Giampaolo Molisina is an Assistant Professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. He earned his Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining UGA, he taught Italian language, literature, and cinema at Hamilton College, UW-Madison, and the Universidad del Pacífico. 

His research centers on post-war and contemporary Italian cinema and literature, with particular attention to the role of poetry in cinematic expression, urban studies, visual culture, and the transcultural dynamics between Italy and Latin America. His broader interests include language pedagogy, comparative literature, visual and performance studies, the history of avant-garde and neo-avant-garde movements, ecocriticism, and food studies. His articles and reviews have appeared in Italica, Annali d’Italianistica, Studium Veritatis, Ventana Indiscreta, and Carta Bianca. 

Before relocating to the United States, Professor Molisina spent over a decade in Peru, where he directed the Italian Language and Culture Courses at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Lima and later served in its Office of Cultural Affairs. He also served on the editorial board of the Observatory of the Italian Language in Peru; he was the founding president of the Association for the Diffusion of Italian Culture in Peru.