ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2022 - ONGOING Joint PhD
Études cinématographiques - Departments of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal
Arti, Storia, Società - XXXIX cycle, Department of Arts, University of Bologna
Thesis: La représentation des nouvelles générations et leurs interactions avec les formes alternatives à l'hétéronormativité dans les séries télévisées italiennes
Tutors: Prof.ssa Marta Boni and Prof.ssa Paola Brembilla
2019 - 2022 Master's Degree in Cinema, Television, and Multimedia Production
University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Thesis: Gender Marketing: television, audiences, and advertising, between Italy and the United States
Supervisors: Prof.ssa Veronica Innocenti; Co-supervisor: Prof. Roberto Cobianchi | 110/110 cum laude.
2016 - 2019 Bachelor's Degree in Arts, Music, and Entertainment Disciplines (DAMS)
University of Padova
Thesis: Cinema and Disability Studies. Three case studies
Supervisor: Prof.ssa Farah Polato | 110/110 cum laude.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2021 Visiting Scholar, California State University, Chico (2 months)
Scholarship for research abroad - Department of Arts, University of Bologna
Supervisor: Prof.ssa Chiara Ferrari
2021, Internship in Copywriting & Web Content Manager, DIGITALMIX GROUP SL - Barcelona (4 months)
Erasmus+ Internship Scholarship - Department of Arts, University of Bologna
2020 Exchange Student, University of Copenhagen (5 months)
Erasmus+ Scholarship - Department of Arts, University of Bologna
2019 Exchange student, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (4 months)
Erasmus+ Scholarship - Department of Arts, University of Bologna
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2025-IN CORSO Des·ancrage - Des·encrage : De l’écran à la carte, queeriser l’espace par les marges
Funded by: CRSH/Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
Role: Researcher
Principal Investigator: Joëlle Rouleau
2023-2025 WokeIt. Investigating representation, inclusivity, and social responsibility in Rai’s fictional audiovisual productions
Funded by: PRIN 2022 PNRR
Role: Researcher
Principal Investigator: Paola Brembilla
2023-2024 Plateformes et usages: cinéma, télévision, jeu vidéo et création numérique
Funded by: CRSH/Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
Role: Researcher, Webmaster, and support in organizing the namesake conference
Principal Investigator: Marta Boni
2022-2023 Mieux comprendre l'amour par/pour les séries télé
Organized by: Labo Télé, Université de Montréal
Role: Researcher
Principal Investigator: Prof.ssa Marta Boni
Output: Creation of a series of video essays on the theme Tomber en amour en Italie
PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND TALKS
"Prisma : fluidité de genre et représentations queer dans les séries pour adolescent.e.s"
Colloque Teen Series: Genre, Sexualités et Séries pour ados
IUT Bordeaux Montaigne
12-13 June 2025
"A Queer Vision of Italy. Contemporary Italian Series in the Global Streaming Context"
Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School 2025 VIII
University of Bologna, University of Salento, Lecce
8-11 June 2025
"Prisma: Fluid Identities and Marketing Dynamics in an Italian Drama Series"
(with Veronica Innocenti)
GEMINI-SCAPES. Detecting the Interplay between Serial Dramas, Gender Issues and European Young Audiences
International Conference – Link Campus University
10-11 April 2025
"Le opportunità di dottorato all’estero"
CITEM Job Days
6 June 2024
"Navigating Everyday Passions: Media Platforms and Cruel Optimism in a Time of Crisis"
Emergencies – The NECS 2024 Conference, workshop organized with Marta Boni and Zaira Zarza
University of Izmir, Turkey
25-29 June 2024
"Netflix and Queer Content: Does the Platform Favor LGBTQ+ Products?"
Representation of Diversity in Mediated Popular Culture in the Twenty-First Century
Erasmus University – Rotterdam
10-11 June 2024
"Netflix et le contenu queer: la plateforme favorise-t-elle les produits LGBTQ+?"
Plateformes et usages: cinéma, télévision, jeu vidéo et création numérique, organized by Labo Télé, Université de Montréal and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3
Carrefour des Arts et de Sciences, Université de Montréal
2-4 November 2023
"Representations of romantic clichés in the Italian TV series landscape"
Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School
University of Bologna, Campus Rimini
19-23 June 2023
"Representations of romantic clichés in the Italian landscape"
Panel Love and TV Series: new perspectives through video essay, organized by Marta Boni, Labo Télé
FMSAC/ACECM 2023 – Film and Media Studies Association of Canada
University of Ottawa
27-29 May 2023
"Découvrir l'amour et la sexualité dans le paysage italien, clichés et nouvelles perspectives"
Panel Mieux comprendre l'amour pour/par les séries télé, organized by Marta Boni, Labo Télé
Acfas Congress 2023, 90th edition
Université de Montréal
8-12 May 2023
"L'Italia nelle serie TV: cliché romantici e locus amoenus"
Organizer and session chair of the panels Rappresentazioni televisive dell’italianità
CAIS Conference 2023 – Canadian Association for Italian Studies
Université de Montréal
4-7 May 2023
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2025 Teaching Assistant for CIN1101A – H25 – Histoire du cinéma 1, supervised by Anna Kolesnikov, Department of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal.
2024 Teaching Assistant for CIN1101A – A24 – Histoire du cinéma 1, supervised by Pierre Chemartin, Department of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal.
2024 Teaching Assistant for CIN1101A – H24 – Histoire du cinéma 1, supervised by Anna Kolesnikov, Department of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal.
2023 Teaching Assistant for CIN2122A – Analyse de séries télévisées, supervised by Joyce Cimper, Department of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal, Fall semester 2023.
Since 2023 Collaboration with the Language Centre as assistant for various Italian courses, supervised by Gabriella Lodi, Italian Studies Department, Université de Montréal.
2018-2019 Inclusive Peer Tutor, University of Padua.
COORDINATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Coordinator of the Carrefour en culture et création numériques (C3N), Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Université de Montréal, since March 2025.
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Member of the organizing committee (with S. Guerini Rocco, A. Vergari and P. Villa) for the final conference of the project WokeIt. Investigating Representation, Inclusivity and Social Responsibility in RAI’s Fictional Audiovisual Productions (PRIN 2022 PNRR), "Diversity, equity and inclusion in Italian audiovisual media", curated by P. Brembilla, M. Coviello and D. Holdaway, University of Bologna, 30-31 October 2025.
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Organizational support (with Marta Boni, Christine Bernier, Zaira Zarza and Joyce Cimper, in collaboration with Barbara Laborde, Guillaume Soulez, Florian Body and Joa Neves) for the international conference Plateformes et usages. Cinéma, télévision, jeu vidéo, création numérique, Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2-4 November 2023.
AFFILIATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2024 – ONGOING Member of the University Cinema Council (CUC)
2023 – ONGOING Collaboration with Labo Télé, supervised by Marta Boni, Department of Art History, Cinema, and Audiovisual Media, Université de Montréal
EXTRACURRICULAR EDUCATION
2025 Summer School Mediating Italy in Global Culture VIII Edition
University of Bologna, University of Salento, Lecce
2023 Summer School Mediating Italy in Global Culture VI Edition
University of Bologna, Rimini Campus
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2024 Bourses mosaïques d’excellence, Diversity, equality, and social inclusion, Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences, Université de Montréal.
2021 Scholarships for Research Abroad for the Preparation or Elaboration of the Master's Thesis, Department of Arts, University of Bologna.
