EDUCATION
- Master of Education- International Baccalaureate Concentration; Bethel University (expected thesis defense Nov 2023)
- M.A. in Italian; Middlebury College
- B.S. in Secondary English Education, minor in Italian Studies; University of Vermont
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Modern and Contemporary Literature; Italian and Latin American Women Writers; Roles of Women in Fiction; Immigration Narratives and Speakers of Italian Outside Italy; Representation of the “Other” Within and Outside Italy; Italian Cinema and Representation of Literature; Ecocritical Evaluation of Literature and Texts; Multilingual Language Learners and International Education; Scaffolding and Differentiation in the Classroom; Project-Based and Experiential Learning Opportunities; Interdisciplinary Education and Effective Methods to Support Knowledge Acquisition
COURSES TAUGHT
- Italian 101
AWARDS
- Jesse J. & Angela Bavaresco Memorial Scholarship; Middlebury College
- Betty Jones Scholarship; Middlebury College
- Gamma Kappa Alpha Italian Honors Society; University of Vermont
- Janet Bossange Award for Advocacy and Engagement in Secondary Education; University of Vermont