WORK ACTIVITY:
Linguist and specialized translator EN/FR>IT - 2002-present
(national and EU institutions, international organizations, private sector)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - University of London RHC (London, UK) - 2012
Research areas: public and institutional communication, discourse analysis, linguistic politeness, pragmatics, EU
studies, EU identity, rhetoric and persuasion
Master of Arts in Linguistics - York University (Toronto, CAN) - 2005
Master's degree in Translation - Università di Bologna (Forlì, I) - 2001
STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAMS:
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) - spring term 2000
Université Sorbonne Paris IV (Paris, F) - winter term 1999
TRAINING:
European Central Bank (ECB), Communication/Language Services (Frankfurt, D) - 2007 and 2008
United Nations (UN), DESA/Information Analysis Unit (New York, USA) - 2000
VISITING PROGRAMS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS:
UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Summer school on Migration and Human Rights (online) - 2020
International Criminal Court, Visiting professional at the Public Information/Public Affairs Unit (The Hague, NL) - April-June 2014
Centre International de Formation Européenne, Summer school on The Convention on the future of the Union (Paris, F) - 2003
Università di Bologna, Summer school on Teaching Methods in Modern Languages (DILM) (Bertinoro, I) - 2003
TEACHING ACTIVITY:
Adjunct Professor of Specialized Translation EN>IT - 2014-present
University of Bologna (Forlì, I)
Teaching Tutor of English Linguistics - 2013-2014
Università di Bologna (Forlì, I)
Language Assistant in Italian (IT 1000, 1050, 2050) - 2007-2008/2008-2009
University of London RHC (London, UK)
Tutor of English - July 2008, 2007 and 2006
University of London RHC, Monte dei Paschi Summer
School (London, UK)
Teaching Assistant in Linguistics (LING 2060: The Grammatical Structure of English) - 2004-2005
York University (Toronto, CAN)
Peer Tutor of Italian and French (Language Direct Program) - 1999-2000
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Language Center (Philadelphia, USA)
PEER-REVIEW ACTIVITY:
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Social Semiotics Journal
Bloomsbury Publishing
Member of AITI (the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters)
