Sara Galli

Ph.D. Candidate

Campus

Areas of Interest

  • Medieval Literature
  • Pedagogy
  • Gender and Language

Working Dissertation

Title

Dante Alighieri's Didactic Project and Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana

Supervisors

Elisa Brilli
Franco Pierno

Biography

Sara Galli received her Master’s degree in Modern Philology and a Master’s in “Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language” from the University of Genoa. She taught Italian in public schools and private language courses for nine years before moving to Canada, where she is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Italian Studies Department of the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research focuses on Dante Alighieri’s didactic project and the influence of Augustine "Doctrina Christiana". Besides her research, her interests include linguistics and gender, as well as the didactic of the Italian language and culture.

Education

Laurea magistrale (M.A.), Modern Philology, Università degli Studi di Genova
Master I livello, Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language, Università degli Studi di Genova
Laurea triennale (B.A.), Cultutal Heritage Preservation, Università degli Studi di Genova

Administrative Service

Graduate Students' Representative, AATI, 2018 to present
President, Graduate Students' Association of Italian Studies, 2018-2019, 2020-2021

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