Snapshot

I am a dual Italy–U.S. citizen who has spent half of his adult life living, studying, working, and navigating international environments. 

I see myself as a hopeful educator, a collaborative colleague, a vision-oriented manager. I value feedback as an essential tool for both personal and professional growth and I actively seek it as a way to reflect, improve, and adapt my practice over time. With a diverse background in international education, I bring a deep understanding of the U.S. higher education system, experience teaching, advising, program design, management and event organization on both U.S. campuses and abroad, hands-on experience in fostering alumni engagement and donor relations, and direct experience producing alumni newsletters.

After nearly two decades abroad in the UK and the United States—where I earned an MA and PhD in Italian Studies and taught at the university level—I returned to Italy in 2018 to coordinate the launch of the Italian Studies Program at the Dickinson College Center in Bologna.

For seven years, I have collaborated with colleagues in Bologna and on the U.S. campus to design and lead a rigorous, immersive Italian Studies program. Central to this work is Experiential Learning, which I view as a key pedagogy for integrating academic and cultural experiences while fostering linguistic development, critical self-reflection, and global awareness.

In the post-pandemic period, I discovered a renewed sense of purpose in my work. With more than twenty years of experience in higher education, I recently completed a three-year training program in existential humanistic counseling, which has aligned naturally with my role at Dickinson in Bologna. This training has opened unexpected and meaningful avenues to support self-discovery and emotional resilience within the study abroad experience.

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