Ph.D. Romance Languages:
Italian with a Minor in Romance Philology.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.

Dissertation Title: Da lei, tutto: Female Relationships in the Narratives of Matilde Serao.

Teaching Interests:
Italian language; 19th-21st Century Italian Women Writers; Italian Cinema; The Italian Mystery and Suspense Novel; Dante, Petrarca & Boccaccio; Romance Philology; Business and Commercial Italian; Italian Culture, Politics and Society.

Research Interests: Currently working on two book projects:
1. Chora, Chorus, Coro: Navigating the Female Space in Matilde Serao’s Universe.
2. Beyond Il Giallo: Calvino, Eco, Gadda, Sciascia and the Metaphysical Italian Mystery.