Amedeo Giorgi

After working as a researcher in the private sector, Giorgi began his academic career, ultimately holding academic positions at Manhattan College (1960–1962), Duquesne University (1962–1986), Saybrook University (1986-present), and University of Quebec at Montreal (1990–1995). Following retirement, he holds the position of professor emeritus with Saybrook.^[1]

In addition to his academic positions, he served as the founder and original editor of Journal of Phenomenological Psychology from 1970 to 1993.^[1]

In academia, Giorgi's work drew from Edmund Husserl's and Maurice Merleau-Ponty's approaches to phenomenology to develop approaches to qualitative psychological research, including the descriptive phenomenological method in psychology.^[3]

Giorgi and Adrian Van Kaam were founding members of the "Duquesne School" of psychology, where he began formalizing phenomenological methods for psychology.^[4] He was a key figure in the history of the humanistic psychology movement, alongside such notable pioneers as Carl Rogers and Fritz Perls.^[5] He is a noted historian of the field of psychology, particularly alternative strands.^[6]

• Psychology as a Human Science: A Phenomenologically-based Approach. New York: Harper & Row. 1970.
• The Descriptive Phenomenological Method in Psychology: A Modified Husserlian Approach. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-82070418-0.^[7]
• Reflections on Certain Qualitative and Phenomenological Psychological Methods. Colorado Springs: University Professor's Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1-93968625-1.^[8]

• Giorgi, Amedeo, ed. (1985). Phenomenology and Psychological Research. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press. ISBN 978-0-8207-0174-5.^[9]
• Ashworth, Peter D.; Giorgi, Amedeo; Koning, A. J. J. de, eds. (1986). Qualitative Research in Psychology. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press. ISBN 978-0-8207-0189-9.