EDUCATION
Ph.D., Program in English-Language Literatures, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 2011
(Doctoral Fellow at the International Forum for U.S. Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January-May 2010; UCD Clinton Institute Summer School, Dublin, July 2009)
Dissertation title: “An American Hauntology, 1976-2001: Ghosts and the Literary Imaginary”
Dissertation advisor: Alessandro Portelli
Laurea vecchio ordinamento (equivalent to B.A.+M.A.) in Modern Languages and Literatures, summa cum laude, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 2007
Thesis title: “The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton: ‘Words Shadowy yet Transparent Enough’”
Thesis advisor: Alessandro Portelli
Areas of specialization: American and German
literature, performance/media studies