Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, the Committee on the History of Culture, and the College, edited Petrarch: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works (University of Chicago Press, 2009) with Victoria Kirkham and Scrittori Inconvenienti: Essays on and by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Gianni Celati (Ravenna: Angelo Longo Editore, 2009) with Rebecca West; his book The Resurrection of the Body: Pier Paolo Pasolini from Saint Paul to Sade was a 2010 Lambda Literary Award for LBGT Studies Finalist, and his Petrarch was named a 2009 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice.