Research

Contradictions, complexities, and what lies between the lines fascinate Alessandra. She is intrigued by the locus where opposite sets of intangibles meet: private and public lives, biography and history, Psychology and Sociology.

In particular, her academic research lies at the intersection of Sociology of Media and Sociology of Mental Illness. The cinematic portrayal of people affected by mental illness constitutes the core of her dissertation.

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Additional interests are language(s) and culture, and pedagogy.