Frank A. Salamone

Iona College | Emeritus Professor of AnthropologyMember since 1970

My Biography

Dr. Salamone is a cultural anthropologist and has conducted fieldwork in Africa, mostly Nigeria, but also East Africa, South Africa, and Ghana. He also studied Italian Americans, among others. After receiving a PhD in Anthropology from SUNY, Buffalo, Dr. Salamone researched ethnic and religious identity change and adaptations of Italians to American culture. Dr. Salamone’s first AAA Annual Meeting was in 1970.