Curriculum Vitae

Current position


2024 – ongoing: EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho (US), Ghent University (Belgium), University of Bologna (Italy)


P.I. of the project SHIFT-GEN (SHIFTting the narrative of the climate GENeration: ecology, emotions, and critical thinking in young adult contemporary climate fiction)

International Positions

01/08/2026 – 31/08/2026: Visiting Scholar at Cornell University, US (Department of Literatures in English / Host: Prof. Caroline Levine)


10/2024 – 09/2026: Visiting Scholar at the University of Idaho, US (Department of English / Hosts: Prof. Erin James and Prof. Jennifer Ladino)


01/2025 – 06/2025: Visiting Scholar at Ghent University, BE (Department of Literary Studies / Host: Prof. Marco Caracciolo)



01/2020 – 06/2020: Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University, UK (Research Centre for Environmental Humanities / Host: Prof. Kate Rigby)

Past Positions

2022 – 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bologna (Italy)



2022 – 2024: Adjunct Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, University of Bologna (Italy)

Education

2022: PhD in Literary and Gender Studies, summa cum laude, University of Bologna (Italy)


2020: Visiting Research Fellow, Bath Spa University, UK (Research Centre for Environmental Humanities / Host: Prof. Kate Rigby)


2018: Research Master in Gender Studies, curriculum Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA), summa cum laude, Utrecht University (NL)


2018: MA in Modern, Postcolonial and Comparative Literatures, curriculum Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA), summa cum laude, University of Bologna (Italy)


2016: MA Modern Philology, summa cum laude, University of Padua (Italy)



2013: BA Modern Literatures, summa cum laude, University of Padua (Italy)

Membership

  • Confluence Lab, University of Idaho;
  • ISSN (International Society for the Study of Narrative);
  • EACLALS (European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies); EASLCE (European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment);
  • ACLALS (Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies);
  • SUS (Society for Utopian Studies);
  • AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies);
  • SPACLALS (South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies);
  • ATGENDER (The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation);
  • Dis-4Change (Studies on Climate Change and Environmental Discourse);
  • MeTRa (Research Centre on Mediation and Translation by and for Children and Young People);
  • Post-MESH Lab, Ghent University;
  • USS (Utopian Studies Society Europe);
  • ASLE-UKI (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment UK and Ireland)

You can download my CV below.