For more than 15 years, I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses across institutions in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including programme leadership roles for postgraduate degrees. As a Fellow of the UK's Advanced Higher Education Academy, my teaching practices reflect the UK Professional Standards Framework, ensuring research-led pedagogy that connects theory to contemporary social and political challenges.

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Teaching Philosophy

​My teaching is grounded in the reciprocal relationship between research and pedagogy. I aim to cultivate students' critical thinking, analytical abilities, and independent learning interests while fostering an inclusive and innovative learning environment. My approach emphasises the integration of theory, policy, and practice, ensuring students develop both conceptual understanding and practical research skills.

 

​I prioritise strong foundations in research methodology, encouraging students to take empirical approaches and generate critical knowledge. This enables them to develop analytical skills necessary for interpreting quantitative and qualitative data and engaging meaningfully with contemporary political, social, philosophical, and cultural issues. Through interdisciplinary teaching, I guide students in examining the interactions between state and non-state actors, oppression and resistance, policy and politics, and the connections between historical processes and contemporary problems.​

 

Teaching Experience Across Disciplines

​I have taught across sociology, criminology, history, and political science, delivering modules that range from foundational introductions to advanced methodological training. My research has been incorporated into curricula at institutions including the University of Alberta, University of Leicester, Duke University, CUNY, NYU, University of Southern Mississippi, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Queen's University in Canada.

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I have served as Programme Leader for the MA Gender Studies at the University of Lincoln (2022–2024) and the MRes in Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Derby (2018–2020).

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PhD Supervision

I have successfully supervised multiple PhD students to completion and welcome supervision inquiries from prospective doctoral candidates whose research aligns with my expertise in comparative sociology, criminology, violence, conflict, and political processes.

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Modules/Courses Taught Since 2010:

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Undergraduate Level:​

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• Crimes of the Powerful

• Inequality and Society

• Introduction to Sociology

• Social and Political Theories

• Organised Crime in Global Perspective

• Images of Crime and Criminal Justice

• Critiquing Criminological Theory

• Penology and Penal Policy

• Researching in Social and Political Sciences

• Applying Research

• Policing, Crime, and Deviance

• Applying Criminology

• Law Enforcement and Human Rights

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Postgraduate Level:

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• Advanced Qualitative Methods

• Advanced Quantitative Methods

• Sociological Theories

• Comparative Historical Sociology

• Ethnographic Research and Methods

• Social Theory 

• Comparative Studies in Society and History

• Politics, Conflict, and Violence

• International History

• Empire, Power, and Resistance

• Researching Social and Political Sciences

• Gender, Crime, Deviance, and Society

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