Alessandra Lanti Ph.D.
Psychology/Sociology – LCPC #1134
Corriculum Vitae
Alessandra Lanti
alessandralanti@protonmail.com
EDUCATION
| 2022 | Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dissertation Title: Therapists’ Narratives, Attitudes, Competence and Treatment Approaches: Proposed Guidelines to Improve Mental Health Services to Sex Workers. |
| 2012 | 2012 M.A., Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited), University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Thesis Title: Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire. |
| 2008 | B.A., Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited), University of Nevada, Las Vegas. |
.AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Sociology of Sex, Commercial Sex, Multiculturalism, Sex and Gender Diversity.
Clinical Psychology, Sexuality and Health, LGBTQIA2+, Intersectionality.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| 2020-2024 | US Team, Advisory board member and interviewerUS Team, Advisory board member and interviewer Research project: Understanding Sexual Violence in Sex Working Populations: Law, Legal Consciousness and Legal Practice in Four Countries Funded by Economic and Social Research Council of the UK Principal Investigators: Jane Scoular, Ph.D., University of Strathclyde (Scotland) Grant administrator. Teela Sanders, Ph.D., Criminology, University of Leicester (England) Graham Ellison, Ph.D., Law, Queen’s University (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Gillian Abel, Ph.D., Population Health, University of Otago (New Zealand) Barbara G. Brents, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, UNLV (United States) |
| 2018-2023 | Consultant to Barbara G Brents, Ph. D. Law and Sex Work Project: Comparing Sex Work Regulation in New Zealand, Nevada, and Canada Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| 2018-2021 | Program evaluator, co-investigator Research project: Nevada Problem Gambling Principal Investigator: Bo Bernhard, Ph.D. Department of Sociology, UNLV |
| 2015-2018 | Research assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Research project: Social and Attitudinal Deviance among Customers of Legal Brothel Principal Investigator: Barbara G. Brents, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, UNLV |
| 2011-2013 | Senior Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research project: Assessing the Impact of Positive Sexual Cognitions on Aversion Principal Investigator: Marta Meana, Ph.D., UNLV |
| 2006-2010 | Lab Manager, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sexuality Research Lab |
| 2006-2008 | Co-investigator, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research project: Cognitive Processing in Women with Dyspareunia: What is more Salient, the Pain or the Sex? Principal Investigator: Marta Meana, Ph.D., UNLV |
| 2007-2008 | Research Assistant, niversity of Nevada, Las Vegas Research project: Sex-Work Survey Project Principal Investigator: Barbara G. Brents, Ph.D., UNLV |
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Publications
| 2023 | Poston, A. M., Oliver, T. L., Lanti, A., & Benning, S. D. (2023). Why College Women and Men Refrain from Sex Despite Desire: Development of the No Sex Despite Desire (NSDD) Measure. |
| 2020 | Brents, B. G., Yamashita, T., Spivak, A. L., Venger, O., Parreira, C., & Lanti, A. Are Men Who Pay for Sex Sexist? Masculinity and Client Attitudes Toward Gender Role Equality in Different Prostitution Markets. Men and Masculinities. |
| 2014 | Meana, M., Lanti, A. Desire, Sexual. In: Michalos AC (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp 1586-1588 |
| 2009 | Thaler, L., Meana, M., & Lanti, A. Misremembering pain: Memory biases for pain words in women reporting pain with intercourse, Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 1369-1377. |
PRESENTATIONS
| 2016 | Brents, B., Parreira, C., Spivak, A., Lanti, A., Venger, O., Whitmer, J. and Heineman, J. Consuming sexscapes: the impact of location and legality on prostitution clients Presented in the Paper Session: 1647 Sex and the City: Reactionism, Resistance and Revolt II – Sex Worker Voices: Encountering Consumption and Mobilities at the 2016 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. |
| 2012 | Lanti, A., Meana, M., Moyano, N., Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire. Data presented at the annual UNLV Department of Psychology Spring 2013 Research Fair, Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| 2011 | Meana, M. & Lanti, A. When feeling desire is not enough: Investigating disincentives to sex. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Scottsdale, Arizona. |
| 2009 | Thaler, L., Meana, M., & Lanti, A. Misremembering pain: Memory biases for pain words in women with dyspareunia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Arlington, Virginia. |
Invited Presentations
| 2024 | Lanti, A. Panel Presentation: Law and Society Conference (LSA), Denver, CO, June 2024. Peer Recommendations, as part of Sex Work and Sexual Violence Project. https://www.lawandsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Program-Book-6th-version-6.4.pdf |
| 2023 | Lanti, A. Panel Presentation: European Society of Criminology (EUROCRIM), Florence, Italy, September 2023. Prioritized recommendations from sex workers for NGOs, as part of Sex Work and Sexual Violence Project. https://eurocrim2023.com/programme/ |
| 2023 | Lanti, A. Symposium Presentation: Conference of Action Research Network (CARN), Manchester, UK, October 2023. Prioritized recommendations from sex workers for NGOs, as part of Sex Work and Sexual Violence Project. https://carnconference2023.org/programme-and-abstracts/ |
| 2023 | Lanti, A. Panel Presentation and discussion: Our Room www.Ourroom.org.uk Manchester, UK, October 2023. Prioritized recommendations from sex workers for NGOs, as part of Sex Work and Sexual Violence Project. |
| 2023 | Lanti, A. Panel Presentation and discussion: Manchester Action and Street Health (MASH), www.mash.org.uk Manchester, UK, October 2023. Prioritized recommendations from sex workers for NGOs, as part of Sex Work and Sexual Violence Project. |
| 2021 | Lanti, A. Best Practices for Sex Workers Clients. Presented at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Behavioral Health. Las Vegas, NV |
| 2019 | Lanti, A. and anonymous collaborators. Sex Work Panel Discussion for Service Providers and Advocates. Nevada Gender Justice Advocacy Training. Gender Justice, Las Vegas, NV |
| 2017 | Lanti, A. Sex Work for Service Providers and Advocates. Nevada Gender Justice Advocacy Training. CSN Charleston Campus, Las Vegas, NV |
| 2017 | Lanti, A., Reed, J. Best Practices: Sex Work 101 for Service Providers and Advocates. Nevada Gender Justice Advocacy Training. CSN Charleston Campus, Las Vegas, NV |
| 2016 | Lanti, A. Sex Workers Perspectives. LGBTQIA2+ Sexual Assault Roundtable in partnership with the Center for Social Justice and the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV |
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
| 2022-present | Therapist at Pineapple Support providing online therapy for adult industry workers. |
| 2020-2021 | Founder and co-facilitator of the first Las Vegas based sex workers’ weekly virtual (originally in person), no-cost support group. |
| 2017-2020 | Licensed clinical professional counselor providing individual therapy to sex workers and LGBTQ+ clients weekly on sliding scale and pro-bono. Gender Justice Nevada. Las Vegas, NV |
| 2017-2018 | Creator and facilitator of the first campus sex workers support and solidarity weekly meetings. Offered in conjunction with the UNLV Women’s center. Women’s Center. University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 2016-2019 | Group facilitator for sex workers support and solidarity weekly meetings. Gender Justice Nevada. Las Vegas, NV |
| 2016-2017 | Clinical Professional Counseling Intern. Providing counseling to individual clients and facilitating support groups for victims of violence/abuse/discrimination, trans youth and parents of trans youth. Supervision provided by Jane Heenan, LMFT. Gender Justice Nevada. Las Vegas, NV |
| 2014-2016 | Drug and Alcohol Abuse Intern Counselor: Provided supervised counseling and equine psychotherapy. Supervision was provided by Anita Williams, MS, LCADC, NCC, LCADC. Goals4Success, Equine Assisted Behavioral Therapy Facility. Las Vegas, NV |
| 2011-2013 | Doctoral practicum student: Provided supervised short-term individual therapy to a caseload of 10-12 clients for 20 hours per week. Supervision provided by Vicky Genia, Psy.D. and Michelle Carro, Ph.D. Student Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). R1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 2010-2011 | Doctoral Practicum Student: Provided intakes and psychodiagnostic assessments. Supervision provided by Paula Emke-Francis, Ph.D. and Michelle Carro, Ph.D. Assessment Clinic, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. |
| 2010-2011 | Doctoral practicum student: Provided supervised long-term individual therapy to a caseload of six clients for 10 hours per week. Supervision provided by Paula Emke-Francis, Ph.D. and Michelle Carro, Ph.D. Center for Individual, Couple, and Family Counseling (CICFC), University of Nevada, Las Vegas. |
TEACHING
| 2017-2018 | Introduction to Sociology, SOC 101 Online, UNLV |
| 2017 | Introduction to Sociology, SOC 101 Online, UNLV |
| 2016 | Introduction to Sociology, SOC 101 Online, UNLV |
| 2015-2016 | Introduction to Sociology, SOC 101 Online, UNLV |
| 2015 | First Year Seminar, Exploring Majors, COLA 100 – TA, UNLV |
| 2014 | Sex and Social Arrangements, SOC 449/649 – TA, UNLV |
| 2012 | Introduction to Psychology, PSY 101, UNLV |
| 2011 | Introduction to Psychology, PSY 101, UNLV |
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
| 2021 | COLA Ph.D. Summer Research Stipend, UNLV |
| 2020 | Patricia Sastaunik Scholarship Award, UNLV |
| 2019 | Summer Doctoral Research Fellowship UNLV |
| 2019 | James Frey Graduate Research Scholarship UNLV |
| 2018 | UNLV President Research Fellowship |
| 2017 | COLA Ph.D. Summer Research Stipend UNLV |
| 2016 | Patricia Sastaunik Scholarship Award, UNLV |
| 2015 | COLA Ph.D. Summer Research Stipend UNLV |
| 2008 | Dean’s Honor List, UNLV |
| 2008 | Bernard Osher Re-entry Scholarship Award, UNLV |
| 2007 | Living Memorial Scholarship Fund, UNLV |
| 2007 | The National Dean’s List, UNLV |
| 2006 | UNLV Higher Achiever Grant-in-Aid |
| 2005 | The National Dean’s List, UNLV |
| 2002 | Dr. Anne K. Peters Memorial Award, Santa Monica College, CA |
| 2001 | A.W.A.R.E. SMC Award, Santa Monica College, CA |
LICENSES
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor # CP1134
LANGUAGES FLUENT
English, Italian