Stephen P. McCormick

Stephen P. McCormick serves as Associate Professor of French and Italian within The College at Washington and Lee University. His academic focus bridges literary studies and historical geography, with particular expertise in Italian Renaissance culture and its global connections.

McCormick's research centers on the intersection of Italian epic literature and cartographic representation during the medieval and early modern periods. His scholarly work explores how spatial understanding influenced literary production and how narrative traditions shaped geographical imagination in Renaissance Italy. This interdisciplinary approach combines textual analysis with material studies of historical maps and manuscripts.

His research has been recognized with prestigious support for projects examining transnational dialogues between Italy and other cultures during the 14th-17th centuries.

• Villa I Tatti Berenson Fellowship (awarded by Harvard University with support from The Lila Wallace–Reader's Digest Fund)

As an active scholar in Romance Languages, McCormick contributes to the academic community through his specialized research on Italian epic traditions and their relationship to cartographic developments. His work provides valuable insights into how geographical understanding shaped literary production during a critical period of European cultural development.