Frances R. Curcio

Frances R. Curcio, Ph.D., an Arrochar, Staten Island, resident, is professor emerita, Secondary Education and Youth Services, Queens College of the City University of New York, and the 2026 recipient of the Literary Award of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, New York State Grand Lodge. She is the author of "Mio Nonno Totore and the American Dream" (Idea Press, 2024), and "The Case of Antonio Meucci & the Telephone: Just the Facts" (Idea Press, 2025). She can be reached at frcurcio@aol.com.