Richard Gambino

Richard Ignatius Gambino (May 5, 1939 – January 12, 2024) was an American author and educator. A professor emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York, Gambino pioneered the field of Italian-American studies in the 1970s. He is the author of ''Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans'' (1974) and co-founder of ''Italian Americana'', a peer-reviewed cultural/historical journal devoted to the Italian-American experience. Provided by Wikipedia