Federica Guccini is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology with a collaborative specialization in Migration and Ethnic Relations. Her doctoral research at Western University focuses on the intersections of migration, diversity, language, identity and heritage among the Chinese population in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Her dissertation project is funded by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Other research areas include names/naming practices, online ethnography and non-suicidal self-injury content on social media. Federica also has an interest in higher education pedagogies and holds a part-time position at Western's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), where she helps develop and facilitate teaching workshops aimed at graduate students.
In her spare time, she sings in competitive a cappella groups and loves dissecting pop-culture through lenses of anthropology and intersectional feminism.