Allison Hadley

Allison Hadley, PhD, combines her love of storytelling with a strong background in academia to mentor the next generation of scholars. She earned her BA and PhD from Yale University and hopes to bring her love of writing into mentoring students in essay writing.

Allison grew up in New Jersey, where she spent most of her time reading. As an undergraduate at Yale University, she navigated the writing-intensive Directed Studies program and earned a BA in Italian literature with cum laude distinction. After, she pursued a PhD in Italian, specializing in Machiavelli and the application of practical theater to politics. Throughout her studies she tutored Italian and served as a Teaching Fellow for writing intensive courses, including Dante in Translation, as well as an introductory course in Italian film. It was these teaching experiences that led her to take a position at Yale’s Graduate Writing Center her final year of graduate study, where she assisted students in essay writing and conference presentation preparation.

After graduating, Allison pursued a variety of communications jobs in nonprofits as well as freelance arts journalism, covering local events and concerts for New Haven’s many publications. Eventually, she coalesced her work into a marketing career. Allison is now based in Chicago, working as a PR manager and content strategist for an award-winning digital marketing agency. 

An avid reader, Allison enjoys walking her dachshund, watching movies at the Music Box Theatre, and analyzing pop culture.