
William J. Connell (b. 1958) is a professor of history at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. He specializes in Italian history. His works explore the connections between Medieval and early modern Italy and modern society, politics, and culture. Connell has authored and contributed to a number of books on Italian and Italian American history, including Florentine Tuscany: Structures and Practices of Power (2000), Society and Individual in Renaissance Florence (2002), and Anti-Italianism: Essays on a Prejudice (2010).