About me
My name is Viviana, I was born in 1990 in Naples, Italy. I have always loved reading and writing, so I turned my passion into my job. I studied in France (École normale supérieure de Lyon) and taught in Poland (University of Economics in Kraków). All the pictures you see in my website were shot during my trips around the world. After my graduation I started teaching English as a Second Language in Italy (British School Group) to students from kindergarten to middle school.
Currently, I work and live in Florida. In 2021, I earned my Ph.D. in Comparative Studies from Florida Atlantic University. My dissertation engages with issues of ethics and collaborative writing in the French, Francophone, and Italian traditions. Starting from Spring 2022, I am a Lecturer of French at the University of Miami.
I am an ACUE-certified graduate teaching assistant and I teach French, Italian, and World Literature for the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature at FAU.
Because of my passion for digital humanities, I have always been interested in the potentialities of online teaching. For this reason, over the past four years I have earned experience both in designing and teaching online courses. I have made my professional priority to develop effective teaching techniques to improve students’ online learning experience
Languages
Italian: Native
French: Near-Native
English: Near-Native
Spanish: Advanced
Haitian Creole: Beginner
Chinese: Beginner
Latin and Ancient Greek: Reading and Writing Proficiency
Teaching Badges
ACUE
ACUE
Teaching Online Certificate
FAU Center for Online and Continuing Education
ACUE
ACUE
Designer/Facilitator Training Certificate
FAU Center for Online and Continuing Education
ACUE
ACUE
Flipgrid
To learn more about my online teaching techniques, check these articles
“Reaching out to Struggling Students, Virtually.” ACUE Stories. 23 April 2020. https://acue.org/stories/connecting-as-a-teacher-and-fellow-student/
Flaherty, Colleen. “Zoom Boom.” Inside Higher Education. 29 April 2020. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/29/synchronous-instruction-hot-right-now-it-sustainable
Podcast with Bonni Stachowiak. Teaching Higher Ed, https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/theory-vs-practice/
“Community is so important for teaching.” ACUE Community. 20 July 2020. https://community.acue.org/blog/community-is-so-important-for-teaching/