Alexia Ferracuti, Director of Inclusive Pedagogy, develops research-based workshops and resources that encourage faculty to explore a variety of equitable teaching practices. She also offers one-on-one consultations as well as tailored pedagogy workshops in collaboration with departments, programs, and a variety of campus partners, including students. In addition, Alexia serves as part of the Engaged Pluralism collaborative team, and oversees the Student Teacher Engaged Pedagogical Partnership (STEPP) program along with the new Peer Academic Consultants (PAC) program. Alexia earned her Ph.D. from Yale University in the combined degree of Italian and Renaissance Studies, with a focus on comedy, gender play, and dissimulation as key aspects of imitation and performance in the early modern period. She has taught courses in Italian, Theatre Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale, Wesleyan, and as part of Italian study abroad programs in Bologna, Siena, and Rome.
