Profile
I joined the University of Oklahoma as an Instructor of Italian in the Fall of 2023. I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Italian Studies at Rutgers University. Prior to Rutgers, I earned an M.A. and a B.A. in Asian and North African Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, with a focus on Chinese Language and Literature. During my B.A. years, I was also a student of the Honors Program at the International College Ca’ Foscari. In China, I completed an M.A. in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Capital Normal University. In Norway, I studied at the United World College Red Cross Nordic.
My teaching and research interests revolve around contemporary Italian and Chinese literature, transnational HIV/AIDS literature, transnational LGBTQ+ literature and cinema, ethics, life writing, and illness narrative. My doctoral work concentrates on the (un)narration of HIV/AIDS in Italian literature, focusing on those narratives written by marginalized and underrepresented identities.
Prior to OU, I taught at Rutgers University, Colgate University, and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Education
M.A. (2021) in Italian Studies, Rutgers University.
M.A. (2018) in Chinese Language and Literature, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
M.A. (2018) in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, Capital Normal University.
B.A. (2016) in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
