Victoria Calabrese received her Ph.D. in modern European history from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Her research focuses on modern Italian history, gender, migration, and nation building. Her book, Italian Women in Basilicata: Staying Behind but Moving Forward during the Age of Mass Emigration, 1876–1914, was published in 2022 by Lexington Books. The book examines women in the southern Italian region of Basilicata and the many ways their lives changed when their husbands emigrated. In addition to the women who remained behind, she has written articles on honor and infanticide, birds of passage, and on traveling child musicians. Victoria is also an avid genealogist, focusing on southern Italian genealogy research. She is currently an adjunct professor, teaching courses in early modern and modern European history. In her free time, she loves travel, reading, and following her favorite sports teams.