Erica Moretti è professoressa associata presso il Fashion Institute of Technology-State University of New York. Il suo libro The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children’s Rights (2021) ha ricevuto il premio Opera prima dell’American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), quello dell’International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) e la menzione d’onore dal Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies.