Adjunct professor specialising in audiovisual languages and in the semiotics of film and media, with several years of experience teaching diverse audiences and designing hands-on, workshop-based courses. Her work addresses digital teaching and the critical, informed use of Artificial Intelligence in education. She holds a PhD in Labour, Development and Innovation; her thesis was awarded the Ermanno Olmi Memorial Study Prize. She is a member of the research group of the National Edition of the Works of Cesare Zavattini. She is the author of scholarly publications and a speaker at national and international conferences.
Education
2023 — PhD (with scholarship) in Labour, Development and Innovation, Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Interdisciplinary doctoral programme, academic fields PEMM-01/B (Film, photography, radio, television and digital media; formerly L-ART/06) and PHIL-04/B (Philosophy and theory of languages; formerly M-FIL/05). Thesis: "Themes of 'Womanhood' and 'Labour' in Italian Cinema from the Postwar Period to the Present", awarded the Ermanno Olmi Memorial Study Prize in recognition of its scholarly merit.
2019: MA in Advertising, Digital Communication and Business Creativity (LM-59), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (109/110).
2016: BA in Communication Sciences (L-20), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (97/110).
Academic career
Since 2019 — Member of the research group of the National Edition of the Works of Cesare Zavattini: archival research on the Zavattini Archive, philological and critical entries, digitisation and development of the online portal. Holder of research contracts (2023; 2025, senior contract; 2026, research project "Zavattini: Networks, People, Media", Volume 3, Cinema and Radio section, including dissemination in schools).
2020/2021 – 2022/2023: Subject expert (cultrice della materia) for the courses Critical Analysis of Film and Intermedial Languages (academic field PEMM-01/B, formerly L-ART/06), Department of Communication and Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; supplementary teaching for the course Communication and Change Management (MA programme in Labour Relations).
Teaching activity
For the 2024/2025 academic year: Adjunct professor of the Film and Television Production Workshop (academic field PEMM-01/B, 6 CFU, 30 hours), BA programme in Communication Sciences, Department of the Arts, University of Bologna. Appointment renewed for the 2026/2027 academic year.
Since the 2023/2024 academic year: Adjunct professor at ISIA Roma Design (Pordenone campus): Semiotics I and Semiotics II (BA programme in Product Design) and Sociosemiotics (MA programme in Product System Design), academic field ISDC/01.
Supervisor of undergraduate theses at the University of Bologna on topics in audiovisual semiotics and film marketing.
Scholarly activity
Author of scholarly publications on film, semiotics and media (see Publications).
Speaker at national and international conferences and study days, including: "Surveillance and Control in Italian Audiovisual Culture" (IULM, 2025); "Oltre il movimento" (Roma Tre and the Consulta Universitaria del Cinema, 2026); "Feminae Agentes" (E-Campus University, 2025); AIRSC "Storia&Storie" study days (2025).
Reviewer for the journals Mediascapes Journal, EU-topías. Revista de interculturalidad, comunicación y estudios europeos, DESIGNIS and Rhesis.
Awards and honours
– 2024: Ermanno Olmi Memorial Study Prize, awarded to her doctoral thesis "Themes of 'Womanhood' and 'Labour' in Italian Cinema from the Postwar Period to the Present" in recognition of its scholarly merit.
– 2022: Scholarship (board and lodging) for the "Paolo Fabbri" Summer School in Semiotic Methodology, Circolo Semiologico Siciliano.
– 2019: Three-year doctoral scholarship for the PhD programme in Labour, Development and Innovation, Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Other activities
Since 2025 she has been a trainer at IFOA – Istituto Formazione Operatori Aziendali for the courses of the GOL Programme (Guarantee of Employability of Workers); since 2026 she has been a teaching tutor at ITS Maker Academy.
In 2024–2025 she was an educator for Ennesimo Academy, leading educational programmes on film and audiovisual language; in 2025 and 2023 she served as an external expert teacher under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan at the "Ugo Foscolo" Comprehensive School (project "Psychology of Communication: Understanding and Protecting Oneself") and as a mentor for individual guidance programmes in lower secondary education.
