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Dr. Carnevale is a historian of the twentieth century U.S. Among the courses she teaches are: U.S. Immigration History; U.S. Women's History; Italian America Past and Present; and America in the 1960s. Her work in Italian American history has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Institute Sponsored by The Lower East Side Tenement Museum/UNITE!, and the Social Science Research Council/International Migration Program Fellowship Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She has published in edited collections and in academic journals such as the Journal of Urban Studies, the Journal of Social History, and the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her book, A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945 (University of Illinois Press, 2009) received a 2010 American Book Award. Her current book project explores African American and Italian American relations in postwar Newark, New Jersey. She is founding co-editor of the Critical Studies in Italian Migrations book series of Fordham University Press (formerly Critical Studies in Italian America) and has served as a consultant on a variety of public history projects.

Specialization

U.S. Immigration History
Italian American History
U.S. Urban History
Language in American Immigrant Life
U.S. Women's History
Public History

Office Hours

Spring

Tuesday

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Also on Thursdays 2:30-3:30pm and by appointment in DI 418 or via Zoom

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• "A New Language, A New World"
• Academia.edu page