Stefano Luconi

Stefano Luconi teaches US history at the University of Padua in Italy. His research interests focus on immigration to the United States, with specific attention to Italian Americans’ voting behavior and transformation of ethnic identity. His publications include From Paesani to White Ethnics: The Italian Experience in Philadelphia (SUNY Press, 2001) and The Italian-American Vote in Providence, Rhode Island, 1916–1948 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004). His most recent book is L’anima nera degli Stati Uniti: Quattrocento anni di presenza afro-americana (CLEUP, 2020).