Education:
1983-1989 Ph.D.
English, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1978-1987 Laurea
Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Bologna.
1982-1983 M.A.
English, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Dissertation:
“Tradition, Identity, Desire: H.D.'s Revisionist Strategies in
By Avon River, Winter Love, and Hermetic
Definition.” Dissertation Director: Professor Susan Stanford
Friedman; Dissertation Committee: Susan Stanford Friedman, Betsy
Draine, Phillip Herring.
Teaching Experience:
2005--
Full
Professor, University of Bologna, Forlì: Courses on British and
American Literature, Gender, and Copyediting.
2000-04
Associate
Professor, University of Bologna, Forlì: Courses on British and
American Literature and Gender.
1993-99
Assistant Professor, tenured, University of Bologna, Forlì: Courses
on British and American Literature; Composition and English
Language.
1990-92
Lecturer,
University of Bologna, Forlì: Courses: Composition; Grammar and
Gender; Language and Ideology.
1983-87
Teaching
Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Introduction to
19th-Century British and American Literature; Introduction to
20th-Century British and American Literature; Intermediate
Composition.
Academic Honors:
2012-13 Visiting
Professor, John D. Calandra Institute, CUNY.
1997
Honorary
Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
1997
Visiting
Scholar, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1983-87
Teaching
Assistantship, English Dept, UW-Madison.
1983-84
Graduate
School Fellowship, UW-Madison.
1982-83
Brittingham
Fellowship, UW-Madison.
1982-83
Italian
Ministry of Education Fellowship.
Journals and Book Series:
1987-1991 Correspondent from Italy for H.D.
Newsletter.
1990-- Editorial Board Utopian Series, Ravenna: Longo.
1994-2004 Editorial Board of Utopian Studies (Assistant
Editor).
1994-2004 Editorial Board Cinema and Translation Series,
Bologna: CLUEB.
2000-- Utopian Studies Advisory Board.
2005-- mediAzioni, Co-editor.
2006-- Spaces of Utopia: An Electronic Journal Advisory
Board.
2007-- Ralahine Book Series, (Peter Lang) Series
co-editor.
Other:
1993-99 Board of Associazione “Orlando” (Centro di Documentazione
e Ricerca delle Donne, Bologna)
1994-96 ERASMUS/SOCRATES Representative for the University of
Bologna
2000-2003 Equal Opportunity Committee, Representative for the
University
2001-03 Consiglio del Polo, Representative
2001-08 Associate Chair, SITLeC Department
2006-09 External Examiner, Master in Comparative Literature and
Cultural Theory, Limerick University
2007-14 Board, “Fondo per la Cultura,” Comune di Forlì
2012-14 Board, CEUB, University of Bologna
2013—Board, Centro Diego Fabbri, Forlì
2013-20 Biblioteca Ruffilli, Chair
2015-21, PhD Program Coordinator
2018-21 ASN Committee, Chair
2021--Chair, Associazione WOMEN
Membership:
MLA (Modern Language Association)
AIA (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica)
AISNA (Associazione Italiana Studi Nord-Americani)
ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)
SUS (The Society for Utopian Studies)
SIL (Società delle Letterate)