2022 - Visiting scholarship at the Dept. of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, 15/10-1/12/22 and 15/3-1/5/23, awarded by University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

2019 - "Race, Nation, and Gender in Modern Italy: Intersectional Representations in Visual Culture" (Palgrave Macmillan) is Finalist, Fifth Place Ex Aequo of the Edinburgh Gadda Prize (2019), awarded by University of Edinburgh, UK

2017 - Visiting scholarship 1 May-1July 2018, awarded by Birkbeck Instute for Humanities, University of London

2014 - Best book award 2013 for the category of 20-21st centuries for the co-authored book Bianco e nero. Storia dell'identità razziale degli italiani (Le Monnier / Mondadori Education 2013) , awarded by American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS)

2009 - Award for Graduate Student Excellence in teaching (2008-2009), awarded by University of California representative at the University of Bologna

2009 - Endeavour (postdoctoral) Research Fellowship (6 months), awarded by Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations of the Australian Government

2007 - Marco Polo Fellowship (3 months), awarded by University of Bologna

2007 - Post-doctoral Fellowship (2 years), awarded by University of Bologna

2001 - PhD Fellowship (3 years), awarded by University of Torino

1996 - Erasmus Fellowship , awarded by University of Bologna