Spring 2014 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, History of Architecture and Urban Development program
Anna Mascorella received her M.A. in art history from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.A. in art history and philosophy (double major) from Colorado State University. Her work, focused primarily on modern Italy, investigates the relationship between politics, visual culture, and the built environment. As a Mellon Fellow, Mascorella plans to explore representations of the Italian-American communities historically located in Harlem and the South Bronx, as well as their labor and housing histories. This fellowship thus offers her a means to delve into Italian migration and the construction and mediation of Italian-American spaces and places over time, and to consider the political and cultural elements embedded in these processes. The seminar will provide a dynamic approach for her research into these communities and their representations through its comparative, cross-disciplinary lens and collaborative methodological training.