Draft:Steve Corvi

Politics
Dr. Steven Joseph Corvi is a registered Republican running against Democratic opponent Seth Magaziner to represent Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District in the 2024 Election Cycle.

Personal Info
Dr. Steven Joseph Corvi was born on June 7, 1968 and raised in the heart of a working-class community in Malden, Massachusetts. He is the son of an Italian immigrant father, Arduino C. Corvi, and a mother who was the daughter of a Canadian immigrant, Elizabeth Blinkhorn Corvi. His mother pursued higher education while simultaneously raising Dr. Corvi and his sister.

Having taught in Rhode Island since 2022, Dr. Corvi bought his first house in Warwick. Dr. Corvi wishes to remain in Warwick with his family for the rest of his life.

Dr. Corvi's father, was a proud veteran of the United States Army and United States Air Force.

Dr. Corvi excelled academically, graduating in the top quarter of his class at Malden High School. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Framingham State University, a Master's degree from Salem State University, and ultimately, a Doctorate from the prestigious Northeastern University in 2004.

Throughout his life, Dr. Corvi has worked in various blue-collar professions, including labor, auto maintenance, retail, and wine trade. He has spent his professional career as an adjunct lecturer at various universities including Bryant University, United States Naval War College, Northeastern University, and Bentley University among many others.

He is also a father of two children, Thomas and Katherine Corvi, whom he raised with his ex-wife Sheryl. He is engaged to Brazilian immigrant Christin Shoshanna Sarri.

Education
Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. September 1997-October 2003

Ph.D. in Modern European History, January 2004

Specialization; Global History, World War I, British, and Cultural.

Minor field; American History/Atlantic World

Dissertation Topic: General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien: Portrait of A Victorian Soldier in Modern War, 1899-1915"

Salem State University, Salem, MA

M.A. Modern European History, June 1994

Master's Thesis: "Finland Fights for Freedom: The Russo-Finnish War and the Continuation War, 1939-1944"

Framingham State University, Framingham, MA

B.A. U.S. History, May 1990

Teaching Experience
Bentley University, Waltham, MA

Adjunct Faculty, 2022-Present

Bryant University, Smithfield, RI

Adjunct Faculty, 2022-Present

Worcester State University, Worcester, MA

Adjunct Faculty, 2005-Present

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Adjunct Faculty, 1997-Present

Assumption College, Worcester, MA

Adjunct Faculty

United States Naval War College, Newport, RI

Adjunct Faculty

U.S. Naval Advanced School of Graduate Studies for Naval Officers.

Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Mass.

Instructor 1999-2008

American Military University, Manassas Park, Virg.

Distance Education and Online Class Program; Graduate School of Military Studies, Instructor1996-2007

Scholarly Experience
Steven J. Corvi has presented papers at West Point, to the War Studies Society, King's College London, and Fort Hays State University. He researches and teaches the late English medieval period with a special emphasis on the Wars of the Roses and English Queenship. He is the author of three books and has been an advisor and commentator for documentaries produced for The History Channel.

Dr. Steven J. Corvi is a scholar with a Doctorate from Northeastern University in 19th-20th Century British Military History. His specialization is World War I and the study of the British Military institution with particular expertise in military leadership & the emergence of modern warfare in the 20th Century. He has presented papers to the Western Front Association ( West Point), War Studies Society, King's College (London), and Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas). Dr. Corvi’s other fields of study are the American Military experience and the history of United States Airpower.

His research skills are noteworthy; resulting in anecdotal quotes from diaries and letters intimating the [First World] War's masses to unexpunged written commands and tactical orders. As time increases, the accessibility to the War, its people, and its end-result becomes vague. Steven's intentions is to educate and enlighten people of the soldiers, the masses, the horses, who suffered not only during the war, but for decades after the "war to end all wars"

BOOKS:
“Plantagenet Queens and Consorts: In the Shadow of Eleanor of Aquitaine, publication date: January 2019, Amberley Publishers, U.K.

Command and Leadership in the BEF 1914, (Smith-Dorrien: Stemming the Tide essay) Helion & Company Publishers October 2013.

Victoria’s Generals, (eds.) Steven J. Corvi and Ian F.W. Beckett, Pen and Sword (Leo Cooper) Press, 2009

Haig’s Generals, (eds.) Ian F.W. Beckett and Steven J. Corvi, Pen and Sword (Leo Cooper) Press, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS:
“Plantagenet Queens and Consorts: In the Shadow of Eleanor of Aquitaine, publication date: January 2019, Amberley Publishers, U.K.

Command and Leadership in the BEF 1914, (Smith-Dorrien: Stemming the Tide essay) Helion & Company Publishers October 2013.

Victoria’s Generals, (eds.) Steven J. Corvi and Ian F.W. Beckett, Pen and Sword (Leo Cooper) Press, 2009

Haig’s Generals, (eds.) Ian F.W. Beckett and Steven J. Corvi, Pen and Sword (Leo Cooper) Press, 2006.

DOCUMENTARY:
Animals in Action : Horses, Big House Productions for The History Channel, Air date October 11, 2002. (advisor and televised commentary) Topics covered: Horses and Warfare during the American Civil War and 19th and 20th Century British and European. (recorded January 2002 at Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Mass.  USA)

ARTICLES:

Steven J. Corvi, "Men of Mercy: The Evolution of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and the Soldier-horse bond during the Great War 1900-18,". Journal of Army Historical Research, LXXVI, no.308 (1998): 272.

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