mazza

Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian & Spanish
gimazza@sewanee.edu
Gailor Hall 231 /ext. 1217
B.A., Università degli Studi Dell'Aquila; M.A., Università degli Studi G.D'Annunzio "Chieti-Pescara"; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Dr. Giordano Mazza is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Italian at Sewanee - The University of the South, TN, where he teaches Italian and Spanish. He holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also holds a Master’s and a Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish Literature, both received in Italy. His current research interests include 20th-century Italian literature with a focus on Italo Calvino and the fantastic mode, along with environmental and pandemic studies.

Dr. Mazza was born and raised in Italy but spent several years studying abroad. He studied at the University of Seville, at Sierra Nevada College, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught the Italian and Spanish language in Minnesota, in Wisconsin, and in Tennessee, for a total of over 7 years.