Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
B.A. Yale, 1972, French and Italian; Ph.D. Cornell, 1979, Comparative Literature; Perfezionamento in Filosofia (Ph.D.) Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 1984. Teaching: Lecturer in Italian, 1978–1979, Cornell; Assistant Professor of Italian, 1981–1983, University of Washington; Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Italian, 1983–1999, Dartmouth College (1993–1999, Paul D. Paganucci Professor); Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies, Johns Hopkins, 1999–2022. Monographic Books Published: Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism 1989 (French trans., 2006, 2022); Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief, 2002; How Writing made Us Human, 3000 BCE to Now, 2023.
Current Interests: Teaching, Mentoring; Research: Literary Forgery; Witchcraft Theory; Italian Studies; History of Writing.