Rhiannon Evangelista
Associate Professor History, Political Science- Education
PhD, Emory University
MA, University of Georgia
BA, University of New Brunswick Saint John (Canada)
- Specializations
History of Regime Change
Dictatorial Legacies
The Italian Mafia
20th Century Italy
- Biography
Dr. Evangelista teaches World history and U.S. history at Perimeter College. Her research specialties include the history of regime change, dictatorial legacies, and twentieth-century Italy. Her current book project, entitled Fascists after Fascism: Mussolini’s Ministers in Democratic Italy, 1945-1970, explores how former politicians continued to reap benefits from having once held political power, even after a regime change. Dr. Evangelista is the author of the award-winning article “The particular kindness of friends: ex-Fascists, clientage and the transition to democracy in Italy, 1945–1960” (Modern Italy 20 [4], Nov 2015, 411-425).
- Recognitions and Awards
2024 Leadership Academy for Women Faculty, Georgia State University
2024 Write-In Network, Georgia State University
2023 Dean’s Summer Writing Program, Perimeter College
2022 Faculty Success Program, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
2016 Christopher Seton Watson Prize for the best article published in Modern Italy 2015
- Committees and Organizations
- Assistant Chair of the History and Political Science Department, Clarkston Campus
- Co-Organizer of the Annual Susan Thomas Lecture
- Publications
“The particular kindness of friends: ex-Fascists, clientage and the transition to democracy in Italy, 1945–1960,” Modern Italy 20 (4), Nov 2015, 411-425.
“Was Fascism Primarily a Modernizing, Revolutionary Movement?” in Patrick G. Zander, The Rise of Fascism: History, Documents, and Key Questions, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016, 175-178.