PhD, University of Toronto

Research Interests

• Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography, Houghton Library, Harvard U - 2015
• Charles Montgomery Gray Fellowship, The Newberry Library, Chicago - 2015
• Visiting Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - 2021–22, 2022–23
• York Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - 2016–2017
• Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - 2016

Approach to Teaching

Graduate: GS/HUMA 6334 & EN 6334 A History of Reading: Texts and Artifacts from Antiquity to the Digital Age. Undergraduate: HUMA 1125 The Civilization of Medieval and Renaissance Europe; HUMA3604 Italy, The Beautiful Country; HUMA 4630 Text and Interpretation; HUMA1751/IT1751 Italian Culture: The Great Ideas and the Masterworks; HUMA3312/IT4775 Media and the Idea of Italy; IT4300 Italian Renaissance Literature; IT4400 Orlando Furioso: Renaissance Bestseller; IT3370 Boccaccio; IT4330 The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri; IT2200 Introduction to Italian Literature; IT3760/3761 Italian Medieval and Renaissance Civilization (in Florence); IT 4750 Modern Italian Culture; IT 4620 20th-Century Italian Poetry.

Current Courses

PhD, University of Toronto

European Literature and Cultural History. The history of the book (the print culture of Renaissance Italy, reading, bibliography). Italian Studies. Renaissance Studies.

Degrees

Appointments

Professional Leadership

Chair, Committee on Research Policy and Planning, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. 2017–19.
Executive Committee, Faculty Council of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. 2020–23.
Comitato Nazionale per il V Centenario della pubblicazione dell’Orlando Furioso, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (National Committee for the 5th centenary of the publication of Orlando Furioso, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Republic of Italy). 2015–December 2018.
Peer Review Committee, SSHRC Connection Grant. June 2017, December 2017.
Senate of York University. 2009–12 and 2016–19.
Co-organizer and co-director, York U. Summer Studies Program in Italy (Florence and Rome). 2010–12.
Co-ordinator, Canada-EU Academic Mobility program (CEMMENTI), York International. 2007–09.

Community Contributions

National Board of Directors, Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies. 2005–present. President of the Toronto Chapter, 2005–12.
Cultural Advisory Council of Villa Charities Inc., May 2018–present.

Research Interests

Awards

• Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography, Houghton Library, Harvard U - 2015
• Charles Montgomery Gray Fellowship, The Newberry Library, Chicago - 2015
• Visiting Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - 2021–22, 2022–23
• York Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - 2016–2017
• Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - 2016

Approach to Teaching

Graduate: GS/HUMA 6334 & EN 6334 A History of Reading: Texts and Artifacts from Antiquity to the Digital Age. Undergraduate: HUMA 1125 The Civilization of Medieval and Renaissance Europe; HUMA3604 Italy, The Beautiful Country; HUMA 4630 Text and Interpretation; HUMA1751/IT1751 Italian Culture: The Great Ideas and the Masterworks; HUMA3312/IT4775 Media and the Idea of Italy; IT4300 Italian Renaissance Literature; IT4400 Orlando Furioso: Renaissance Bestseller; IT3370 Boccaccio; IT4330 The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri; IT2200 Introduction to Italian Literature; IT3760/3761 Italian Medieval and Renaissance Civilization (in Florence); IT 4750 Modern Italian Culture; IT 4620 20th-Century Italian Poetry.

Current Courses