Psychology

Profile

Background

I graduated from the University Sapienza of Rome and I continued my postgraduate studies there. In 1992, I was a visiting student at UCLA, USA, where I received a training in Conversation Analysis and Applied Linguistics. In 1994, I received my PhD degree in Social Psychology.  Between 1999 and 2008, I was a member of the Department of Psychology of Development and Socialization.   My teaching experience includes Social Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Conversation Analysis and Cultural Psychology.   

Research

Beginning my PhD research on autobiographical narratives in psychotherapy, I have focused on social psychological processes as visible and constructed through language.   I have been studying for many years  interaction in families with children, focusing on socialization practices, agency and inter-subjectivity. Intercultural comparisons of family life were carried out together with the other international units in the CELF international project (Cf. also the Italian unit website). I have participated in ESF Language and Social Action project of affiliation and disaffiliation language practices in different European languages. Narrative has been a constant interest, approached  from a variety of perspectives, ranging from textual analysis of autobiographical literature to interactional analysis of spoken narratives in diverse natural contexts. Recently, I have been involved in research on the memory and perception of space, and on embodied action.  I am also concerned with methodological issues, notably with developing  ethnographic methods and conversation analysis for psychological research.

I am a member of the Centre for Situated Action & Communication.

Teaching

I coordinate the Year 1 unit "Applications of Psychology" and I am also lecturing in Qualitative Methods and Conversation Analysis to MSc Forensic Psychology and MSc PSychological Research Methods.

Recent Publications

More recent publications

Journal articles and book chapters before 2008  (international publications)

• Fasulo A., Loyd H, & Padiglione V. (2007). Children's Socialization into Cleaning Practices: a Cross-cultural Perspective. Discourse & Society, 18, 11-33. (pdf)
• Fasulo A., & Fiore F. (2007) A valid person: Non-competence as a Conversational Outcome. In A. Hepburn & S. Wiggins (Eds.) Discursive Research in Practice. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (pdf)
• Fasulo A. (2007) Theories of Self in Psychotherapeutic Narratives. In M. Bamberg, A. De Fina & D. Schiffrin  (Eds.) Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. (pdf)
• Edwards, D., & Fasulo A. (2006). 'To be honest': Sequential uses of honesty phrases in talk-in-interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 4, 343-376. (pdf)
• Fatigante M., Fasulo A., & Pontecorvo C. (2004). 'This is not a dinner'.  Metacommunication in Family Dinnertime Conversation. in A. U. Branco & J. Valsiner (Eds.) Communication and Metacommunication in Human Development, USA: Information Age Publishing, pp. 33-81. (pdf)
• Fasulo A., & Zucchermaglio C. (2002). My Selves and I: Identity Markers in Work Meeting Talk. Journal of Pragmatics, 34, 1119-1144. (pdf)
• Fasulo A. (2002). "Hiding on a Glass Roof", or a Commentator's Exercise on Rewriting Memories. Culture & Psychology, 8, (1), 146-152.
• Fasulo A., Liberati V., & Pontecorvo C. (2002). Language Games in the Strict Sense of the Term. Children's Poetics and Conversation. In S. Blum-Kulka & C. Snow (Eds.) Talking to Adults. Hillsdale NJ.: LEA, pp. 209-237.
• Talamo A., & Fasulo A. (2002). Opening Windows in Each Other's Mind. In R. Bromme (Ed.), Writing Hypertext and Learning, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 99-124.
• Pontecorvo C., Fasulo A., & Sterponi L. (2001). Mutual Apprentices. The Making of Parenthood and Childhood in Family Dinner Conversation, Human Development, 44, 340-361.
• Fasulo A., Mannetti L., & Pierro A. (2000). Recuerdos en filigrana. La trama colectiva de la memoria individual. In A. Rosa Rivero, G. Bellelli, D. Backhurst (Eds.), Memoria colectiva e identidad nacional. Biblioteca Nueva: Madrid, pp. 207- 229.
• Fasulo A. (1999). Life Narratives and the Construction of Normality. In W. Maiers, B. Bayer, B. Duarte Esgalhado, R. Jorna & E. Schraube (Eds.), Challenges to Theoretical Psychology. Captus Press, pp. 235-244.
• Pontecorvo, C. & Fasulo A. (1999). Planning a Typical Italian Meal: A Family Reflection on Culture. Culture & Psychology, 5, 3, 313?335.
• Fasulo A., Girardet, H., & Pontecorvo C. (1999). Representing a different culture. Exercises on point of view. Language and Education, 13, 4, 233-253.
• Fatigante M., Fasulo A., & Pontecorvo C. (1998). Life with the Alien: Role Casting and Face-Saving Techniques in Family Conversation with Young Children. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 9, 2, 97?121.
• Fasulo A., Girardet H., & Pontecorvo C.  (1998). Historical practices in school through photographical reconstruction. Mind, Culture and Activity, 5, 253-271.
• Fasulo, A. (1997). Other Voices, Other Minds. The Use of Reported Speech in Group Therapy Talk. In L. Resnick, R. Säljö, C. Pontecorvo, & B. Burge (Eds.), Discourse, tools and reasoning: Essays on situated cognition. NATO Series, Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 203-223. (pdf)
• Pontecorvo, C., & Fasulo, A. (1997).  Learning to argue in family shared discourse. The reconstruction of past events. In L. Resnick, R. Säljö, C. Pontecorvo, B. Burge (Eds.), Discourse, tools and reasoning: Essays on situated cognition. NATO Series, Berlin: Springer Verlag.
• Bonaiuto M., & Fasulo A. (1997). Rhetorical intentionality attribution: Its ontogenesis in ordinary conversation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 511-536.
• Ochs, E. Pontecorvo, & C. Fasulo, A. (1996). Socializing taste. Ethnos, 61, 1/2, 7-46. (pdf)
• Fasulo, A. (1994). Hablando el habla de otros. El discurso referido en psicoterapia. Substratum, 2, (5), 69-90.

Selected Italian Publications

Books and Special Issues

• Fasulo A. (2009) L’epistemica debole della conversazione: Quando le domande iniziano con e o con ma. In M. Fatigante L. Mariottini M. E. Sciubba (Eds.) Lingua e Società. Scritti In Onore di Franca Orletti, Milano: Franco Angeli.(pdf)
• Galeano, G. Fasulo A. (2009) Sequenze direttive tra genitori e figli. Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa, 2, 261-278.(pdf)
• Fasulo A. (2007). Prove di autenticita’. Narrazione e rituale in psicoterapia. In: A. Talamo, F. Roma (Eds.), La pluralita’ inevitabile, (pp. 83-102), Milano: Apogeo. (pdf)
• Donzelli A, & Fasulo A. (Eds.) (2007). Agency e linguaggio. Etnoteorie della soggettività e della responsabilità nell'azione sociale. [Agency and Language] Roma: Meltemi.
• Fasulo A., & Sterponi L. (Eds.) (2006) Linguaggio e cultura. L'acquisizione della competenza comunicativa, [Language and Culture, A collection of essays by Elinor Ochs], Roma, Carocci.
• Quadrio A., Fasulo A, & Magrin M.E.  (Eds.) (2005). Identità e cambiamento. Il lavoro degli immigrati come mediazione culturale. [Identity and Change: The work of immigrants as cultural mediation] Milano
• Fasulo A. (Ed.) (2004). 'Superfici del Sé. Narrazioni, scritture, identità'. [Surfaces of Self: Narratives, writings, identities] Special Issue of Rassegna di Psicologia, XXI, 1.
• Fasulo A., & Galatolo R. (Eds.) (2004) 'Lo studio dell'interazione sociale. Contributi dall 'Analisi della Conversazione'. [The study of social interaction: Contributions from Conversation Analysis] Special Issue of Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata (RiPLA) IV, 2-3.
• Fasulo A., & Pontecorvo C. (1999). Come si dice? Linguaggio e apprendimento in famiglia e a scuola. [Language and learning in family and school] Roma: CaroccI

Journal articles and Book Chapters

• Fasulo A. (2007). Pratiche di interazione e modelli di manutenzione della cultura. [Interactional practices and models of cultural work] In: B. Mazzara (ed.). Prospettive in psicologia culturale. Modelli teorici e contesti d'azione (pp. 97-120), Roma: Carocci.
• Fasulo A. (2007). Cosa ha veramente detto X. Due casi di agency contesa. [What X really said: Two cases of contended agency] In: Donzelli A., Fasulo A. (eds.) Agency e linguaggio (pp. 215-236), Roma: Meltemi.
• Fasulo A. (2007). Intersoggettività come performance. [Intersubjectivity as performance]  In: P. Di Cori, C. Pontecorvo (a cura di) Tra ordinario e straordinario: modernità e vita quotidiana, (pp. 196-205). Roma: Carocci.
• Zucchermaglio C., & Fasulo A. (2006) Narrazioni e agire organizzativo [Narrative and organizational activity]. In C. Zucchermaglio, F. Alby (eds.) Manuale di Psicologia culturale  delle organizzazioni, (pp. 129-149), Roma-Bari, Laterza.
• Fasulo A., & Palmese M.T. (2005). Memoria in movimento: narrazione, conoscenza ed esperienza ne 'La Strada di San Giovanni' di Italo Calvino. [Memory in motion: Narrative, knowledge and experience in 'La Strada di San Giovanni' by Italo Calvino] .Ricerche di Psicologia. vol. 2, pp. 38-53.
• Galatolo R., & Fasulo A. (2004) Proposte per una Psicologia dell'Interazione. [Proposals for an Interactionist Psychology] Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata (RiPLA), IV, n. 2-3, 17-39.
• Brockmeier J., & Fasulo A. (2004). Spazio, tempo e ricordo. La spazializzazione della memoria nei 'Ricordi d'infanzia? di Tomasi di Lampedusa. [Space, time and recollection: The spatialization of memory in Ricordi d'infanzia by Tomasi di Lampedusa]. Rassegna di Psicologia, XXI, 1, 35-61. (pdf)
• Fasulo A. (2003). L'organizzazione del discorso [The organization of discourse]. In G. Mantovani & A. Spagnolli (eds.), Metodi qualitativi in psicologia. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 73-98.
• Fasulo A. (2002). Studiare l'interazione sociale: Epistemologie e pratiche di ricerca. [Studying social interaction: Epistemologies and research practices] In B. Mazzara (ed.), Metodi Qualitativi in Psicologia Sociale. Roma: Carocci, pp. 83-104.
• Fasulo A., & Girardet H. (2002). Il dialogo nella situazione scolastica. [Dialogue in the school context] In C. Bazzanella (ed.), Sul dialogo. Milano: Guerini, pp. 59-72.
• Fasulo A. (1999). Aspetti poetici e strategie discorsive nella costruzione familiare della differenza di genere. [Poetic devices and discursive strategies inthe family construction of gender differences] In M. Del Sapio Garbero (ed.), Trame parentali, trame letterarie. Napoli: Liguori, pp. 167-183.
• Fasulo A. (1999). L'acquisizione della competenza conversazionale. [The acquisition of conversational competence] In R. Galatolo e G. Pallotti (eds.), La conversazione. Un'introduzione allo studio dell'interazione verbale. Milano: Cortina, pp. 287-317.
• Fasulo A. (1998). La ricerca etnografica. [Ethnographic research] In L. Mannetti (ed.), Strategie di ricerca in psicologia sociale. Roma: Carocci, pp.183-225.