Born and raised in Texas—with a three-year stint in Kansas—Anthony DiPiazza expatriated to the Bronx, New York in the summer of 2008. He currently lives in New Rochelle, NY with his wife Charlotte Willis, PhD; and their two sons: Gabriel (b. 2012) and Nathan (b. 2020).
Professor Anthony DiPiazza is a Senior Lecturer at SUNY Maritime in the Humanities Department, where has taught since 2009, first as an Adjunct before his promotions to Visiting Instructor (2013), Lecturer (2017), and then Senior Lecturer (2021).
At Maritime, Professor DiPiazza has developed and taught ENGL 90: Practice in Reading and Writing for Maritime's summer Educational Opportunity Program (EOP); ENGL 101: Freshman English I; ENGL 250: Drama; and ENGL/ENGR 3XX: Technical Communication and Ethics for Engineers (formerly ENGL 103: Freshman English II for Engineers).
In addition to Maritime, he has also taught at Hostos Community College, Marymount Manhattan, and Fordham University (Rose Hill Campus).
- Master of Arts, English Literature: University of Miami (Miami, FL), Fall 2008.
- Bachelor of Arts, English Literature: West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX), Spring 2006.
- Fordham University: "Sex, Death, and Boredom," February 2010. Chaired Panel entitled "'The Same Sad Palette': Creative Form and Death."
- West Texas A&M University Student Research Conference, March 2006. Presented "The Manipulative Music of Orpheus's Lyre in Alan Warner's Morvern Callar." Also accepted at Austin College Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities, April 2006.
- Adjunct Faculty, Fordham University (Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY), January 2009 – December 2012. Courses: ENGL 1101 and 1102: Composition I and II.
- Adjunct Faculty, Hostos Community College (Bronx, NY), August 2010 – May 2011. Courses: ENG 110: Expository Writing.
- Adjunct Faculty, Marymount Manhattan (Manhattan, NY), February – May 2010. Courses: WRIT 102: Forming Identities.
- Adjunct Faculty, Frank Phillips Community College-Allen Campus (Perryton, TX), June – August 2009. Courses: ENGL 1301 and 1302: Freshman English I and II.
- Teaching Assistant, University of Miami (Miami, FL), 2007 – 2008. Courses: ENGL 105: Freshman Composition I; and ENGL 106: Freshman Composition II: Writing about Music.
- 15 year recognition from SUNY Maritime (August 2024)
- Promotion to Senior Lecturer (2021)
- The Dean’s Prize for Service from SUNY Maritime (August 2020)
- Promotion to Lecturer (2017)
- The Dean's Prize for Service from SUNY Maritime (March 2018)
- United University Professions (UUP) Discretionary Awards (2014, 2015, 2018)
- Promotion to Visiting Instructor (2013)
- ENGL 90: Practice in Writing and Reading, which is part of Maritime’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) conducted during Summer Session II
- ENGL 101: Freshman English I
- ENGL 103: Freshman English II for Engineers (Course Supervisor)