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1. Petitioner's Professional Activities
In 1987, petitioner began teaching at the University of
Connecticut (UConn) as an associate professor of history.
Petitioner received tenure in 1988 and stayed at UConn through
the scholastic year 1993-94.3 As a professor at UConn,
petitioner taught undergraduate courses in Western civilization
and the Italian Renaissance and three graduate seminars entitled
Topics in Italian History, The New Social and Cultural History,
and Gender and Early Modern Europe.
In 1990, petitioner was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim
(Guggenheim) fellowship in the amount of $27,000 and a Harvard
Villa I Tatti fellowship in the amount of $6,500.4 Petitioner
believed that the fellowships would provide him with the
opportunity to conduct research for a book he was writing,
relating to sexuality and power during the late Italian
Renaissance. Petitioner sought to work with unique Italian
archival materials in the lively intellectual atmosphere afforded
by the Villa I Tatti. Petitioner also favored the Villa I Tatti
because it was removed from the demands of the university
3 In 1994, petitioner began teaching at the University of
Miami, Florida.
4 Harvard Villa I Tatti is an academic institution located
near Florence, Italy, equipped with an extensive library and
designed as a forum for scholars to conduct research and produce
scholarly material.
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