Joseph Sciorra

Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College (City University of New York). Sciorra received his Ph.D. from the Department of Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania. As a folklorist, he has published on religious practices, material culture, and popular music, among other topics. He was the editor (2009-2016) of the social science and cultural studies journal Italian American Review. He has conceptualized and curated several exhibitions, including "Evviva La Madonna Nera!: Italian-American Devotion to the Black Madonna." Sciorra is an invited blogger of "Occhio contro occhio," at http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/occhio-contro-occhio.