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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2018-22 Lancaster University, Department of Languages and Cultures, Lancaster, UK Associate Lecturer
2012-16 Columbia University, Department of Italian, New York, NY Teaching Fellow
2011-16 Gayatri Chrakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, New York, NY Research Assistant
2009-11 Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium Research Fellow
EDUCATION
2011-17 Columbia University, New York, NY Ph.D. in Italian and Comparative Literature
2008-09 Columbia University, New York, NY M.A. in Italian (Francqui Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation)
2007-08 Leuven, Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels Universities M.A. in Comparative Literature (magna cum laude)
2005-07 Leuven University, Belgium M.A. in Romance Philology, French and Italian (summa cum laude)
2003-05 Leuven University, Belgium B.A. in Romance Philology, French and Italian (magna cum laude)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Curator – Wang Xu, “What’s the Weather Like Today?” Solo Exhibition, New York, NY
2013 Intern – Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY
2009-11 Book Project Assistant on New York Times bestselling book – Nina Burleigh, writer/journalist, New York, NY
2010-11 Artist Assistant – Jinny Yu, Artist in Residence at ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
2009-10 Intern – International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
VOLUNTEERING
2008/2012 Organizing for America, registering voters in State College, PA (2008, Columbia University Democrats) and Philadelphia, PA (2012, OFA Field Organizer Academy); canvassing in Ohio (2012, LGBT for Obama)
2007 Argos Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2005 International Building Organization, Lisbon, Portugal
2003 School 55, R’azan, Russia