Luisa del Giudice

LUISA DEL GIUDICE, Ph.D., was born in Terracina (Latina), emigrated to Toronto in 1956, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1981. She is an Independent Scholar, has been a visiting professor at various universities (University of California / San Diego, UCLA, and Addis Ababa University, among them), and was Founder-Director of the Italian Oral History Institute in Los Angeles. She is internationally known for her work on Italian and Italian diaspora ethnology, folklore, and oral history. As an...See more

LUISA DEL GIUDICE, Ph.D., was born in Terracina (Latina), emigrated to Toronto in 1956, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1981. She is an Independent Scholar, has been a visiting professor at various universities (University of California / San Diego, UCLA, and Addis Ababa University, among them), and was Founder-Director of the Italian Oral History Institute in Los Angeles. She is internationally known for her work on Italian and Italian diaspora ethnology, folklore, and oral history. As an academic, public folklorist, and community activist, she has bridged many roles and audiences. She has edited numerous volumes, including: Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development (Fordham UP, 2014); On Second Thought: Learned Women Reflect on Profession, Community, Purpose (The University of Utah Press, 2017); Street Music and Narrative Traditions, with Sergio Bonanzinga and Tom McKean (Palermo: Museo Internazionale delle Marionette, 2017); Triangulations Within the Italy-Canada-USA Borderlands (Bordighera Press, 2020); La stanza degli specchi: Impegno politicoculturale e diaspora Italiana, with Katia Ballacchino (Cosenza: Pelligrini Editore, 2022). In 2008, she was named an honoraryFellow of the American Folklore Society and Cavaliere by the Italian Republic. www.luisadg.org. See less