120 Ridge View Drive
Dunmore, PA 18512
Biography
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Italian American Studies Association
- Member, Travel and Tourism Research Association
- Member, Broadcast Education Association
- Member, International Risk and Crisis Communication Association
- Member, National Communication Association
- Irpinia Stories, Personal Blog; Host, "The Menu," The Scranton Cultural Center
- Facilitator, "On the Same Page," Lackawanna County Library System
- Member, National Federation of Press Women
- Member, Pennsylvania Press Club
- Member, Lackawanna Historical Society
- Member, Dunmore Historical Society
- Member, Mu Rho, National History Honor Society
- Member, Phi Alpha Mu, National Social Science Honor Society
- Member, Alpha Mu Gamma, National Foreign Language Honor Society
Honors and Awards
Honors & Awards: Italian American Studies Association Memorial Fellowship recipient (2024), Second Place, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2023), Honorable Mention, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2023); First Place, Multicultural Division, Debut Paper, Broadcast Education Association (2023); Radio Advertising Bureau Student Scholar (2023); Donna Distinta/Distinguished Woman, Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations (2022); Honorable Mention, Personal Blog – National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest (2022); First Place, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2022); Second Place, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2022); Honorable Mention, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2022); Citations from the Mayor, Guardia Lombardi (2004, 2022); Citation from the Association of Former Citizens of Guardia Lombardi (2022); Citation from the Guardiesi Si Nasce Historical Association (2021); Honorable Mention, Personal Blog –National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest (2021); First Place, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2021); Second Place, Personal Blog – Pennsylvania Press Club Communications Contest (2021); Gold Medal Award in History Category – The Literary Titan Book Awards for “Italians of Lackawanna County” Book (2019); Gold Medal Award in History Category – The Nonfiction Book Awards for “Italians of Lackawanna County” Book (2019); Silver Award, Branded Video Content – American Advertising Awards (2019); Lackawanna County “Good Works” Citation – Publication of “Italians of Lackawanna County” (2018); Second Place for Headlines (Statewide) – Pennsylvania Women’s Press Association Excellence in Journalism Award (2014); First Place for News Feature Story (Division 5), Second Place for Ongoing News Coverage (Division 5) – Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Keystone Press Award (2012); Third Place for Interviews/Profiles (Statewide), Honorable Mention for In-Depth Story (Statewide), Honorable Mention for General News Story (Statewide) – Pennsylvania Women's Press Association Excellence in Journalism Award (2012); Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Keystone Press Award, First Place for Ongoing News Coverage (Division 5), First Place for Online Special Project (Division 5) (2011); Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Keystone Press Award, First Place for Online Special Project (Division 8), Honorable Mention for General News (Division 7) (2001); Pennsylvania Women’s Press Association Award, Second Place for Online News (Statewide) (2010); Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Keystone Press Award, Second Place for Ongoing News Coverage (Division 8) (2009); National Italian American Foundation Gift of Discovery Program Award Recipient (2002)
Publications
Longo, S. A. (2024). Passing the Flame: Place Branding, Destination Marketing, and Ancestral Tourism. ProQuest Dissertation & Theses.
Longo, S. A. (2024). Book Review: Provoking the press: [MORE] Magazine and the Crisis of Confidence in American Journalism by Kevin M. Lerner. Electronic News, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19312431241239251
Longo, S. A., & Towers Scott, A. (2023). Hashtags and heritage: the use of #italianamerican on Instagram. Online Media and Global Communication, 2(4), 569–593. https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2023-0028
Longo, S. (2023). eEthnicity: Social media, Italian Americans, and Cultural Identity. Proceedings of The World Conference on Social Sciences, 2(1), 24–44. https://doi.org/10.33422/worldcss.v2i1.98
Longo, S. (2018). Italians of Lackawanna County. Arcadia.
Longo, S. (2012). Dunmore. Arcadia.
Longo, S. (2004). Italians of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Arcadia.
Education
DOCTOR OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION (DSC)
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
Awards/Honors: Dooner Scholarship
MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM (MA)
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY (MA)
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MODERN LANGUAGES — ITALIAN (BA)
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MODERN LANGUAGES — FRENCH
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Additional Education: Communication, CITI Program (2022); Leadership 2.0 Program, Leadership Lackawanna (2021); Leadership Core Program, Leadership Lackawanna (2019); La Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo Certificate, Università di Napoli Federico II (2019); Women in Entrepreneurship Certificate, Cornell University (2019); Women in Leadership Certificate, Cornell University (2018); Italian Immersion Program, Middlebury College; French Immersion Program, Université Laval
Papers and Presentations
Conference Presentations
Passing the Flame: Place Branding, Destination Marketing, and Ancestral Tourism (Poster). Broadcast Education Association Conference. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 2024.
eEthnicity: Social Media, Italian Americans, and Cultural Identity, World Conference on Social Sciences. Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA, August 2023.
Workplace Communication in Remote Based Teams, World Conference on Social Sciences. Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA, August 2023.
Hashtags and Heritage: The use of #italianamerican on Instagram, Broadcast Education Association Conference. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 2023. *This paper received the first-place award for a debut paper in the Multicultural Division at this conference.
Speaking Engagements
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; IDEA Boston Festival; Dante Alighieri Society; Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America; I AM Books; History of Italian Immigration Museum; Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum; Lackawanna Historical Society; Forest City Historical Society; Dunmore Historical Society; Carbondale Public Library; Eckley Miners Village