Professional Experience

Academic positions

2018 — present

Teaching, advising, and coordinating research at Harvard and Kobe.

At Harvard, I taught undergraduate sections and worked individually with students in Comparative Literature.

I also assisted a summer course in Italy and coordinated the Cultural Politics seminar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

At Kobe, my responsibilities include international collaborations, research funding, conferences, and the institute’s talks and fellowship.

Teaching Assistant, Harvard Summer SchoolAssisting Francesco Erspamer’s study-abroad course in Milan and Siena.Teaching Assistant · ITAL S-190, Beauty, Innovation, and Sustainability · Prof. Francesco Erspamer · Harvard Summer School · Milan and Siena · Summer 2022
Graduate Coordinator, Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesPlanning and running the seminar series chaired by Panagiotis Roilos and Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, including communication with speakers and event coordination.Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard · 2022 — 2023
Teaching Fellow & Personal Tutor, Harvard UniversityLeading undergraduate sections in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and General Education, and providing individual tutoring and advising in Comparative Literature.Comparative Literature, Philosophy, General Education · Cambridge, MA · 2018 — 2022
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Kobe Institute for Atmospheric StudiesCoordinating international research collaborations, organizing events, and securing and managing research funding.Kobe University · October 2024 — September 2026

Connections

TeachingCourses, tutoring, and supervision behind the academic roles.KOIASResearch and international collaboration at Kobe.

Professional Experience

Professional experience, projects, and skillsResumeA concise account of my professional work, education, and skills.

2018 — presentAcademic positionsTeaching, advising, and coordinating research at Harvard and Kobe.

Literary, scholarly, and professional translationTranslationTranslation across scholarship, literature, and professional work.

Milan & London, remote · 2023 — presentWriting Coach & Admissions Consultant, Omni AdmissionsHelping applicants develop their ideas and write clear, personal applications for university and graduate study, with a 95% success rate.

European translations & digital culture · Milan · 2022 — 2024Managing Editor, lay0ut magazineManaging an editorial team of more than fifteen contributors, commissioning and editing work on translation and digital culture, and contributing my own writing and translations.

A book on the conservatory’s guitar collection · Vicenza · 2025Translator & Proofreader, Conservatorio “Arrigo Pedrollo”Translating seven interviews with luthiers and one testimony into English, and proofreading a bilingual book on the conservatory’s guitar collection.

End-processing · Harvard · February — May 2018Rare Books Assistant, Houghton LibraryHandling rare books and manuscripts and preparing them for storage.

New York, remote · May — September 2015Editorial Intern, DailyCloutWriting opinion pieces on U.S. labor issues under Naomi Wolf’s supervision and managing social media channels.

Kobe University · October 2024 — September 2026Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Kobe Institute for Atmospheric StudiesCoordinating international research collaborations, organizing events, and securing and managing research funding.

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard · 2022 — 2023Graduate Coordinator, Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesPlanning and running the seminar series chaired by Panagiotis Roilos and Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, including communication with speakers and event coordination.

Comparative Literature, Philosophy, General Education · Cambridge, MA · 2018 — 2022Teaching Fellow & Personal Tutor, Harvard UniversityLeading undergraduate sections in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and General Education, and providing individual tutoring and advising in Comparative Literature.

Teaching Assistant · ITAL S-190, Beauty, Innovation, and Sustainability · Prof. Francesco Erspamer · Harvard Summer School · Milan and Siena · Summer 2022Teaching Assistant, Harvard Summer SchoolAssisting Francesco Erspamer’s study-abroad course in Milan and Siena.

Market research, straight from the audio · remote · 2015 — 2017Freelance Translator, BabbletypeTranscribing and translating Italian market-research recordings into English.

A winery’s leaflet into English · Siena · 2015Translator, Podere ScheggiollaTranslating a winery’s promotional leaflet into English as part of an agricultural export-support program.