CONTRIBUTOR:

Eugene M. DeRobertis

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Professor

DEPARTMENT:

Psychology

INSTITUTION:

Brookdale Community College

BIOGRAPHY:

Eugene M. DeRobertis is a Professor of Psychology at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. He is also a Lecturer at Rutgers University-Newark. Dr. DeRobertis holds a Ph.D. in phenomenological psychology from Duquesne University. He has been teaching at the college level since 1996. Prior to committing himself to teaching full-time, Professor DeRobertis worked as a developmentally-oriented psychotherapist, an academic counselor, and an addictions counselor. He has published multiple peer-reviewed works in the areas of phenomenological psychology, existential-humanistic psychology, psychological theory, and child psychology. He is the author of Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach (2008), The Whole Child: Selected Papers on Existential-Humanistic Child Psychology (2012), Existential-Phenomenological Psychology: A Brief Introduction (2012), Profiles of Personality: An Approach-Based Companion (2013), and The Phenomenology of Learning and Becoming: Enthusiasm, Creativity, and Self-Development (2017). Dr. DeRobertis’s personal interests include contemporary applications of Thomistic thought and contemporary continental philosophy. In addition, he is enthusiastic about mid-20th century rhythm and blues music, horror in film, and American automobiles of the 1960s. For more information, see: https://brookdalecc.academia.edu/EugeneDeRobertis