Departmental Faculty

Alessandro Antonelli 2010
Lecturer in Economics
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1978
M.A., City University of New York, 1981
P.M.D, Harvard University, 1986
Email: aantonelli@johncabot.edu

Federigo Argentieri 1996
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Guarini Institute for Public Affairs
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1985
Ph.D., University of Budapest-ELTE, 2004
Email: fargentieri@johncabot.edu

Pierfederico Asdrubali 2003
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 1985
Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University, 1987
M.A., Brown University, 1992
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 1994
Ph.D., Brown University, 1996
Email: pasdrubali@johncabot.edu

Ann E. Buckley 1999
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1968
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1980
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Email: abuckley@johncabot.edu

Isabella Clough Marinaro 2006
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Bath University, UK, 1994
Ph.D., Bath University, UK, 2006
Email: iclough@johncabot.edu

Judith Waton Crews 2007
Adjunct Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Dallas, 1973
M.A., University of Dallas, 1977
D.E.A., University of Montpellier, 1981
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1984
Email: jcrews@johncabot.edu

Daniel Crocco 2008
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. University of Western Ontario, 1965
M.A.Sc. University of Waterloo, Canada, 1969
Ph.D. University of Ottawa, 1974
Email: dcrocco@johncabot.edu

Lawrence E. Gray 1989
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Tulane University, 1968
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1977
Email: lgray@johncabot.edu

Pamela Harris 1999
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1993
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1998
Email: pharris@johncabot.edu

Eszter Kollar 2010
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs
B.A., University of Budapest-Elte, 2003
M.A., Central European University, 2004
Ph.D., Luiss University, Rome, 2008

Email: ekollar@johncabot.edu

Antonio López 2008
Lecturer in Communications
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1989 
M.A., New School for Social Research, New York City, 2005 
Ph.D. candidate, Prescott College, Arizona
Email: alopez@johncabot.edu

Elaine Luti 1999
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, 1970
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1980
Email: eluti@johncabot.edu

Tijana Mamula 2010
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications

Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 2003
M.A., King’s College, London, 2005
Ph.D., King’s College, London, 2009

Email: tmamula@johncabot.edu

Rosamaria Mancini 2009
Lecturer in Journalism
B.A., Hunter College, 2000
M.A., New York University, 2002

Email: rmancini@johncabot.edu

Mary P. Merva, CFA 1994
Professor of Economics and Dean of Academic Affairs
B.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1982
M.A., Rutgers University, 1985
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1989
Email: mmerva@johncabot.edu

Karim Mezran 2001
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Hiram College, 1984
Laurea, University of Rome, 1988
M.A., Georgetown University, 1993
Ph.D., SAIS- Johns Hopkins University, 2001
Email: kmezran@johncabot.edu

Franco Pavoncello 1990
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1974
M.A., The University of Michigan, 1978
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1984
Email: fpavoncello@johncabot.edu

Atiqur Rahman 2007
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England
Email: arahman@johncabot.edu

Peter Sarram 1998
Lecturer in Communications
B.A., Boston College, 1986
M.A., Northwestern University, 1995
Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University
Email: psarram@johncabot.edu

Silvia Scarpa 2009
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
Laurea, LUISS University, Rome 2000
Master, University of Rome, "La Sapienza," 2002
Dottorato di Ricerca, University St. Anna, Pisa, 2006
Email: sscarpa@johncabot.edu

Alberto Schepisi 2008
Visiting Professor of Political Science
Former Italian Ambassador to Ireland
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1966
Email: aschepisi@johncabot.edu

Francesca Romana Seganti 2010
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications
Laurea Magistrale, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 2002
Ph.D., London Metropolitan University, 2008
Email: fseganti@johncabot.edu

Gabriele Simoncini 2003
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
Laurea, University of Pisa, 1982
M.A., Columbia University, 1986
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1991
Email: gsimoncini@johncabot.edu

John Westley 2003
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Yale University, 1961
M.A., Columbia University, 1966
Ph.D., American University, 1983
Email: jowestley@johncabot.edu

Elaine Luti

1999
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, 1970
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1980
Email: eluti@johncabot.edu

Besides teaching psychology at JCU, Elaine Luti is the University counselor and has a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. She received her Laurea in Psychology at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 1980 where she also did post-graduate studies in psychoanalysis at the Institute of Child Neuropsychiatry (Corsi Seminariali di Formazione Psicodinamica).

She was born in the Boston area in 1949 where she received a BFA degree in painting and followed graduate courses in philosophy and epistemology before coming to Rome in 1974. Some of her extra-psychological interests reflect this background – she is interested in epistemological issues in psychology and does calligraphy and miniatures at a professional level – other more amateur interests range from medieval history to baroque music (she studies singing) to cooking to linguistics. She is married and has two children (probably the most demanding psychological task on her curriculum.)

She has taught psychology at The American College of Rome, University of Maryland, European Division (Naples) and Framingham State College Masters Program in Special Education as well as two international high schools in Rome. She lectured on the Psychology of Creativity at the Rhode Island School of Design and presented a workshop on the Global Nomad at the European Council of International Schools, and occasionally lectures to parent groups. She contributes to the Website "The Involved Father."

Elaine Luti is licensed to practice psychology and psychotherapy in Italy by the Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio and is a member of the Albo di Psicoterapeuti del Lazio. She is a member of the Società Italiana di Psicologia.

She has recently been nominated Associate Member of the ISIPSé (Istituto DI Specializzasione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Sé e Psicoanalisi Relazionale, a member psychoanalytic institute of the Association for Autonomous Psychoanalytic Institutes.

She is on the scientific committee for the conferences and seminars of the ISIPSé which are now held regularly at JCU.