL STUDIES
Charles Jarvis, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Columbia
(Visiting Professor)

 

Alessandro Celani, Ph.D.

Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia

 

Giampiero Bevagna, Laurea

Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia

(specialization)

 

Simon Young, Ph.D.
University of Florence

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Ray Shaw, Ph.D.
London Metropolitan University
M.S. London Business School

 

 

NATURAL SCIENCES
David J. DiMattio, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
Summer

 

 

 

 ITALIAN STUDIES – INTERDISCIPLINARY
Antonella Valoroso, Ph.D.
Yale University

 

Simon Young, Ph.D.
University of Florence

 

Francesco Burzacca, Ph.D.
Universita’ degli Studi di Chieti

 

Angela Tumini, Ph.D.
Oxford University
Summer

 

Zachary Nowak, M.A.
Middlebury College

 

Elgin K. Eckert, Ph.D.
Harvard University 

 

 

ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Robert Proctor, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Summer

 

Giuliano Agamennoni, M.Ed.
Universita per Stranieri di Perugia

Francesco Gardenghi, Laurea
Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (specialization)

Roberta Mugno, M.Ed.
Universita’ per Stranieri di Perugia

 

Barbara Samu, Ph.D.
University of Manchester

 

Elgin K. Eckert, Ph.D.
Harvard University 

 

 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Laura Fanasaro, Ph.D.
University of Florence

 

Simon Young, Ph.D.
University of Florence

 

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Christian Tarchi, Ph.D.

University of Florence

 

 

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
Michael Chiariello, Ph.D.
Boston University
Spring Semester

 

Adrian Hoch, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

 

 

VISUAL ARTS
William Pettit III, M.F.A.
Tyler School of Art

 

Philippa Stannard, M.F.A.

Florida State University University

 

Martha Wakeman, M.A., M.F.A.
Dominican University

Summer