Staff

Get to know the team in Italian.

Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.

Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).

Please email us in the first instance, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Undergraduate enquiries

Email us about undergraduate study in Italian

Postgraduate enquiries

Email us about postgraduate research in Italian

Head of Italian

The Head of Italian for the current academic year (2024 to 2025) is Professor Federica G Pedriali.

Professor Federica G Pedriali - profile

Academic staff

NameRole
Lucinda ByattTeaching Fellow in Translation from Italian and Lecturer in History
Daniele FalcioniTeaching Fellow
Luca MazzocchiMHRA Research Associate & Tutor in Italian
Davide MessinaProfessor of Italian and Comparative Studies
Marco PaloneLanguage Assistant (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Emanuela PattiLecturer in Italian, RSE Personal Research Fellow 2024-2025
Federica G PedrialiProfessor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies | Research Affiliate Edinburgh Futures Institute
Michela PrevedelloTeaching Fellow in Italian
Jennifer Robertson-RieckTeaching Fellow in Translation from Italian
Marco RuggieriMHRA Research Associate & Tutor in Italian
Daniela SanninoTeaching Fellow
Fionnuala SinclairLecturer

Further tutors

Academic Year 2024 to 2025: Semester 2 

  • Benni Campoleoni
  • Daniela Sannino
  • Elisa Vivaldi