In addition to teaching at John Cabot University in Rome, Alberto Lo Pinto also teaches for the Rome Program of Dartmouth University and of the University of Notre Dame. He holds a Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and has held postdoctoral positions at the same institution and at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome. His research interests include post-war Italian cinema, with a focus on the representation of urban space and architecture. His current research project investigates the film culture of the Roman scene of the 1970s and 1980s.