WELCOME
Roberto C. Ferrari has been an adjunct professor, bird handler, disc jockey, fortune teller, pianist, receptionist, and university and museum librarian. He holds degrees from the University of South Florida, and is currently in New York City working towards his Ph.D. in art history. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Library Administration, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, and Notes and Queries, and his fiction in the Louisiana Review. His first novel is Pierce.
Keep up with Roberto on his blog, http://bklynbiblio.blogspot.com, where he reviews and shares his thoughts on the arts, New York City, pets, gay culture, and more.
PUBLICATIONS / Fiction
Pierce (Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 2007).
"Temperance" (short story), The Louisiana Review (2001).
PUBLICATIONS / Non-fiction
"To PhD, or Not to PhD: An Art Librarian's Question," Art Documentation, v.26 n.1 (Spring 2007).
"Researching Art(ists) on the Internet," Journal of Library Administration, 2005. Published simultaneously in Evolving Internet Reference Resources, eds. William Miller and Rita Pellen (Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2006).
"Pre-Raphaelite Patronage: Simeon Solomon's Letters to James Leathart and Frederick Leyland," in Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, eds. Colin Cruise and Victoria Osborne (London: Merrell, 2005).
"To the Rossettis, From the Solomons: Five Unpublished Letters," Notes and Queries, v.52 n.1 (March 2005).
"Rebecca Solomon, Pre-Raphaelite Sister," The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society, v.12 n.2 (Summer 2004).
"Arts and Crafts Movement," "European Art: 19th Century," "Subjects in the Visual Arts: Dionysus," and "Subjects in the Visual Arts: Narcissus," in The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts, ed. Claude J. Summers (San Francisco: Cleis, 2004). Also published online at www.glbtq.com.
"Books as Aesthetic Objects: The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection at Florida Atlantic University," co-authored with John Cutrone, Art Documentation, v.23 n.1 (Spring 2004).
"The Unexplored Correspondence of Simeon Solomon," The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, v.12 (Spring 2003).
"From Sodomite to Queer Icon: Simeon Solomon and the Evolution of Gay Studies," Art Documentation, v.20 n.1 (Spring 2001).
"Art on the 'Net: Enhanced Research for Art and Architecture," Journal of Library Administration, v.30 n.1/2 (2000). Published simultaneously in Academic Research on the Internet, eds. William Miller and Helen Laurence (Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2001).
Simeon Solomon Research Archive, published online 2000, www.simeonsolomon.org.
HONORS & AWARDS
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) Graduate Student Travel Award (October 2008)
North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) Student Travel Grant (September 2008)
CUNY Graduate Center Student Travel and Research Fund Award (February 2006, September 2007, November 2008)
FAU Division of Research and Graduate Studies Travel Award: "The Correspondence of Simeon Solomon" (January 2004)
Included in Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who, 2004, 2005)
ARLIS/NA H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award: "The Letters of Simeon Solomon" (March 2002)
ARLIS/NA Worldwide Books Electronic Publication Award: Simeon Solomon Research Archive (March 2002)
SEFLIN Sun Seekers Leadership Program (2001-2002)
Library Leadership Institute at Snowbird (July-August 2000)
Included in the Directory of American Scholars (Gale, 1999, 2003)
USF Humanities Department Scholarship (1994)
