Person and Education Sciences

Lucia Bastianini

She graduated in Literature from the University of Siena in 1987  with a thesis  in History of the Italian language: "From dialect to language: texts for teaching Italian (1872-1917)". He has always taught in high schools (mostly in the three-year period). Last job at the Scientific High School of Colle di Val d'Elsa (SI). For several years he has been writing a  contribution aimed at indicating a different possible  reading  of The Betrothed according to a predominantly intratextual approach; an example of this type of reading  can be Le conversioni silenti  published in the journal  Sinestesieonline April 2016.
She is now a PhD student at the School of Personal and Educational Sciences, research address "History and literature of the modern and contemporary age".  

Carlotta Frigerio

Carlotta Frigerio, born in Varese on 11 May 1990, obtained a four-year degree in Primary Education Sciences (Childhood address) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, on 2 December 2013 with a thesis in History of School and Educational Institutions, supervised by Prof. Simonetta Polenghi, entitled: "The Stanga Kindergarten of Parravicino from the Foundation to today". 
On 1 December 2014 she obtained the qualification for teaching at Primary School with a thesis entitled: "Reading books for elementary school of the late nineteenth century. The Vallardi publishing house". 
Since 2015 she has been collaborating with Professor Simonetta Polenghi as a subject expert for the History of School and Educational Institutions course. 
In September 2015 he participated in the Conference "La memoria escolar. Nuevas tendencias en la investigación histórico-educativa: perspectivas heurísticas y cuestiones metodológicas" held at the University of Seville, presenting a work entitled "An ideal school memory. The cinematographic and television representations of the school of Don Lorenzo Milani" developed in collaboration with Professor Paolo Alfieri. The aforementioned work was published in October 2016 by Springer Editore. 
She is currently enrolled in the PhD in Personal and Educational Sciences, specialising in Pedagogy (Education), at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. 

Sara Isernia

Sara Isernia, born in Milan in 1991. In 2013 she obtained a three-year degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques at the University of Genoa, Department of Educational Sciences, with a thesis entitled "The Burnout syndrome in caregivers of elderly people with dementia: causes, symptoms and prevention", supervisor Prof. Guido Franco Amoretti.
In the academic year 2014 she obtained a master's degree in Psychology at the University of Pavia with an experimental thesis in "Plasticity and Theory of Mind in the elderly: role of executive functions and social skills", grade 110/110L, supervisor Prof. Elena Cavallini. She carries out her post-graduate training internship at the Magnetic Resonance Laboratory in the IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi, Institute of Santa Maria Nascente in Milan. Research collaborator at the same laboratory during the year 2016.
She is currently a PhD student at the School of Personal and Educational Sciences, curriculum "Person, Development, Learning" at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan with a thesis on the study of the multi-component nature of Theory of Mind in the adult population with typical and atypical development.

Rossella Leo

Serena Mazzoli

In July 2008 she obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Education and Training Sciences at the University of Bari. From 2008 to 2013 he specialized in the field of training and selection of personnel within the Human Resources division of a consulting company based in the Brescia area.
 
The need to increase her skills in the field of interest led her to enrol in the Master's Degree in Pedagogical Planning and Human Resources Training at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Brescia where she obtained, in March 2013, the title of master's degree with a thesis entitled "Intergenerational training responsibility. Compromise between tradition and innovation", supervisor Professor Pierluigi Malavasi, grade obtained 110/110 cum laude. In the academic years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 he also decided to complete his education through the acquisition of two master's degrees: Human Development and the Environment. Governance, training processes, scientific knowledge (second level master's degree) and Food Management and Green Marketing (first level master) both at ASA - Graduate School for the Environment - of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Brescia. In the same years he became part of a working group for the development of a project within the school from which the contribution "Promoting food education to plan the future" within the publication "Eating at school. Reflection and proposals on food education paths in Italian schools".
 
Following the completion of his training, in the following years he held various roles with tasks ranging from training to training design, from personnel selection to the orientation of senior and junior profiles.
 
Based on the experience gained, the doctoral project will focus on the theme of school-work alternation with the aim of developing a proposal for a sustainable training model through the networking of schools, universities and companies.

Valeria Milone

Valeria Milone, born in Naples in 1991, graduated in Psychology in 2014 from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Brescia with a grade of 110/110 cum laude. Always interested in the field of Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences, in 2015 she obtained the title of II level Master in Neuropsychology: evaluation, diagnosis and rehabilitation, starting a collaboration at the Research Unit in Social Neurosciences and Emotions under the supervision of Prof. Michela Balconi. He has a formal position at the Catholic University as classroom tutor of the Master in Clinical Neurosciences: evaluation, diagnosis and neuropsychological and neuromotor rehabilitation for the Brescia and Milan campuses. He participates in projects in the clinical and psychiatric fields by applying electrophysiological techniques, optical imaging and modulation of autonomic activity.  She is now a PhD student at the School of Personal and Educational Sciences, curriculum Cognition and Affects in Psychological Functioning. The research project will aim to investigate, through a multimethodical approach, the mechanisms of emotion processing and the levels of empathy present in two categories of patients, specifically schizophrenics and patients with Frontotemporal Dementia with behavioral variant (bvFTD), comparing them with healthy subjects in order to implement rehabilitation paths through the use of innovative neurostimulation and neuromodulation techniques.

Maria Chiara Oltolini

She graduated in Modern Literature at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan with a thesis on Leopardi and Pascoli astral poets (academic year 2008-2009, supervisor Prof. Enrico Elli) and in Modern Philology with a thesis on The coming-of-age story in the works of Miyazaki Hayao (academic year 2010-2011, supervisor Prof. Armando Fumagalli). At the same university he attended the first level master in "Writing and production for fiction and cinema" (a.y. 2012-2013), with a final project of an animated series developed under the guidance of the screenwriter Francesco Arlanch. 

Between 2014 and 2015 she worked in the United Kingdom as a cartoon screenwriter for the Welsh studio  Calon, directed by Robin Lyons. Since 2016 she has been a freelance author and PhD student in Personal and Educational Sciences (specializing in History and Literature of the Modern and Contemporary Age) at the Catholic University of Milan with the research project Telenoveli animati. The "World Masterpiece Theater" case, focused on the study of Japanese animated series that interpret the world masterpieces of children's literature with openly educational intentions. 

Daniele Premoli

Daniele Premoli, born in Saronno in 1992, in the academic year 2012-2013 graduated in History at the University of Milan, supervised by Prof. Paola Vismara, with a paper on "Pierfrancesco Scarampi, oratorian (1596-1656)". In June 2016 he obtained a master's degree in Historical Sciences at the same university, discussing a thesis entitled "Religious life in Saronno during the episcopate of Card. Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1929-1954)", supervisor Prof. Alfredo Canavero. At the same time, he deepened the study of some philosophical and theological issues as an auditor student at the Theological Faculty of Milan.

He is now enrolled in the doctoral programme in History and Literature of the Modern and Contemporary Age at the School of Personal Sciences and Education of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. His research interests mainly concern the history of the Church, especially the Ambrosian area, liturgy and associative forms in the contemporary age.

Marco Rondonotti

Alessia Tabacchi