Salvatore Primeggia
Professor
Sociology
Adelphi University
United States of America
Biography
Salvatore Primeggia completed Ph.D., New School for Social Research (1974) MA, Adelphi University (1966) BA, Adelphi university (1964).Included in Marquis’Who’s Who in America, 2011 edition. Recipient of Association of Italian American Educators, “Educator of the Year Award” for Higher Education, April, 2010. Included in Who’s Who in America, 2010 edition. Distinguished Service Honoree recipient, through the Comptroller’s Office of The City of New York’s celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture for Scholarship and Leadership in Italian-American Life, 2007. Included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers & Educators, Volume 11, 2006-2007. Recipient of Senior Class of 2006’s Distinguished Faculty Excellence Award, November 19, 2006. Included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Volume 9, 2005. Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, December, 2004. Selected for Inclusion in the AcademicKeys Who’s Who in Social Science Higher Education (WWSSHE), 2004. Included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Volume 8, 2004. 2003 Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Research Interest
Italian-Americana, Media Images of Italian-Americans, Italian-Americans and Religion, Italian-American Comedy, Urban Sociology and Community Studies.
Publications
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Primeggia, S. (2004). "Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present". In NY State Italian-American legislators. Albany, NY.
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Varacalli, J., S. Primeggia, et.al (1999). The Saints in the Lives of italian Americans. Stony Brook, NY: Forum Italicum.
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Lagumina, S. Primeggia, S., et.al (2000). The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. NY, NY: Garland Publications.