1998-2003 Ph.D. Linguistics. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dissertation: Why ‘Even’ Ask? On the Pragmatics of Questions and the Semantics of Answers. Supervisor: Irene Heim. June 1997 “Tesi di Laurea”, Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. (Summa cum laude) Thesis Title: Negative Polarity and Logical Form. Supervisor: Gennaro Chierchia. 1992-1997 B.A. Philosophy. Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. Fall 95-Spring 96 Erasmus Exchange Student, Linguistics Department University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Supervisor: Frans Zwarts. Professional Record Sept. 2003-present Assistant Professor of Linguistics. University of Southern California, Department of Linguistics.