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Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
Via della Vigna Nuova, 18
Florence, Italy 50123

The Faculty at the Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY 
Leonardo Menegola
Ph.D., University of Milano-Bicocca


ARCHITECTURE

Carlo Achilli
Laurea, University of Rome
M.Sc., University of Rome
Licensed Architect

Silvia Catitti
Ph.D., University of Rome
Licensed Architect 

Franco Pisani
Laurea, University of Florence
Licensed Architect


ART HISTORY 
Michael Kwakkelstein
Ph.D., University of Leiden
The Netherlands 

Francesca Marini 
Ph.D., University of Florence

Bette Talvacchia 
(visiting Fall 2009 & Spring 2010)
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of Connecticut
Ph.D., Stanford University


HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE
Duccio Basosi
Ph.D., University of Florence 

Marcello Bellini
Laurea, University of Florence

Erika Bianchi
Ph.D., University of Florence 

Giovanni Cipriani
(visiting Spring terms)
Ph.D., University of Florence


Peter Fischer
Ph.D., European University Institute
Florence

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 
Francesca Marini 
Ph.D., University of Florence

Rodolfo Rivas 
(visiting Spring terms)
M.B.A., University of Connecticut


INTERDISCIPLINARY - ITALIAN STUDIES

Stefano U. Baldassarri
Ph.D., Yale University

Serena Baldini
Laurea, University of Florence
Master in Didattica della Lingua e della Cultura Italiana, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice

Elena Bandinelli
Laurea, University of Florence

David Marini
Laurea, University of Florence
M.A., University of Connecticut 
Certificate for Teaching Italian as a Foreign
Language - DITALS, Università per Stranieri
di Siena


PSYCHOLOGY
Sarah L. Barker
D. Psych., RMIT University, Australia  


STUDIO ARTS
Valentino Carrai
M.F.A., Academy of Fine Arts, Florence


Tiziano Lucchesi
M.F.A., Academy of Fine Arts, Florence  

Basilio Spiropoulos 
Cert. Scuola Nazionale di Cinema Indipendente, Florence