Education
- Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
- MA (Roma Tre University)
- BA (Roma Tre University)
Courses Taught
- IT 101
- IT 102
- IT 103
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
- “Donne e Loci Amoeni. La natura come motore narrativo della Gerusalemme liberata.” La Parola del Testo 1, no. 2 (2024)
- “Tra seduzione e servilismo: I capelli nei personaggi femminili della Gerusalemme Liberata.” Molesto 4, no. 1 (2021) DOI:10.33406/molesto.767103
- “The poet of the theatre by Filippo Pananti: lexical notes.” Scaffale aperto (2017). doi: 10.14651/89112 (2018).
Books chapters:
- “Alterity and War. Women in the Italian Resistance,” in Alterity and Identity in Italian Literature. Encountering the Other from Dante to the Present, ed. by Giulia M. Cipriani. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024
Other Articles & Interviews:
- “Beppe Fenoglio. Anziani.” Doppiozero (2022) https://www.doppiozero.com/beppe-fenoglio-anziani (2022) “A Conversation with Rossella Schillaci.” Gynocine Project, Barbara Zecchi, ed. www.gynocine.com (2021)
Book Reviews:
- Francesco Samarini, Philip Roth e l’Italia: Storia di un amore incostante (Longo Editore, 2022) for Philip Roth Studies 19.2 (2023).
Areas of Specialization
- Italian Language (I hold a "Ditals" certification to teach Italian as a second language from Università per stranieri di Siena)
- Renaissance and Chivalric Literature
- Contemporary Italian Literature
- Women Studies
- Film and Media Studies
Awards, Honors, and Grants
- Dean’s Teaching Fellowship (Johns Hopkins University, 2024–2025)
- Italian Academic Excellence Award (2010, Awarded by the Italian President of the Republic)