Federica Franze

Federica Franze is a Senior Lecturer in Italian at Columbia University and serves as the Intermediate Director of the Language Program. She has contributed extensively to Italian language teaching materials and focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of literature, migration studies, and humanitarian work.

• Education
  • Laurea in Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Urbino
  • Ph.D. in Literature, Rutgers University
  • Master's in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, University of London (2021)

Her research interests span transnational literature, cinema and literature of migration, and foreign language pedagogy, with a growing emphasis on refugee integration projects and humanitarian corridors in Italy. She supervises the Research and Outreach Team at PPSC Refugee Support Project.