Giovanni received his Master of Arts in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture (2023) from Syracuse University, NY, where he also taught Spanish and Italian. He obtained the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Latin American/Caribbean Studies “PLACA” from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University. His final thesis focused on the role of romances used by the Moriscos, with a particular emphasis on analyzing the romances found in the Tratado de los dos caminos por un morisco refugiado en Túnez and those by Luis de Góngora. In addition, he holds a Master of Arts in Italian Studies (2022) from Middlebury College, VT, focusing on Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Studies. Since 2023, he has been a Teaching Language Faculty at Middlebury College (Language Schools), where he also collaborates in organizing cultural events.
Before obtaining his Masters, Giovanni completed his “Laurea” with honors at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, specializing in Translation Studies, Linguistic Mediation, and Intercultural Communication in English and Spanish Studies (2020). He furthered his academic pursuits as an Exchange Scholar for two semesters at Nazareth University (NY) and gained diverse experiences in the languages, literatures, and linguistics field at American and Canadian universities, including St. John's University (NYC, Queens), St. Thomas University (Miami), Occidental College (Los Angeles), and Niagara College (Welland, Ontario). He has presented his research on Hispanic and Italian Studies at various conferences, including the Mediterranean Studies Conferences, the Luci e Ombre Film Conferences, the AISNA Graduate Conference, and the MLA Conferences, among others.
He is the Director and Founder of ITALengUSA, supported by the General Consulate of Italy in New York, where he has been coordinating a language exchange project between colleges and universities in the United States and Italy for four years. He also served as the former Chair for the Graduate Students Conference: Romance Languages Colloquium, which took place in November 2022 at Syracuse University, marking its first occurrence.
His latest article publication is “El don de la palabra: voz, poder e in/exclusión en Malinche de Laura Esquivel” (El Cid Journal, 2023), where the significance of a female voice in a patriarchal setting is explored, drawing on Gayatri Spivak's theories. The research reexamines the myth of La Malinche from a sociological perspective, emphasizing the power of words and the woman who wields them. [Access here]
His personal website is giovanniminicucci.com