PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, 2021 - PRESENT
PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN SERVICES AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND NUEROSCIENCE, COLLEGE OF PSYCHOLOGY: Taught doctoral, Master of Science and undergraduate course in Case Conceptualization, Intellectual Assessment and Interviewing, Interrogation and Report Writing. Managed curriculum development, teaching assignments and quality assurance of Program. (January 2014 – 2021)
PROVOST EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Responsible for academic development and quality assurance of university-wide academic programs, for supervision of university deans, for oversight of university research, libraries, health services, K-12 offerings and athletics and for representing academic needs to the President and the Board of Trustees. The University offers degree programs at the Doctoral, Master of Science and Undergraduate levels. Colleges and programs include, Law, Business, Psychology, Education, Computer Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Oceanography, Criminal Justice, Allied Health, Osteopathic Medicine Allopathic Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Optometry, Medical Sciences, K-12 Lower and High School, and the Family Center. As the University’s Chief Academic Officer, the P&EVPAA serves on the President’s cabinet and as Chair of the University Council of Deans. Position reports to the University President (2004-2014)
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA: Activities include academic and administrative assignments made throughout the University. (1997-2021. Appointments made by the President included:
-CHAIR, ACADEMIC REVIEW
Responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive program of academic review for all degree programs throughout the University. Process includes both peer/faculty review of academic programs as well as external/expert review of programs (July 2002– 2005).
-CHAIR, NEW PROGRAM CONSULTATION AND REVIEW
Responsible for program review and consultation in proposal development for all new programs at Nova Southeastern University. Provided consultative feedback to program and recommendations to the President regarding overall quality of program proposal. (May 2003 – 2006).
-CHAIR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE
Responsible for the establishment of the Criminal Justice Institute. Institute activities included the development of a multidiscipline cooperative programs, Master of Science program, Continuing Education offerings and coordination of university-wide criminal justice activities (2000- 2008).
-ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ADMINISTRATION, COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE, HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION, NOVA SOUTHEASTER UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. Responsible for assisting in the development and for overseeing the administration of the College of Dental Medicine. Activities included the development of budgetary, human resources, operating policy-procedures, etc. (2000- 2003).
-ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS, COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE, HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. Responsible for overseeing the curriculum development and the establishment and management of Academic and Student related policies and procedures in this newly established (Fall 1997) College (1997- 2000).
FOUNDING DEAN, CENTER FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, (Renamed College of Psychology), NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
- Responsible for managing the reorganization of the Department of Psychology, the Professional School of Psychology, and the Community Mental Health Center into the combined Center for Psychological Studies.
- Served on University Budget Committee
(1984-1997).
- Selected Highlights
Capital Projects
Professional and Academic Accreditation
Program Development
University Service
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, CENTER FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. Responsible for teaching at the Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate levels, providing clinical and research supervision within the Clinical Psychology Programs (APA accredited) and Master of Science Programs in the Center for Psychological Studies, Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Professor 1980 through 2021.
Non-Academic
Private Practice. Provided out-patient psychological services (including intellectual and neuropsychological assessment and psychotherapy) for adults and children; Services provided pro bono within university service clinics; provided consultation to local law enforcement departments regarding witness interviewing (1980-1998).
Consultant. Provided consultation to the Department of Professional Regulation of Florida, Board of Examiners in Psychology. This consultation included the site visit of programs whose graduates were considered for licensure, expert presentation at board meetings and expert testimony before State of Florida Hearing Officer (1990 - 1997).
Psychologist, South Carolina State Department of Corrections: Chief Psychologist, Department of Reception & Evaluation. Responsible for supervising a five-member staff in evaluating all incoming inmates into the South Carolina Department of Corrections system. Also responsible for conducting complex evaluations and making special recommendations on inmates with special referral problems from the court (1979-1980).
Clinical Internship (APA accredited), The Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York. Responsible for providing consultation in team approach to treatment, as well as individual treatment and assessment of behavioral problem children and adolescents. Conducted program evaluation by determining rater reliability of the Devereaux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale (1978-1979).
Mental Health Consultant, Emergency Room, Richland Memorial Hospital/Columbia Area Community Mental Health Center, Columbia, South Carolina. Consulted with medical staff in treatment and referral of mental health related emergencies. Made determinations as to appropriateness of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations. In addition, provided crisis intervention for telephone and walk-in emergencies. Services provided in Tri-County hospital emergency room as part of emergency treatment team (1975-1976).
EDUCATION
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED
Housing Urban Development-Homeless Project (HUD) Contract Manager,
De Piano, F. Funding of 2.5 million dollars was received. Demonstration Project. Training program for homeless elderly (1995-1997).
Transitional Housing Project - Housing Urban Development Principle Investigator, De Piano, F. Funding of 4.1 million dollars received. Demonstration Project. Training program for chronic, mentally ill, homeless, and elderly patients (1989-1994).
Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill; Community Mental Health Center. Health Rehabilitation Services (HRS). Contract Manager, De Piano, F.A. Annual Funding of 1.6 million/year (1991-1997).
Geriatric Residential Treatment System. Health Rehabilitation Services (HRS). De Piano, F. A. Principle Investigator. Annual Renewable Funding of 2.1 million/year 1989-1997.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse on the College Campus: Demonstration project. David E. Stenmark, F.A. De Piano and Linda De Piano. (South Carolina Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse). Funding of $130,000 was received. 1978.
APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
APA Board of Educational Affairs, Appeals Panel (2025-2026)
Site Visitor American Psychological Association, Office of Accreditation (Commission on Accreditation). Chaired/served on about 20 accreditation site visits. Chaired Appeals Panel, Office of Accreditation, American Psychological Association (1983-2024).
Site Visitor American Bar Association (2017-Present) Served as accreditation site visitor.
Division 30, American Psychological Association,
President, (2004-2005).
American Psychological Association Membership Committee. Responsible for establishing criteria for eligibility for APA membership, evaluating requests for eligibility exceptions for membership and reviewing and recommending members to be provided with Fellow Status within the organization. (1999-2002).
National Conference. Co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association of Postdoctoral and Pre-doctoral Internship Council (APPIC) on Training for the Marketplace. Served as Co-Chair of national conference on training of psychologists (October 1997).
Chair, APA National Committee on Mandatory Continuing Education for Psychologists. The American Psychological Association (1996-1997).
Committee for Advancement of Professional Psychology (CAPP). Served as liaison between the Board of Educational Affairs and CAPP (1997-1998).
Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) American Psychological Association (1994 - 1997, elected member. Executive Committee of BEA - 1996 – 1997).
Broward County Alcohol & Drug Abuse - Board Member
November 1983-1990. Appointed to the Board’s Executive Committee -1986-1990
AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
-American Psychological Association - Fellow
-President, Student Psychological Assoc., University of South Carolina, (1977-78)
EDITOR
Psychotherapy in Independent Practice (re-titled in 1999: 1989–2002).
Co-Editor, (with Vincent B. Van Hasslet) Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, (1993 – 1999).
Editorial Review Boards:
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Therapy
Senior Book Editor - Haworth Press.
Book series editor, Advances in Psychology and Mental Health (1990 - 2008)
RADIO/TV PRESENTATIONS
Guest appearance on Radio Show ‘Your Dental Care.’ West Palm Beach, Florida (February 2000).
Appeared as guest on TV show Focus on Health. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Discussed dental and psychological service provision (February 1999).
Appeared as guest on Joan Siani show, Miami-Dade, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. Discussed provision of various psychological services (October 1982).
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
Florida License as Psychologist (3139); North Carolina Psychologist (6184)
PERSONAL
Member, University of South Carolina Letterman Association. Association’s members are University Alumni who participated in intercollegiate athletics (1983 – Present).
Head Coach; Nova Southeastern University Varsity Cross Country Team.
Established and served as inaugural head coach for intercollegiate varsity Cross-Country team and university Track Club. (1983 – 1989)
Commercial Pilot (Fixed Wing), Instrument Rated, Multi Engine Rated, Certified single engine sea. Private Pilot, Helicopter and Ground Instructor
Sensei; Jui Jitsu (Third Degree Black Belt) Martial Arts Instructor
Florida Licensed Real Estate Sales Associate
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
DePiano, F. and DePiano, D. (2018). Investigative Uses of Hypnosis. In Handbook of Behavioral Criminology: Contemporary Strategies and Issues. Springer, Publishing Co. NY, NY.
York, C., De Piano, F.A. & Kohler, F. (2005). Hypnosis in Dentistry. In The Behavioral Sciences in Dentistry. Ayer, W. (editor). Haworth Publishing, Binghamton, New York.
De Piano, F.A., & Hersen, M. (1995). Consultation. In L.A. Heiden & M. Hersen (Eds.), An introduction to clinical psychology. New York: Plenum Press.
Gold, S. & De Piano, F.A. (1992). Training the psychologist in assessment. In The Core Curriculum in Professional Psychology. Peterson, D. and McHolland, J. (Eds.) Washington, D.C., the American Psychological Association.
De Piano, F.A., & Salzberg, H.C. (1986). Clinical applications of hypnosis. Ablex Publishing Company, Englewood, New Jersey.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
De Piano, F.A., Bricklin, P., Friedheim, D., Gold, S., and Mahoney, M. (1998). Assessment training as a component of the Psychologist Core Training. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 16, (4).
Nadler, J.D., Sellers, A.H., LaPointe, L., & De Piano, F.A. (1994). Clinical Efficacy of Halstead's Impairment Index versus an Empirical Weighting Procedure. Assessment 1, 367-372.
De Piano, F.A. & Girolamini, M. (1993). Professional psychology: A model for relevance and effectiveness. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 12, (3).
De Piano, F.A. (1985). Hypnosis in the treatment of aquaphobia. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 3, (1), 93-97.
De Piano, F.A., De Piano, L.C., Carter, W., & Wanlass, R. (1984). The effects of physical fitness training and relaxation training on self-concept. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 3, 75-82.
De Piano, F.A. & Salzberg, H.C. (1981). Hypnosis as an aid to recall of meaningful information presented under three types of arousal. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 29, 383-400.
Salzberg, H.C., & De Piano, F.A. (1980). The effects of hypnosis with task motivating instructions on simple learning tasks: A second look. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 28, 261-271.
De Piano, F. A., & Salzberg, H. C. (1979). Clinical applications of hypnosis to three psychosomatic disorders. Psychological Bulletin, 86, 1223-1235.
REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
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