Conferences and Events (as organizer)
2023 – “Narrative Games in Italian History and Culture” – Wesleyan University, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Middletown CT – talk
Talk by Dr. Marco Arnaudo, Indiana University
2022 – “Escape Rooms and Puzzles for Educators” – Wesleyan University, College of Education Studies, Middletown, CT – talk
Talk and workshop by Brett Kuehner
2022 – “Transforming Our World through Games” – Wesleyan University, CT (on Zoom) – talk
Talk by Kat Schrier, Marist College, and Matthew Farber, University of Northern Colorado
2022 – Global Engagement in the Liberal Arts (GELA) Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT [steering committee member]
https://gela.conference.wesleyan.edu/
2021 – 4th annual The Power of Language Conference (virtual), Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT [steering committee member]
https://www.wesleyan.edu/cgs/eventsprograms/langconference/Power%20of%20Language%202021.html
2021 – “Mechanics, Dispositions, and Styles: Considerations for the design of Gameful Language Learning Environments” – talk
Talk by Jonathon Reinhardt, University of Arizona
2020 – 3rd annual The Power of Language Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT [steering committee member]
https://www.wesleyan.edu/cgs/eventsprograms/langconference/index.html
Cancelled due to Covid-19
2019 – “Migration and the Coded Language of Colonialism in Contemporary Italy” – Wesleyan University, CT – talk
Talk by Sole Anatrone, Vassar College
2019 – “Extending the Limits of the Classroom with Online and Blended Teaching” – Wesleyan University, CT – talk
Talk by Daniela Bartalesi-Graf, Wellesley College
2017 – “LGBTQIA+ Cultures in Italy” + “Don’t Panic, BI PAN!” – Wesleyan University, CT – talk + performance
Talk by Julia Heim, Seton Hall University + Performance by activist / artist Primavera Contu
2017 – “The Cinematic Landscape of Bologna” – Wesleyan University, CT – talk
Talk by Giacomo Manzoli, Universita` di Bologna
2016 – “BLAXPLOITALIAN: 100 Year of Blackness in Italian Cinema” – Screening +Q&A
Screening and Q&A with activist / filmmaker Fred Kuwornu
2013 – Italian Polarities: Integrity and Corruption, Morality, and Transgression – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Graduate student conference – main organizer – https://sites.google.com/site/italianpolarities2013/home
2012 – (Dis)Unity in Italy – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) [main organizer]
Graduate student conference – main organizer – https://sites.google.com/site/disunityinitaly/home
2010 – Forbidden Ideas: Controversial Modes of Engagement in Italian Intellectual Tradition – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Graduate student conference – main organizer – https://sites.google.com/site/itagradconference/home
2010 – The Watts Towers Common Grounds Initiative: Arts, Migration, Development [steering committee member]
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles
2009 – Crossing Borders / Breaking Boundaries – 15th French and Italian Graduate Student Conference – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Graduate student conference – organizing committee member
2008 – Memory and Trauma – 14thFrench and Italian Graduate Student Conference – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Graduate student conference – organizing committee member