Sandra Covino

Sandra Covino is a Full Professor in the field of Italian Linguistics (LIFI-01/A) at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, affiliated with the Department of Italian Language, Literature, and Arts in the World (LILAIM). She has held leadership roles including coordination of the PhD programs in 'Sciences of Language' and 'Linguistic and Philological Sciences' (cycles XXV–XXVIII) and served as Director of the Department of Human and Social Sciences (2016–2017).

Her research spans a broad range of topics in historical and philological linguistics, including:

• History of the Italian language
• Linguistics and ideology, particularly in the interwar period
• Language policy and national identity
• Forged and parodied texts in Italian literary history
• History of lexicography and bureaucratic language
• Teaching Italian as both native and second language
• Epistolary editions and intellectual networks

Her recent publications reflect deep engagement with the ideological dimensions of linguistics, the cultural history of forgery, and critical editions of scholarly correspondence. She is currently leading the University for Foreigners of Perugia's unit in the PRIN 2022 project Scholars at War Digital Library and co-directing an international project on Clemente Merlo’s linguistic writings funded by the University of Zurich.

She has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences and has organized several academic events at her institution. She is an active member of key scholarly associations, including the Association for the History of the Italian Language (ASLI), the Center for Sicilian Philological and Linguistic Studies, and the Roman Philological Society. She also serves on the Observatory of the Italian Language at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC and the Scientific and Educational Council of the ICoN Consortium.

Sandra Covino advises no listed students in the provided text but has played a major role in doctoral education. She has participated in multiple national and international research projects and continues to lead funded initiatives. She teaches core courses such as Italian Linguistics and History of the Italian Language and Italian Outside Italy across various degree programs, including Digital Humanities and Italian for Teaching Foreigners.

She maintains an open office policy, offering both in-person and remote consultations for students.