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Vincent DiGirolamo is an Associate Professor of History at Baruch College's Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY). He directs the American Studies program and specializes in 19th- and 20th-century U.S. history with emphases on labor, immigration, urban life, and visual/print culture. His award-winning scholarship examines marginalized communities and media history.
Education:
- Ph.D. in U.S. History, Princeton University
- M.A. in U.S. History, Princeton University
- M.A. in Comparative Social History, University of California, Santa Cruz
- B.A. in Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
DiGirolamo's research explores how working-class identities form through media and labor. His seminal book Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys (2019) reframes child labor through print capitalism's lens. Current projects investigate journalism's role in social movements, notably his biography of Gilded Age labor journalist John Swinton.
His publications demonstrate consistent focus on urban labor history, child workers, and media representation. Recent works analyze newsboys as cultural symbols and economic actors across eras, while exploring art-historical contexts of labor depiction. Methodologically, he blends social history with cultural analysis.
Major Awards:
- Frederick Jackson Turner Award (2020)
- Philip Taft Labor History Book Award (2020)
- Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize in Journalism History (2020)
- Vincent P. DeSantis Book Award (2021)
- Frank Luther Mott Research Award (2020)
He has secured grants from NEH, PSC-CUNY, and Kaplan Fund for research and publications. As faculty advisor to CUNY's Calandra Institute, he supports Italian American studies. DiGirolamo contributes to public history through exhibitions (Detroit Institute of Arts, New-York Historical Society) and digital projects like the American Social History Project's educational resources.
