Paolo Scartoni’s research focuses on the relationship between music and language in medieval Italian literature. He earned his Ph.D. in Italian Studies from Rutgers University (2024) where he defended a dissertation entitled The Sound of Morals: Figures of Grammar and Music in Dante.
Before joining the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at WashU, he designed and taught courses on Italian language and culture at Rutgers University and Vassar College. He is Chief Associate Editor and Encoder at Petrarchive, the first born-digital edition of Petrarch’s Songbook.
He holds a Diploma in Piano from the Conservatory of Siena and a Master of Music in Fortepiano and Historical Piano from the Conservatory of Perugia.