Professional Experience

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Kobe Institute for Atmospheric Studies

Kobe University · October 2024 — September 2026

Coordinating international research collaborations, organizing events, and securing and managing research funding.

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KOIASResearch and institutional coordination at Kobe.

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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.