Luciano Giromini, Phd
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Curriculum Vitae Luciano Giromini, PhD Personal Information Name Luciano Giromini Date of birth 07/31/1979 Nationality Italian Email [email protected] Phone (+39) 011 670 3060 Current Occupation □ Assistant Professor at University of Turin – Italy, Department of Psychology □ Core Faculty Member, Ph.D. program in Psychological, Anthropological and Educational Sciences, University of Turin – Italy □ Coordinator of the “Evidence-based Psychological Assessment (EPA)” research group at University of Turin – Italy Education □ 2013: Certificate of Administration and Coding Proficiency in the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) □ 2012: Doctor in Social, Cognitive and Clinical Psychology, University of Milan– Bicocca (Italy). Thesis: Human Movement Responses to the Rorschach Test and Embodied Simulation: An Interdisciplinary Investigation. □ 2009 – 2014: Research fellow at Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, California. Supervisor: Dr Donald J. Viglione. □ 2007 – 2009: Teacher Assistant (Italian equivalent) in Psychometrics □ 2007 – 2009: Teacher Assistant (Italian equivalent) in Multivariate Data Analysis □ 2006 – 2009: Teacher Assistant (Italian equivalent) in Statistics for Research in Social Sciences □ 2005 – 2006: Teacher Assistant (Italian equivalent) in Statistics and Market Research □ 2004 – 2005: Professional courses on administration and interpretation of Rorschach test (Exner method, level 1&2 plus specialization on children assessment), WAIS-R, and Blacky Test, A.R.P. Milan (Italy, private clinic). □ 2004: Master degree (Italian equivalent) in Psychology (summa cum laude), University of Milan–Bicocca (Italy). Thesis: AD/HD in adolescents. Teaching Experience □ 2015-2018: Instructor of “Rorschach – Evidence Based” at the undergraduate program of the University of Turin – Italy, Department of Psychology. □ 2014-2015: Professor of “Methods and Statistics for Research in Psychology” at the Ph.D. program in Psychological, Anthropological and Educational Sciences, University of Turin – Italy. □ 2014-2015: Instructor of “Assessment of Psychopathology” at the undergraduate program of the University of Turin – Italy, Department of Psychology. □ 2013 – 2014: Professor of “Introduction to Statistics” (PSY2002) at the Undergraduate Department of the Alliant International University – San Diego. □ 2013 – 2014: Professor of “Introduction to Psychology” (PSY1101) at the Undergraduate Department of the Alliant International University – San Diego. □ 2010 – 2014: Statistics Tutor for the Academic Support Center (ACS) of the Alliant International University of San Diego, California. □ 2008 – 2010: Instructor for the Online University of Milan–Bicocca, Faculty of Psychology. Courses: 1) Measures in Psychology; 2) Multivariate Data Analysis □ 2008: Instructor for the PhD program in Educational Sciences, University of Turin (Italy). Course: Statistics and Psychometrics in Psychology (30 hours) □ 2007 – 2009: Integrative Activities Instructor (consisting of teaching how to solve exercises) for the University of Milan–Bicocca (Italy), Faculty of Psychology. Courses: 1) Multivariate Data Analysis; 2) Psychometrics □ 2006 – 2009: Integrative Activities Instructor (consisting of teaching how to solve exercises) for the University of Milan–Bicocca (Italy), Faculty of Psychology. Course: Statistics for Research in Social Sciences □ 2005 – 2006: Integrative Activities Instructor (consisting of teaching how to solve exercises), for the I.U.L.M. University of Milan (Italy), Faculty of Economics. Course: Statistics for the Evaluation of Services. Research Skills □ Extensive knowledge of psychological assessment, with particular attention to the Rorschach test. □ Co-author of the Inventory of Problems (IOP©; Viglione, Landis & Giromini), a new test to identify and assess malingering. □ Extensive knowledge of statistics and psychometrics. In particular: excellent ability to manipulate datasets, compute data analysis, and design the methodology for a research project. Experience with validation of psychological tools. □ Experience with EEG, rTMS, and fMRI research. Good knowledge of research on mirror neurons. □ Experience with heart rate variability (HRV) and skin conductance research. □ Excellent computer skills. In particular: excellent knowledge of Excel, extensive knowledge of SPSS (for statistics and psychometrics) and Lisrel (for confirmatory factor analysis); good knowledge of Presentation (for stimuli presentation); moderate knowledge of Scan, EEGLab (both for EEG data analysis), and SPM-8 and Brain Voyager (for fMRI data analysis). Research Areas □ Psychological assessment, with particular emphasis on the Rorschach test (CS and R-PAS). □ Malingering of mental and cognitive disorders □ The mirror neuron system □ Cross-cultural adaptation of assessment tools □ Emotion regulation and dysregulation Honors, Awards, Scholarships □ 2017: CRT Grant, consisting of 30,000 Euros, issued by CRT foundation to conduct a research project focused on multi-cultural assessment (with MMPI) □ 2014: International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) Grant, issued by the IPA for a research project titled “Maternal Skills and Overweight Risk: a Longitudinal Study on the Reflective Functioning Role.” □ 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Alliant International University – San Diego, California. □ 2013: US Visa as Alien of Extraordinary Ability in Personality Assessment, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. □ 2013: Best 2012 Ph.D. Dissertation Prize (“AIP – Ordine degli Psicologi”), granted by the two major Italian associations in the field of psychology, for the best Italian Ph.D. dissertation in Applied Psychology. □ 01/2012 to present: Reviewer for Journal of Personality Assessment (Impact Factor now = 2.008; 5-year Impact Factor = 2.355) □ 2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. □ 2012: Mary Cerney Award 2012, Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), for the best paper published by a student (SPA affiliate) during the previous year. □ 2010: Student Dissertation Grant, Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), Grant given to the best dissertation proposals of SPA affiliate students. □ 2010: Best Poster at the “Congresso Nazionale della Società per la Ricerca in Psicoterapia”, 1-3 October, Perugia, Italy. □ 2008: “Dote Ricercatore” Grant provided by the “Fondo Sociale Europeo” and “Regione Lombardia” for researching on “Eating Disorder Treatment”. □ 2007: “Comune di Milano” Scholarship granted by the “Comune di Milano” for researching on AD/HD Diagnosis in Schools of Milan. Invited Seminars and Lectures □ 2017: Deepening the understanding of Rorschach responses through EEG, fMRI, and other psychophysiological techniques, seminar upon invitation, Florianopolis, Brazil □ 2017: Introducing R-PAS, 3-day workshop on R-PAS administration, coding, and interpretation, Milan, Italy □ 2016: On the scientific status of the Rorschach, seminar upon invitation, Guildford, UK □ 2015: Developing scoring and administration proficiency for R-PAS research and practice (co-presented with Dr. Donald Viglione), 1.5-day workshop, Milazzo (Messina), Italy Papers Published in International, Peer-Reviewed Journals 1. Ando, A., Pineda, J. A., Giromini, L., Soghoyan, G., QunYang, Bohm, M., Maryanovsky, D., Zennaro, A. (2018). Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on attribution of movement to ambiguous stimuli and EEG mu suppression. Brain Research, 1680, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BRAINRES.2017.12.007 2. Giromini, L., Viglione, D.J., Pineda, J.A., Porcelli, P., Hubbard, D., Zennaro, A., & Cauda, F. (2017). Human Movement Responses to the Rorschach and Mirroring Activity: An fMRI Study. Assessment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1073191117731813 3. Di Girolamo, M., Giromini, L., Winters, C.L., Serie, C.M.B., de Ruiter, C. (2017). The Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy: A Comparison Between Paper-and-Pencil Versus Online Formats in Italian Samples. Journal of Personality Assessment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1389745 4. Giromini, L., Ales, F., de Campora, G., Zennaro, A., & Pignolo, C. (2017). Developing age and gender adjusted normative reference values for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 39(4), 705-714. Doi:10.1007/s10862-017-9611-0 5. Giromini, L., Colombarolli, M.S., Brusadelli, E., & Zennaro, A. (2017). An Italian contribution to the study of the validity and reliability of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale. Journal of Mental Health, Advance Online Publication, 24 June 2017, Doi: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1340621 6. Giromini, L., Viglione, D.J., Zennaro, A., & Cauda, F. (2017). Neural activity during production of Rorschach responses: An fMRI study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 262, 25-31. 7. Pignolo, C., Giromini, L., Ando’, A., Ghirardello, D., Di Girolamo, M., Ales, F., & Zennaro, A. (in press). An inter-rater reliability study of Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) raw and complexity-adjusted scores. Journal of Personality Assessment, Doi: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1296844 8. Giromini, L., Ando', A., Morese, R., Salatino, A., Di Girolamo, M., Viglione, D.J., & Zennaro, A. (2016). Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress. Psychiatry Research, 246, 166-172. doi: htp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.036