curriculum vitae valeria quaglia

CURRICULUM VITAE VALERIA QUAGLIA
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ph.D. Student in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research
University of Milan, University of Turin
Graduate School of Social and Political Sciences - NASP
Department of Social and Political Science
Via Pace 10, 20122, Milano, Italia
Phone: 0039 3495985300
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION and TRAINING
2015/Today Ph.D in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research (SOMET), University of
Milan, University of Turin;
2015 Master degree in Sociology (with great honor and recommendation for thesis publication),
Thesis title: “(In)visible Families: How Parents and Offspring Construct and Manage Their
Non-Heteronormative Identities”;
course: Qualitative Methods in Social Research; Supervisor: professor Mario Cardano;
2013 Diploma of Volunteer Nursing (II.VV.) with the Lieutenant Junior grade;
2010 Bachelor Degree in Political Science,
Thesis title: “Homosexualities in the Modern Age”;
Course: Modern History; Supervisor: professor Giuseppe Rutto;
2003 First Certificate in English, FCE (pass at grade A);
2000 Preliminary English Test, PET (pass with merit).
LANGUAGES
READING
WRITING
SPEAKING
ENGLISH
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
FRENCH
Intermediate
Low Intermediate
Low intermediate
SPANISH
Intermediate
Low Intermediate
Low Intermediate
GERMAN
Low Intermediate
Elementary
Elementary
ITALIAN
Native
Native
Native
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gender studies, women’s studies, sexuality and queer studies, qualitative research methodologies
PUBLICATIONS
Graglia M., Quaglia V. (2014), Omofobia contemporanea: la pressione sociale all’invisibilità e la
contrarietà verso l’omogenitorialità, in “Rivista sperimentale di Freniatria”, CXXXVIII, 2, pp. 5983
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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2016 Presentation of the paper (In)visible families: how parents and offspring construct and
manage their non-heteronormative identities in Italy at the Fourth Annual Summer School
of the Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities, Durham University, UK;
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2016 Presentation of the paper Que(e)rying the family: the making of kinship by lesbians
and gays at the Grožnjan 10th International Spring School on Human Sexuality;
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2016 Participation to the analysis of the data related to the open question of the
questionnaire in the research “ConvHIVere, gay + e -“, Scientific Coordinator Raffaele
Lelleri, see: http://www.lelleri.it/plus/ ;
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2015 Librarian course as volunteer at the ‘Circolo Maurice Documentation Centre’ (Turin);
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2013 Organization of a cycle of events called “Cineforum Sociologico” in cooperation with
the University student group ‘Gruppo Fughe’ and the CPS Department, University of Turin;
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2012-2013 Organization of a cycle of seminars in cooperation with Gruppo Fughe;
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2009 Attendance of the course ‘Donne, Politica ed Istituzioni’, organized by CIRSDE
(Centro Interdisciplinare di Ricerche e Studi delle Donne e di Genere), University of Turin;
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2007-2008 Voluntary work as translator of the Red Cross International Committee’s articles
for the Website www.caffedunant.it;
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2006 International cultural exchange programme with Australia;
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2005-2010 Voluntary work for ‘ConTatto’, a psycological counseling service committed to
supporting LGBQ people at the ‘Circolo Maurice’ (Turin);
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2004 International cultural exchange programme with Finland;
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2003 International cultural exchange programme with California (USA);
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2002 International cultural exchange programme with Australia;
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2002-2004 Agesci Scout;
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2002-2016 Red Cross Volunteer.
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