EDUCATION

Certificate, Yale University, 2020 (Digital Marketing Strategies)

Ph.D. Harvard University, 2012 (Italian Studies)
M.A. University of Notre Dame, 2007 (Romance Languages)
B.A. Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003 (Classics)

EMPLOYMENT

Villanova University, Assistant Professor of Italian (2013-2018), Associate Professor (2018-
McGill University, Assistant Professor of Italian (2012-2013)
Harvard University, TA (2009-2011)
University of Notre Dame, TA (2005-2007)
Liceo Sacro Monte; Scuola Media Manfredini, Varese (2003-2005)

GRANTS / AWARDS

2024 – Villanova GRASP grant for research

2023 – Education Award (Filitalia International)

2019 – AAIS book prize (American Association of Italian Studies) for The Art of Objects. (best book in the 20th and 21st centuries category)

2018 Villanova VERITAS Award

2014 ISSNAF Award for the Humanities, in recognition of the best unpublished manuscript in North America in the field of Italian Studies

Fonds Québec de Recherche Société et Culture (FQRSC) – Établissement de nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs, 2013

Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, Derek Bok Center (Harvard University), Fall 2009, Spring 2011