Lara Faccio

Lara Faccio is a Lecturer at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), affiliated with the Institute of Italian Studies within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She teaches Italian language courses to non-native speakers, including students, researchers, and faculty at USI's Lugano and Mendrisio campuses, and delivers specialized medical Italian instruction for students in the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences.

Her educational background includes:

• Graduate degree in Italian Literature, specializing in Comparative Literature, University of Turin, Italy
• Master of Arts in Italian Language, Literature and Culture, Institute of Italian Studies, USI
• Post Graduate Diploma in Intercultural Teacher of Italian for Foreign Students (FILIS), with highest honors

Lara Faccio's research and teaching interests span Italian language, literature, and art, with a particular focus on Medieval Literature and Neoplatonic influences in Stilnovist poetry. Her master's thesis explored fantasy and imagination in Stilnovist poetry through a Neoplatonic lens, supervised by Prof. Mira Mocan and Prof. Corrado Bologna. She also contributes to academic infrastructure as a collaborator at the Modern Languages Lab (LLM), where she coordinates language instruction and certification programs.

She has not published any scientific articles in the provided text, and no trends in publications can be identified. No scientific awards or honors are mentioned in the available information.

Lara Faccio advises no formal graduate students as per the text and there is no mention of research grants. However, her role in coordinating language programs and organizing certification exams at the Laboratory of Modern Languages highlights her organizational and academic leadership in language education.

She is actively involved with the Laboratory of Modern Languages (LLM) at USI, where she supports language learning across disciplines and campuses, contributing to both general and specialized (e.g., medical Italian) language training initiatives.