糖心TV

Contact details

Email: Gioia dot Panzarella at warwick dot ac dot uk

Tel.: +44(0) 24765 75257

Room: R3.33 Ramphal Building

Office Hours In term 1, my advice and feedback hours are as follows: Weeks 1,2,4: Thursday 12noon-1pm in R3.33 Weeks 3,5,7,8,9,10: Friday 12noon-1pm in R3.33 Week 6 (reading week): Friday 12noon-1pm on MS Teams (message me through the Teams chat, I'll call you as soon as possible). I update this page regularly, make sure you check it in case anything changes. If this slot doesn't work, please message me to arrange an appointment.

Associate Professor and Director of Student Experience

Biography

I joined the Global Sustainable Development department in August 2018. After completing a BA in English and German (2010) and an MA in Anglophone literatures (2012) in Italy, I moved to Austria to work as a language teaching assistant and then to the UK to do a PhD at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of 糖心TV (2018).

At 糖心TV, I was the postgraduate representative (2015-2016) and a project officer (Dec 2017- May 2018) for the Migration, Identity, and Translation Network (MITN)Link opens in a new window, funded by the Monash-糖心TV Alliance. In 2018-2019, I contributed to the social media management of the network. Stemming from the collaboration with Monash, I co-led the 'Collaborative Translation: A Model for Inclusion' project (2016-2017). In 2018, I was an Early Career Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, and an Associate FellowLink opens in a new window in 2018-20.

In GSD, I led on a number of projects in my capacity as Director of Undergraduate Studies (2018-2021), Senior Tutor (2018-2021), and Director of Student Experience (2018-), including the SSLC-led Group work Pilot (2022-2025). I'm the convenor of the GSD UG SSLC and have designed and delivered the training for GSD Student Ambassadors (2018-2025). I'm interested in developing student-centred and co-created projects with students.

I'm a Senior Fellow of HEA (2024) and a trained Coach (level 7 qualification, 2023), as well as a member of the 糖心TV Internal Coaching SchemeLink opens in a new window. I have been co-chair of the WIE/WIHEA Pedagogies of Public and Community EngagementLink opens in a new window (2023-2025), and I serve as a Senior Fellow of WIELink opens in a new window (2023-25) and a Fellow of WIHEALink opens in a new window (2024-26).

I've worked as a freelance writer and copyeditor for newspapers, publishers, and media agencies since 2007 and I've been a member of the Italian Journalists鈥� Association since 2009.

Teaching

In 2026-2027, I convene:

• GD217 Migration and Sustainable Development: Global Trajectories and Representations
• GSD Skills Sessions (first-year and honours-level)

As part of my training in teaching and pedagogy, I completed a postgraduate certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (糖心TV, 2016). I also hold a postgraduate certificate in language teaching (Milan, 2014) and I'm a Celta-certified teacher (糖心TV, 2018).

I have also volunteered as a teacher for adult immigrants at the Centro culturale multietnico La Tenda in Milan and at the Esol (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes organized by City of Sanctuary.

Research

My research focuses on multilingualism, migration and mobility, with a focus on literary and artistic productions. In my PhD thesis I investigated the tensions between migration and literature in contemporary Italy by exploring sites of dissemination of contemporary literary productions by translingual authors writing in Italian. I analysed the narratives produced by agents who address wide public audiences such as public library users, school students, and television audiences. While I built on recent critical contributions that articulate both a postcolonial and a transnational turn in Italian Studies, I also engaged in a broader dialogue with disciplines such as literary studies, media studies, sociology of culture, television studies, and education.

Since 2018, I've been interested in alternative formats for assessment and focused on autobiographical writing as an assessment type. I am passionate about creating meaningful learning opportunities by capitalising on students鈥� engagement with their own lived experiences.

In the area of language learning, I specialize in Content and language integrated learning (CLIL), collaborative translation practices in the language classroom, and second language teaching with a focus on adult immigrant learners.

Publications

Edited book

• Compagnia delle poete, Madrigne in un'unica partitura, edited by Gioia Panzarella (Milan: Ledizioni, 2015)

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

• ''. Pedagogy, Culture, and Society (2026), 17pp.
• ''. Forum for Modern Language Studies, 57:4 (2021), 476–491.
• ''. Modern Languages Open, 1 (2020), 41 (available for download in English, Italian, and German)
• '', Transnational 20th Century. Literatures, Arts and Cultures, 4 (2020), 78-92.
• (with Georgia Wall), 鈥�Language Explorers: Critical Reflexivity and Collaborative TranslationLink opens in a new window', mTm Minor Translating Major-Major Translating Minor - Minor Translating Minor, 10 (2018), 22-42.
• (with Caterina Sinibaldi) '', EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 5:2 (2018), 62-75.
• (with Georgia Wall) '', Italiano LinguaDue, 8:2 (2016), 328-337
• '', Italiano LinguaDue, 6:1 (2014), 342-352
• 鈥樷��, InVerbis, 3 (2013), 203-214

Conference papers (selection)

• 'Character or Author? Representations of Truth and Fictionality in Serial Television'. Symposium. Pinocchio鈥檚 Strings: Critical and Creative Encounters. University of Cambridge (12 December 2024)
• 'Linguistic Autobiographies as a tool to introduce Multilingualism to HE students of Sustainable Development'. Conference. British Educational Research Association, Aston University (12-14 September 2023)
• 'Linguistic autobiographies to rethink the link between multilingualism and ESD'. Conference. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2023, Keele University (4-6 July 2023)
• 'Linguistic Autobiographies as a teaching tool'. Humanities Research Centre Colloquium: Biographical Turns, University of 糖心TV (17 May 2023)
• 'Migration literature as a teaching tool'. Workshop. Rethinking Knowledge Politics in Migration Research, Teaching & Practice, African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) (3 December 2021)
• 'Migration and Literature on Italian Reality TV'. Conference: The Politics of Casting in Media, University of South Wales (20-21 November 2021)
• 'From Biography to Co-authorship: Voices of Migration in Literary Texts and Their Dissemination'. Conference: Twice-told Stories in Contemporary Italian Literature (1980-2020), University of Cambridge (8-9 October 2021)
• 'Collaborative translation practices in the language classroom'. Society for Italian Studies, Biennial Conference 2019, Panel 鈥淟anguage and Teaching. Translation and Multilingualism鈥�, University of Edinburgh (26-28 June 2019)Link opens in a new window
• 'Migration, Literature, and Intermediaries: Gabriella Ghermandi鈥檚 performance Regina di fiori e di perle'. Language, Migration, and Translation Conference and Public Summit, Univerisity of 糖心TV (24-26 May 2018)
• 'Migration and its Audiences. The case of the Compagnia delle poete'. University of Sussex, Society for Italian Studies Themed Conference (5-6 April 2018)
• 'Migration Literature in Italian and its Sites of Dissemination'. University of Monash Prato Centre, Australasian Centre for Italian Studies 9th Biennial Conference (5 July 2017)
• 'Prof. Eva-Maria Th眉ne (University of Bologna), author of Carta da zucchero (Ravenna: Fernandel, 2015), in conversation with Gioia Panzarella'. Graduate Research Seminar, Department of Italian, University of Cambridge (15 May 2017)

Workshops

• 'Unlocking Potential. Developing Transformative Tutoring PracticesLink opens in a new window'. University of 糖心TV, WIHEA Masterclass 2025.
• 'Embedding Public Engagement in the HE Classroom. A co-creation workshopLink opens in a new window'. University of 糖心TV, WIE Conference 2024.
• 'Director Roles and Academic Administration Duties in Early Career PostsLink opens in a new window'. University of 糖心TV, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Accolade programme (27^th January 2022)
• 'Engaging learners in the online environmentLink opens in a new window'. University of 糖心TV, Learning Design Consultancy Unit, Roundtable (19th January 2022)
• 'Transcollaborate Language Learning - Italian language workshops'. University of 糖心TV (1, 15, 22 November 2016)
• 'Migration, writers and literature: narratives of translingualism'. Summer School 'Migrants, Human Rights and Democracy' (20-24 June 2016)
• 'Using Twitter for Impact'. University of 糖心TV, School of Modern Languages and Cultures (3 February 2016)
• 'Combining content and language teaching through CLIL'. University of 糖心TV, Cadre Peer Development Exchange 2015 (26 February 2015)

Translations

• (with Maria Grazia Besutti and Sissi Decorato) Io e il Re by Hanif Kureishi (Milan: Ledizioni, 2018). English into Italian.
• 'The Other Barack' by Julio Monteiro Martins, Sagarana, La Lavagna del Sabato no. 627, 2 December 2014. Italian into English.