Massimiliano Schirinzi is an English lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Educational Science, and Human Movement at the University of Palermo (Italy). He is a teacher of Italian L2/LS, a linguistic and cultural mediator, and an oral examiner at the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Italy). He is also the coauthor of the book In Partenza: An Introduction to Italian (2013, with R. Guarino) and coauthor of the articles “Immigrant Prisoners in Italy: Cultural Mediation to Reduce Social Isolation and Increase Migrant Prisoner Well-Being?” (2022, with M. Schirinzi, C. Novara, and E. Ayllon Alonso) in International Journal of Prisoner Health, and “Reversing the Trend: A Psychosocial Intervention on Young Immigrants in Sicily” (2018, with M. Garro) in Journal of International Migration and Integration.
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