EDUCATION

2024 - Present

PhD in Medieval History, Fordham University, New York, NY. 

2020-2023

 M.A.in History, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. Thesis (Published): Tabula Sacra: Roman Catholic Christianity & the Representation of Water in Medieval MappaeMundi, c. 1230 to c. 1450  

2013 

B.A. in Politics, 

Fairfield University, 

Fairfield, CT

2023-2024

History Teacher, 

Fusion Academy Greenwich, Fusion Education Group, Stamford, CT 

2022-2023 

Department Head of History, History Teacher, Fusion Academy Greenwich, Fusion Education Group, 

Stamford, CT

2019-2020

Senior Military Science Instructor, University of Connecticut, Department of Military Science, Army Reserve Officer’s 

Training Corps

Storrs, CT 

2019-2020

Officer Candidate School Instructor, The Connecticut Army National Guard, 

Niantic, CT 

Public History Exhibition Review, “SNET Telephone Exhibit,” May 13th, 2022. Orange Historical Society, 605 Orange Center Road, Orange, CT, 06477. Connecticut Historical Review 61.2, Fall 2022

Public History Exhibition Review, “The Remarkable Women of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Houses in the 20th Century,”Serving Up History: A Series of Engaging Lunchtime Talks, March 10th, 2022. Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109.

Public History Exhibition Review, “Exploring the Way Sisters: The Ingenuity of Two Early Connecticut Women Artists,”March 10th, 2022. New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06510.

Paper Presentation  

The Rebirth of Empires: Militaries & Warfare in the Renaissance, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Military History on April 30th, 2022. 

Paper Presentation 

From Expedition to Empire: Marco Polo & Roman Catholicism in Fra Mauro’s Mappa Mundi, c. 1270 to c. 1450, presented at the annual Connecticut State University “Making History” Conference on March 25th, 2022.  

Phi Alpha Theta, 

History Honor Society 

Graduate Student Member, Society for Military History, 2022

2024 - Present

Graduate Student Assistant, Department of History, Fordham University, New York, NY. 

2021 

Graduate Student Assistant, Connecticut Historical Review, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 

Superior Communication Award, United States Army Air Defense Artillery Captains Career Course, Fort Sill, OK, April 2018

Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Distinguished Military Graduate, May 2013. 

Fluency

English, Italian 

Intermediate Reading Knowledge 

Latin

Reading Knowledge

 Arabic, French, Spanish 

M.A., History
npisano@fordham.edu