Biography

• 1999-2003 Study of Classical Philology at the University of Messina
• 2004-2006 teacher training in Italian and Latin at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt and the Karl-Franzens University of Graz
• 2005-2009 Assistant lecturer in the Department of Romance Languages, Italian language training at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt
• 2006-2007 Internship for the subjects Italian and Latin, Europagymnasium Klagenfurt
• 2008 Doctoral degree in Italian Literature at the Institute for Romance Languages and Literature of the Alps-Adriatic University of Klagenfurt
• 2008-2013 teacher at the Carinthian State School Board in the subjects Latin and Italian
• 2009-2016 Senior Lecturer at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt in the Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Italian Language and Culture, Italian Cultural Studies and Didactics of Italian
• 2009 Training for teachers of foreign languages, Università Ca' Foscari, Laboratorio ITALS, Venezia
• 2009 Award for teaching with eLearning for courses at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt
• since 2010 lecturer at advanced training seminars for Italian teachers at AHS and BMHS, Pädagogische Hochschule Kärnten-Viktor Frankl Hochschule and Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark
• 2011-2016 Coordinator for International Relations of the Institute of Romance Languages and Literature at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt
• 2012 Habilitation and venia docendi for the subject "Italian cultural studies and its didactics" at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt
• 2013 Training as expert for 'Quality Control Standard Setting BHS' for the Standardised Matriculation and Diploma Examinations, Federal Institute for Educational Research, Innovation & Development of the Austrian School System Vienna in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck
• 2013-2016 Chairwoman of the Curricular Commission for Romance Studies at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt
• 2015-2016 Coordinator for the school internship for the subjects French and Italian at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt
• since 2016 Lecturer for the didactics of Romance languages and literatures at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Akademische Rätin
•  since 2018 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the journal "Italienisch", publication of the German Italianist Association, issued in cooperation with the German-Italian Association e.V., Frankfurt am Main

• since 2019 Member of the Board of Directors of the German Association of Italianists, Fachverband Italienisch in Wissenschaft und Unterricht e.V.