Dr. Erasmo G. Gerato (Ph.D. U of Wisconsin-Madison) is a professor of French and Italian literature. He is the author of A Critical study of the Life and Works of Alessandro Poerio (Parma: Maccari, 1975) and of Guido Gustavo Gozzano: A Literary Interpretation (Madrid: José P. Turanzas, 1983). In 1983, the Government of France honored him with the title of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. In 1988 the French Government honored him with the promotion to the rank of Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. In addition to his teaching and research, Dr. Gerato directed for the State of Florida through FSU The Florida Costa Rica Linkage Institute from 1993 till 1999, and he directed for the State of Florida through FSU The Florida France Linkage Institute from its inception in 1989 till 1999.

In addition to teaching the French Division, Dr. Gerato also teaches in the Italian division (specializing as in French in the Nineteenth as well as the early Twentieth Centuries with a preference for the genre of poetry as well as grammar courses).

During the Summer Sessions, Dr. Gerato also directs the Florida State University Summer Study Program in Costa Rica where he also teaches a Conversation Spanish Course.