Mari D'Agostino is a Full Professor of Italian linguistics at the University of Palermo. She directs the School of Italian Language for Foreigners (ItaStra) and the 2nd level master (post MA) in "Theory, design and didactics of Italian as L2/LS" of the same university and has coordinated the PhD in "Literary, Philological and LinguisticStudies". Her interests focus on Italian sociolinguistics, migration and transnational communities, literacy education and second Language learning for adults.