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PROFILE

Writer Editor Editorial Director

Accomplished writer and editor with numerous published works in books, newspapers, magazines,

academic journals, and online. Broad subject area knowledge with an emphasis on culture, political and

social issues, lifestyle and health. Possess direct experience in creating online publications and Internet

marketing. Conceive, write and edit publications for general and specialized audiences. Earned reputation

for special insights into the public fascination with organized crime; served as a consultant and on-air

commentator for documentaries about crime-themed movies and television shows and popular perceptions

of Italian-Americans.

Writing Editing Editorial Direction Book Reviews Feature Articles Essays Television Consulting &

Commentary Popular Culture Music Features and Reviews Print & Online

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEW YORKDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &MENTAL HYGIENENEW YORK,NY 1999PRESENT

DOHMH is a public agency whose mission is to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers.

Senior Editor/Communications Manager,2010Present

Plan, develop, and edit agency publications for dissemination to healthcare professionals and the general public:

agency annual and triennial reports, research reports, brochures, newsletters, fact sheets. Ensure consistency of

public health messaging across multiple platforms in collaboration with the Press Office, the Media and

Marketing group, and the Digital Media office. Conceived, wrote, and edited reports on various public health

issues, including a report on New Yorks successful efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases, which the

Mayor of New York and the director of the World Health Organization presented to a UN summit.

Director, Media and Special Projects, 19992010

Wrote and edited requests for proposals, policy analyses, brochures, fact sheets, and reports. Developed social

marketing campaigns in collaboration with Departments media and marketing office. Reviewed and edited

educational materials produced by Department grantees.

FREELANCE WRITER,CRITIC &BLOGGER,PRESENT

Contribute articles, reviews, and essays to magazines, newspapers, journals, and websites. Deliver presentations at

national and international conferences. Serve as a consultant and appear as an on-screen commentator for PBS and

The History Channel documentaries.

SELECTED PRINT PUBLICATIONS

An Offer We Cant Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, Faber and Faber/ Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York,

2006, Paperback, 2007

Received numerous positive reviews from such publications as The New York Times Review of Books, ThePhiladelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, Hartford Courant, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Buffalo News, and The Chicago Tribune.

CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR

Our Naked Lives, Contributor, 2013, Bordighera Press. Contributed essay, Fuori in Italia.

The Essential Sopranos Reader,Contributor, 2011, University of Kentucky Presses, contributed an essay to a

collection of critical commentary on the HBO series, The Sopranos.

Mafia Movies: A Reader, Contributor, 2011, University of Toronto Press, contributed two essays to an anthology of

film criticism focusing on American and European crime film genres.

Mediated Ethnicity,Contributor, 2011, University of the City of New York, contributed the essay, Identity Crises,

on treatment of ethnicity, race, and sexuality in US cinema.

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Is the Mafia Still a Force in America? Contributor, 2006, Greenhaven Press, contributed an essay, The Mafia is

Still a Force in Pop Culture, to David M. Haugens book published by Greenhaven.

American Voices: Culture and Community, Contributor, 2006, McGraw Hill, includes an essay, "UnGoodfellas,"

which originally appeared in The Nation.

Writing in a Changing World: Writer's Guide with Handbook,Contributor, 2003, Longman, contributed an essay,

Ungoodfellas and the Godfather Culture to a textbook published by Longman, UK.Witness to Revolution: The Advocate reports on gay and lesbian politics, 1967-1999,Contributor, 2000 Chris Bull,

ed. Alyson Press, contributed an article (originally appeared as an Advocate cover story), The New York

Times vs. Gay America.

Reggae, Rastafarians, Revolution: Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub, Contributor, 1997, MusicSalesLtd.,

contributed an essay, Remember Reggae?

THENATION

The Sopranos Last Song, June 25, 2007 (Interview with George De Stefano)

Not Just Village People, December 31, 2001

Nativity Scene, December 18, 2000

A Day for Building Gay Rome, September 18, 2000

Ungood Fellas, February 7, 2000

Living La Vida Loca, September 6, 1999

The Homosexual Exception, November 2, 1998

HIV as Retro Virus, July 20, 1998

Homo Economics, May 5, 1997

SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

POPMATTERS

Folk Rocks, March 11, 2013

Rockin in Ritmo, January 16, 2013

Dr. John: Insides Out, April 27, 2012

All Over the Map: GlobalFEST 2012 - New York, January 18, 2012

Enrico Rava: Encounters with an Extraordinary Tribe, November 30, 2011

Between the Groove Series: Rockin Chair Blues, April 7, 2011 May 23, 2011

Dances with Spiders: Italian Roots Music, With Bite, Comes to North America , September 1, 2011

Mambo Siciliano: 'Latinista' Roy Paci and His Band Bring Their Global Sound to America, October 3, 2010

Carmen Consoli: From Sicily, With Love and Rage, May 6, 2010

I-ITALY

Liberated to Tell the Truth: Interview with Democratic Mayoral contender Sal Albanese, March 14, 2013

Pizzica Indiavolata! January 24, 2013

Italian Diaries, January 6, 2013

On Roberto Saviano, Italy's Anti-Mafia Struggle, and Italian-American Anti-Defamation Activism, January 6,

2012

The Poetry of Politics: Italian Leftist Leader Nichi Vendola Envisions a Different Italy, November 19, 2010

Tano da morire: Singing, Dancing, Shooting, February 11, 2010

Roots, Re-Imagined: The Sicilian Jazz Project, January 25, 2010

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Sicily Rocks 'Bruccolino', October 15, 2009

Another Sicily, March 25, 2009

What Makes a Citizen? May 12, 2009

Passion and Politics: Marco Bellocchios New film Reconstructs a Piece of Italian history, October 1, 2009

ROOTSWORLD:REVIEWS AND ESSAYS ABOUT MUSIC FROM AFRICA,EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS

Vincio Capossela: Marinai, Profeti e Balene; Rebetiko Gymnastas, 2013

Ry Cooder: Election Special, 2012

Antonio Castrignan: Mara la Fatia; 2011

Les Amazones de Guine: Wamato; 2009

Keletigui et ses Tambourinis: The Syliphone Years; 2009

Various Artists: Authenticit: The Syliphone Years, Guinea's Orchestres Nationaux and Federaux, 1965-1980;

Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afrobeat, Afro-Rock and Highlife from Ghana; 2008

Levon Helm: Electric Dirt;2010

Various Artists: Golden Afrique: Vol.2:1956-1982; Rumba Congolaise and Early SoukousVol.3,1939-1988;Jive, Jit, Jazz and Other Musical Styles from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia; 2007

MEDIA APPEARANCES

The Italian Americans, Consultant & On-screen Commentator, 2012-2014

Consultant to the producers of this four-part documentary series, to be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting

System (PBS) in 2014. Interviewed on camera about published book, An Offer We Cant Refuse: The Mafia in

the Mind of America and Italian American history and culture.

The Godfather Legacy, On-screen Commentator, 2012

Featured commentator in a History Channel documentary on the enduring popularity of the Godfather films.

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies, Consultant & On-screen Commentator, 2008

Featured prominently in PBS TV documentary about cinematic and other pop culture portrayals of Italians and

Italian Americans. Broadcast in all major PBS markets.

EDUCATION

Hunter College, School of Social Work M.S.W. in Community Organizing & Social Planning

Kings College B.A. in English

SKILLS Mac & PC AdobePro Social Media SEO Best Practices Online Research Chicago Manual of Style AP Style Book

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Authors Guild, Member National Book Critics Circle, Member