Coordinator
Full Professors
Full professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology
Expert in Project design
I teach courses on Developmental and educational psychology, Project design, and Methods and Techniques of intervention in multicultural contexts. I am the reference person for the Master degree in Psychology of life cycle.
My methodological interests include: quali-quantitative research methods, evaluation of intervention programs and projects.
My sustentative areas of interests include: the study of risk and resilience factors (individual and familiar) in adolescence and emerging adulthood; the relations between ethnic belonging, psychological well-being and quality of intergroup relations during the development; intercultural and citizenship education.
I have been the Italian coordinator of the activities of Mutual Intercultural Relations In Plural Societies (MIRIPS) project (https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/cacr/research/mirips), the responsible person for monitoring and evaluation of the project “DAPPERTUTTO: Territori e comunità per inventare il futuro” (https://danilodolci.org/dappertutto/), the scientific responsible of the research in the project Edu-Action 2.0 (https://peresempionlus.org/progetti/edu-action-2-0/). I am the responsible person for impact evaluation of the projects C.A.S.A. a Ballarò. Comunità Attiva e Scuola Aperta a Ballarò (https://percorsiconibambini.it/casaaballaro/) and PASSepartout. Azioni-chiave di prevenzione e contrasto della dispersione scolastica (https://percorsiconibambini.it/passepartout/scheda-progetto/).
List of courses
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/i/cristiano.inguglia/?pagina=insegnamenti
List of publications
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/i/cristiano.inguglia/?pagina=pubblicazioni
Full professor of Psychometrics
Expert in research methods in psychology and social sciences
I teach courses on research methodology and data analysis
My methodological interests include structural equation modelling, measurement invariance, longitudinal research, and evaluation of intervention programs
My sustentative areas of interests include parent-child relations and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents and emerging adults, social, democratic and intercultural competence in childhood and adolescence
I have been the Coordinator of the Erasmus+ project “Children’s Voices for a new Human Space” (https://www.cvs-project.eu/), the responsible person for impact evaluation of the project “DAPPERTUTTO: Territori e comunità per inventare il futuro” (https://danilodolci.org/dappertutto/)
e-Mai: sonia.ingoglia@unipa.it
List of courses
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/i/sonia.ingoglia/?pagina=insegnamenti
List of publications
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/i/sonia.ingoglia/?pagina=pubblicazioni
Associate Professors
Docente in Psicologia dinamica presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche, dell'Esercizio Fisico e della Formazione - Università degli studi di Palermo.
E' altresì coordinatrice nella progettazione ed implementazione di interventi socio-educativi per il Dipartimento di giustizia minorile ed è referente dei poli penitenziari universitari della città di Palermo.
I suoi interessi di ricerca sono orientati alla conoscenza e al riconoscimento dei diritti di gruppi minoritari fra i quali detenuti, vittime e autori di gender violence e persone LGBTQI+.
E' professoressa associata di Letterature comparate presso il Dipartimento Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche, dell’Esercizio Fisico e della Formazione dell'Università di Palermo.
I suoi campi di interesse riguardano le implicazioni di genere nelle pratiche dello sguardo, i fototesti delle migrazioni e più in generale il rapporto tra letteratura e cultura visuale. Fa parte del dottorato di ricerca in Cultura visuale dove segue principalmente progetti relativi allo sguardo femminile, alle rappresentazioni di genere e alle loro dimensioni politiche.
Dal 2019 al 2023 è stata coordinatrice scientifica per l'Università di Palermo del Progetto Migranti (Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education - Progetto N. 610242-EPP-1-2019-1-ITEPPKA2- CBHE-JP).
E' componente del team del progetto PRIN - 2020 "Fototesti: retorica, poetica e aspetti cognitivi".
Assistant Professors
Experts
PhD
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Edificio 15, Palermo, 90128, Italy.
e-Mail: gaetano.dinapoli@unipa.it ; gaetanodinapoli03@gmail.com
Education
Master’s Degree in Adult Education and Continuing Training (LM-57)
Current Positions
PhD Student in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences
PhD project title and a short abstract
PhD project title
Homonegativity and Double Stigma: Exploring the Challenges Faced by Ethnic and Sexual Minorities. Underlying Educational, Psychological, and Social Processes.
Abstract
In Italy, public debate on migration tends to focus on issues such as social integration, access to services, and economic conditions. However, one area that remains largely unexplored is the double stigma experienced by homosexual migrants. This condition often goes unnoticed, likely due in part to the persistence of discriminatory laws still in force in many countries of origin (Zecena, 2019).
This study aims to explore levels of homonegativity among first-generation migrants and second-generation youth, also taking into account the role of gender and religious affiliation.
The concept of homophobia refers to a set of negative and discriminatory attitudes towards sexual minorities, whose identities and rights—particularly their sexual orientation—are frequently denied. Many of these individuals live in hostile and judgmental environments, which deeply affect their sense of self and psychological well-being (Meyer et al., 2021).
Despite the increasing multicultural nature of today’s societies, scientific literature on attitudes toward homosexuality among migrants in host countries remains limited. Most research has focused on issues such as pre- and post-migratory trauma (Crepet et al., 2017; Steel et al., 2017), cultural shock (Oberg, 1960), or language-related and educational aspects, such as language erosion in adults (Wong & Fillmore, 1991) and second language acquisition difficulties (Cummins, 2000; Liddicoat & Taylor-Leech, 2014; Di Napoli et al., 2023).
It is therefore crucial to examine how experiences of discrimination affect the psychological well-being of homosexual migrants, as well as the resilience strategies they develop. From a psycho-pedagogical perspective, it is equally important to foster greater awareness, understanding, and respect for diverse sexual, gender, and cultural identities among helping professionals—particularly those working in migration and education. This would contribute to building more inclusive and flexible environments, capable of truly supporting the integration of those involved.
Supervisor: Prof.ssa Cinzia Novara
Main research areas of interest
Family, migrants, multilingualism, LGBTQIA+, ethnic and sexual minorities,
Researcher ID
IRIS: https://iris.unipa.it/cris/rp/rp61869
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7037-5893