Emilia is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication. Her research program examines health communication and mediated communication, focusing on how communication shapes health experiences, decision making, and well-being across interpersonal and mediated contexts. Her work has examined health information management, diagnostic experiences, and mental health, and her broader agenda seeks to understand how health communication can improve outcomes for individuals navigating chronic, stigmatized, and underrecognized health conditions.

Her current work focuses on reproductive health and underdiagnosed conditions, with particular attention to diagnostic experiences, pain communication, and the dismissal and invalidation of pain, and the consequences these experiences can have on physical and mental health and quality of life. Using primarily quantitative approaches, she studies patient-provider communication and how patients communicate about pain within these conditions.

Emilia is also deeply committed to teaching and creating supportive and engaging learning environments. She currently teaches Persuasion and previously taught Public Speaking. Beyond the classroom, she is highly engaged in departmental and disciplinary service. She also serves as assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies and the Director of International Programs in the Department of Communication.