University at Buffalo (UB)
Associate Professor
Romance Languages and Literatures / Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
ugolini@buffalo.edu
As an undergraduate student, I was under the impression that I could only rely on myself to succeed and that academia was a "sink or swim" system. Thankfully, my experience in graduate school was radically different. I was lucky enough to have wonderful mentors who helped me both at the professional and at the personal level. I see mentoring as central to academic life; a process where the mentor and the mentee can both learn from each other and grow together while discussing ideas, projects, and life circumstances.