People of the Center

For general inquiries, call our office at (631) 632-7444 or email us at ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu.

Administrative Staff

Director

Andrea Fedi, Ph. D.About
Andrea Fedi, an Associate Professor of Italian and Cultural Studies, has been at Stony Brook University since 1994. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florence and a PhD from the University of Toronto. During his time at Stony Brook, Fedi has served in various roles, including Chair of the SPD Curriculum Committee for over a decade, Director of the Global Studies Undergraduate College, and Director of the Language Learning Research Center. Since 2019, Fedi has been involved with the Globalization Studies and International Relations (GLI) program, advising students and contributing to curriculum development. He teaches courses in cinema and cultural studies, including "The Automobile and Society" (CCS 325) and "The Road Movie Genre" (CCS 381). His publications include Mercurio, a textbook for advanced Italian classes (Yale University Press, 2005), and articles on travel literature. His current work involves translating early 20th-century Italian texts focusing on automobile technology.

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Center Administrator & Program Coordinator

Christine E. Griffiths(631) 632-7444 About
Christine Griffiths holds a BA in Art History and Anthropology from Stony Brook University and MA and MPhil in Art and Cultural History from Bard Graduate Center in New York. Her professional background is varied, with experience in academic programs, events management, fundraising, and higher-education teaching. Ms. Griffiths has a strong research portfolio in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European history and material culture and has held fellowships at the New York Botanical Garden and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington, DC for her doctoral research on perfume and garden history. At the Center, she organizes events and conferences, oversees the scholarship and fellowship programs, and develops and coordinates academic and community programs, including the non-credit Italian language classes for adults and children.

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