Federico Pacchioni

Dr. Federico Pacchioni is a Full Professor of Italian Studies at Chapman University, where he holds the Musco Endowed Chair and serves as the founding director of the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research. He has authored numerous publications and has lectured nationally and internationally about the subjects of his books, which include Inspiring Fellini: Literary Collaborations behind the Scenes (The University of Toronto Press, 2014), A History of Italian Cinema (Bloomsbury Press, 2017, co-authored with Peter Bondanella), The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature and Film (Metauro Edizioni, 2020 and Palgrave McMillan 2022) and Southwest of Italy: Stanzas for a Travel Memoir (Guernica Editions, 2022).