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Professor Gary Mormino's
Bio
Gary Mormino holds the rank of full professor at the University of South Florida, where he has taught since 1977. A graduate of Millikin University (B.A.) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D.), Mormino has written extensively on immigration and urban America. In 1986, the University of Illinois published
Immigrants on the Hill: Italian-Americans in St. Louis, 1882-1982. The following year the University of Illinois Press included in its inaugural Statue of Liberty Series,
The immigrant world of Ybor City: Italians and their Latin neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985 (with George
Pozzetta). In 1980, he taught at the University of Rome as a Fulbright scholar.
Professor Mormino has also been engaged in the history of Florida.
He has involved himself with local historical projects, such as teacher workshops and the publication of curricular materials. In 1991 he co-edited, with Ann Henderson, Spanish Pathways in Florida, 1492-1992 (Pineapple Press). Presently he is completing a history of World War II in Florida.
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