Core Team
We are a group of interdisciplinary scholars, researchers, and practitioners who are dedicated to revitalizing philosophical, theological, and psychosocial traditions in psychology in order to augment our moral vocabulary for understanding clinical work within the context of a higher ethical calling.
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David Goodman
Executive Director
David Goodman is Dean of the Woods College of Advancing Studies, the Executive Director of the聽Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics,聽and serves on the faculty in three Boston College departments: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, Philosophy, and Formative Education.聽Dr. Goodman has written over a dozen articles on continental philosophy, Jewish thought, social justice, and psychotherapy. Dr. Goodman currently serves as the Series Editor for the聽Psychology and the Other聽Book Series with Routledge. He has authored and edited over a dozen books including聽The Demanded Self: Levinasian Ethics and Identity in Psychology聽(with Duquesne University Press, 2012) and聽Psychology and the Other聽(with Mark Freeman and Oxford University Press, 2015).聽Dr. Goodman is also a licensed clinical psychologist and has a private practice in Boston, MA.
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Matthew Clemente
Director,聽Research & Curriculum
Matthew Clemente is the Director of Research & Curriculum at聽Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics聽and an聽Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Formative Education at Boston College. He is the Coeditor in Chief of the聽Journal for Continental聽Philosophy of Religion聽and the Codirector of the聽Guestbook Project, a 501c3 non-profit. He is the Series Editor of two book series with聽Routledge/Taylor & Francis and has authored or edited over a dozen books.
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Sofia Rietti
Project Administrator
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.