Degree

PhD in Comparative Literature Film Studies and Rhetoric

University of Colorado at Boulder

MA in English - Teaching of Writing Film Studies Concentration

University of Colorado at Denver

BA in English - Writing

University of Colorado at Denver

Published Works

• Piturro, V. (2021). The Science of Sci-Fi: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films. (pp 202). McFarland and Company. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-science-of-sci-fi-cinema/
• Piturro, V. (2020). "Mostly Whores With a (Very) Few Angels: Asian Women in the Western." . (pp Chapter 11: pp. 173 - 186). Edinburgh University Press.
• Piturro, V. (2020). "Dario Argento's DRACULA 3D: Genre and the Politics of Camp" . (pp pp. 124 - 137). McFarland & Company, Inc. .
• Piturro, V. (2017). "Genre, Decay, and Meta-cinema: Only Lovers Left Alive and The Decline of Civilization". (pp 133-140). Artois Presses Université . https://doi.org/10.4000/books.apu.14966
• Piturro, V. (2016). "The Beginning and the End: Gay Representation in Brokeback Mountain and 3:10 to Yuma." . (). Mc Farland Press. https://www.amazon.com/New-Western-Critical-Essays-Genre/dp/0786479280
• Piturro, V. (2014). "Documentary Film Rhetoric: 'Saving Face' and the Public Sphere" . IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film, http://iafor.org/iafor/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-film-volume-1-issue-2/
• Piturro, V. (2013). “Reverse Transvestism and the Classic Hero: The Ballad of Little Jo and the archetypal Western (fe)male”. (). Palgrave MacMillan .

Research Interests

Film and Studies: History, Theory, Science Fiction, Westerns, Documentaries, Italian Cinema, International Film

Teaching Interests

Film and Media Studies: Film and TV History, Theory, Science Fiction, Westerns, Documentaries, Italian Cinema, International Film, TV: Star Trek, Game of Thrones, 70s TV and Film