About
Marc DiPaolo is an Associate Professor of English at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Treasurer of the Working-Class Studies Association, and Secretary for the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. He has written the ethnic biomythography Fake Italian for Bordighera Press (2021), and the monographs Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones (2018) and War, Politics, and Superheroes (CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2011). He has edited three additional American Studies books, including Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna: Faith, Heresy, and Politics in Cultural Studies (2007) and Working-Class Comic Book Heroes (2018). He has been interviewed on NPR, BBC4, and in the documentaries Geek and You Shall Find (2019) and Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics (s1e4, 2017).
Education
Ph.D., English, Drew University 2004
M.A., English, The College of Staten Island, City University of New York 1999
B.A., English, Geneseo, State University of New York (w/Medieval Studies minor) 1997 Publications
Fake Italian: An 83% True Autobiography with Fake Names and Some Tall Tales. Bordighera Press, 2021
Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones. Monograph. SUNY Press, 2018
Working-Class Comic Book Heroes. Edited collection. University Press of Mississippi, 2018
Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna. Edited collection. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013
War, Politics, and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film. Monograph. McFarland, 2011
—. and Caroline Shrodes, co-editors. The Conscious Reader, 9th–12th ed., Pearson, 2004 – 2011 Memberships
MELUS: The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
The Working-Class Studies Association
The Modern Language Association
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
The National Collegiate Honors Council
The American Academy of Religion
