Sofia Rietti
Sofia Rietti
Contact
Stokes Hall North 220A
Email: sofia.rietti@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Colgate University
- M.A., Mental Health Counseling, md传媒国产剧 College
Research Interests
Psychoanalysis
Phenomenological Ethics
Existentialism
Feminist Philosophy
Department
Biography
Sofia Rietti is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at md传媒国产剧 College. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Colgate University and an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from md传媒国产剧 College. Her work sits at the intersection of philosophy and clinical practice, drawing on feminist philosophy, psychoanalysis, and phenomenological ethics to explore ethical and existential dimensions of mental health care. Through her research, she hopes to deepen philosophical understandings of suffering, embodiment, and relationality while bringing critical insights from therapeutic practice into conversation with contemporary philosophical thought. She is also involved with the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics聽and the Cura Psychologia听笔谤辞箩别肠迟.
Publications
Morrill, Z., Guterres, K., Rietti, S., and Goodman, D. M., 鈥淢aking Sense of Being and Transforming: Introduction to the Psychology and the Other Special Issue鈥� in Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Volume 25, Issue 2, 71-75. Published online: 01 Jul 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/15240657.2024.2346451
Presentations
August 2025, "Dangers of Explaining Suffering: Psychodicy as a Secular Theodicy," American Psychological Association (APA) Convention 2025, Denver, CO.
August 2024, 鈥淐ura Psychologia: Caring for and Cultivating Psychological Science,鈥� American Psychological Association (APA) Convention 2024, Seattle, WA.
June 2024, 鈥淕ender & Sexuality in Psychology: Behind the Scenes with ECP Co-Editors of a Special Issue,鈥� Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Annual Conference, md传媒国产剧 College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 鈥� Present, Conference Co-Chair,聽Psychology and the Other,聽md传媒国产剧 2025
2023 鈥� 2025,聽Cura Psychologia聽Project Coordinator
2023 鈥� Present, Psychological Humanities and Ethics Initiative Steering Committee
2023 鈥� 2024, Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Conference Planning Committee
2023 鈥� 2024,聽Psychology and the Other,聽London聽2024 Conference Planning Committee
2023 鈥� 2024,聽Psychology and the Other,聽md传媒国产剧 2023 Conference Planning Committee