EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- May 2021 - PhD in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Cycle XXXIII. Curriculum: World Literature. Field: 10 / L1 - ENGLISH AND ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES. Disciplinary Sector: L-LIN / 11 ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES. Final dissertation title: Remembering the Vietnam War in Graphic Narratives. Final evaluation: excellent.
- July 2016 - Master's Degree in Language, Society and Communication (LM-38), University of Bologna School of Languages and Literatures, Translation and Interpreting Thesis title: Cajun Vernacular English. Subject: History of the English language. Final grade: 110/110 with honors.
- April 2013 - Bachelor's Degree in European Languages and Cultures (L-12), Department of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Thesis title: Politica linguistica europea nel settore dell'Istruzione Superiore: Italia e Finlandia a confronto. Subject: General and Applied Linguistics. Final grade: 110/110 with honors
FORMATIVE AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES ABROAD
- January-March 2020 Ohio State University, Department of English, “Project Narrative” program, Visiting scholar. Research project “Vietnam War: Graphic Counter Narratives”. Contact person: Prof. James Phelan and Prof. Jared Gardner.
- September - December 2019 University of Chichester, Institute of Arts and Humanities, Visiting scholar. Research project “Vietnam War: Graphic Counter Narratives”. Contact person: Prof. Hugo Frey
- 25 July 2019 Ryerson University (Toronto), ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM organized by the Comics Studies Society. Mentor: Prof. Andrew Kunka (University of South Carolina)
- August 2014 - May 2015 exchange student Overseas University of Bologna, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- August - December 2011 Erasmus exchange student University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Tampere University, Tampereen Yliopisto
PROFESSIONALIZING ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
- Academic year 2021-2022 Teaching assistant, course ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 1 (LM) “LAW & ORDER: PROBING CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE”, lilec, Alma mater studiorum - university of bologna. Course director: Elena Lamberti.
- Academic year 2021-2022 Teaching assistant, ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 1 course "THE LITERARY IDENTITY OF NORTH AMERICA: UNITED STATES & CANADA (PERIOD: XVII-XIX CENTURIES)", lilec, Alma mater studiorum - university of bologna. Course director: Elena Lamberti
- September 2021 Editorial Committee, Quaderni Del Dottorato - Dipartimento LILEC Volume 1
- September 2021 Research fellowship, University of Bologna. Disciplinary scientific sector: L-LIN / 11 ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
- October 2018-May 2019 Project Assistant, alma idea senior 2017 project, “WeTell: StoryTelling and Civic Awareness”, Alma mater studiorum - university of bologna.
- Academic year 2018-2019 Teaching assistant, course ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 1 (LM) "American Graphic Novels and the Literary Context", lilec, Alma mater studiorum - university of bologna. Course director: Elena Lamberti
- From 2019 Cultore della materia (Field expert), Scientific Disciplinary Sector: L-LIN / 11 ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
- 2021 — “AlterNatives Trajectories in Canadian Comics”. Convegno annuale Associazione Italiana Studi Canadesi — AISC. December 2-4. Bologna.
- 2021 — “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Reimagining of (Captain) America”. 26th AISNA Biennial Conference. Crossing Territories. Recognition across Time, Space and Textuality in the US and Beyond. September, 23-25 . Università dell’Aquila.
- 2021 — Round Table: “Framing War: The Challenge of War Comics” Rewriting War and Peace in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Contemporary British and American Literature. September, 9-8. Department of English & German Studies. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spagna).
- 2021 —“Framing Memories: Intercode Adaptation of Iconic Photographs of the Vietnam War” First Conference of the ICLA Research Committee on Literatures/Arts/Media (CLAM). Transcodification: Literatures - Arts - Media. July 1-3. Università dell’Aquila
- 2020 — “La memoria della guerra del Vietnam nei graphic memoir di Marcelino Truong” LILEC Graduate Conference Letteratura e altri mondi - generi, politica, società. July 1-2 2020. Università di Bologna.
- 2019 — “Deconstructing Vietnam War Memories in Graphic Form” 8e Congrès de la Société Européenne de Littérature comparée (SELC). August 26-30. Université de Lille (Francia).
- 2019 — “Framing a Shot: Towards an Ethical Remembrance of the Vietnam War” COMICS/POLITICS 2nd Annual Conference of the Comics Studies Society. July 25-27. Ryerson University (Toronto).
Accepted "Peer Reviewed" proposal for forthcoming conferences
- 2022 - “Exploring Canadian and Indigenous relations with / in Graphic (Hi) stories” International Comparative Literature Association Congress Tbilisi, Georgia, 24-29 July.
Proposals selected with "Peer Review" procedure but canceled due to Covid 19 emergency
- 2020 - “To Be Continued: exploring the possibility of the digital medium” CØMICS AND TECHNØLØGY. The 3rd Annual Conference of the Comics Studies Society. 5-8 August. Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas) [conference canceled]
- 2020 - "Beyond the Boat: Ethical forms of reconciliation in Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do" Conference: Comics, Migration, Minorities. 3–5 June. School of History, Culture and Arts Studies. University of Turku (Finland) [conference canceled]
EVENTS ORGANIZATION
- 2021 — Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference AISC 2021: Tradizioni e innovazione sociale. December 2-4 . Università di Bologna.
- 2021 — Member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the Graduate Conference Leggere (ri)scrivere e condividere: vecchie e nuove pratiche di significazione. June 16-17. Università di Bologna.
- 2019 — Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Workshop DISSENT IN/WITH (CON)SCIENCE: Storytelling and Civic Awareness. April 11 - 12. Università di Bologna.
- 2018 — Member of the Organizing Committee of the special seminar held by Linda e Michael Hutcheon, Adapting His Story: Louis Riel in History, Drama, Opera, and Staging(s). December, 10. Università di Bologna.
AWARDS
- 2015 Exchange & Visiting International Student Academic Achievement Award given by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of International studies, International Student Services, and the Division of Continuing Studies for getting a 4.0 GPA.
AFFILIATION
AIPI - Associazione Internazionale Professori di Italiano
AISC - Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi
AISNA - Associazione Italiana di Studi Nord-Americani
CSS - Comics Studies Society
COMPALIT - Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura
