Andrew Wyatt, Ph.D., joined Kent State University Florence as Assistant Director of Student Affairs in 2023. He received his undergraduate degree in English from Kent State University in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Italian from Columbia University in 2023. His research focuses on modern Italian literature and intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His dissertation, entitled Drafting Spaces: Four Literary Visions of the Northern Adriatic, explores the role that literature played in constructing the idea of the Northern Adriatic region. His academic experience includes conferences in the United States, Italy, and Canada, book reviews, a review essay, and published conference proceedings.
In addition to his primary role as a staff member, he also teaches courses on Italian language and literature.