Sofia Rietti
Sofia Rietti
Contact
Email: sofia.rietti@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Colgate University
- M.A., Mental Health Counseling, Boston College
Research Interests
Psychoanalysis
Phenomenological Ethics
Existentialism
Feminist Philosophy
Department
Biography
Sofia Rietti is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at Boston College. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Colgate University and an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Boston 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 and the Cura Psychologia Project.
Publications
Morrill, Z., Guterres, K., Rietti, S., and Goodman, D. M., “Making Sense of Being and Transforming: Introduction to the Psychology and the Other Special Issue” 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, “Cura Psychologia: Caring for and Cultivating Psychological Science,” American Psychological Association (APA) Convention 2024, Seattle, WA.
June 2024, “Gender & Sexuality in Psychology: Behind the Scenes with ECP Co-Editors of a Special Issue,” Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Annual Conference, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 – Present, Conference Co-Chair, Psychology and the Other, Boston 2025
2023 – 2025, Cura Psychologia Project Coordinator
2023 – Present, Psychological Humanities and Ethics Initiative Steering Committee
2023 – 2024, Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Conference Planning Committee
2023 – 2024, Psychology and the Other, London 2024 Conference Planning Committee
2023 – 2024, Psychology and the Other, Boston 2023 Conference Planning Committee