Fall 2026 Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 pm in person
Biography
Education
- Ph.D. Student of Italian, University of Wisconsin–Madison, currently enrolled.
- M.A. in Pedagogy, Methodology and Curriculum Development, Middlebury College, VT, Italian Language School
- Ph.D. in Linguistics and German Philology, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Laurea (BA and MA) in Foreign Languages and Literatures (German, English and Russian), Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti–Pescara, Italy
- Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom, (KDS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität zu München, Germany
Research Interests
Literature of Emigration, Italian-American literature, History of Italian emigration to the United States
Courses Taught
- Italian 101: First Semester Italian
- Italian 101 FIG: First Semester Italian, First-Year Interest Group
- Italian 102: Second Semester Italian
- Italian 203: Third Semester Italian
Conference Presentations
- “Pietro Verri in Translation: Meditations on Happiness and The Wisconsin Idea,” Rethinking the Italian Eighteenth-Century and Its Transnational Connections, Department of French and Italian, University of Wisconsin–Madison, April 4-5, 2025.
Awards and Achievements
- 2024: University of Wisconsin at Madison: Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Scholarship.
- 2015: Middlebury College, VT: Jessica K. and Ronald D. Leibowitz Centennial Fellowship for academic merit.
- 2014: Middlebury College, VT: Fellowship for academic excellence as a graduate student in Italian.