Faculty

Frank De Piano

Dr. De Piano received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1980. During his 25 plus years of academic experience, DePiano has participated in a number of national leadership roles, including: serving on the American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs’ Executive Committee, President of the Society of Psychological Hypnosis, and chair of numerous accreditation site visits and national education task forces. Scholarly contributions include the publication of a book, book chapters and articles in referred journals. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of three referred journals and as Editorial Review Board member for several journals. Currently he serves as Book Review Editorial for Haworth Press.

While at Nova Southeastern University, De Piano served as the initial Dean of the Center for Psychological Studies, the Chief Executive Officer of the NSU Community Mental Health Center, the Chair of the University Council of Deans, an Associate Dean in the recently formed College of Dental Medicine, the initial chair of the Criminal Justice Institute and participated in the launching of the day division undergraduate program. In working with the undergraduate program De Piano assisted in the development of NSU athletics and served as one of the inaugural coaches.

Currently Dr. De Piano is involved in developing the Academic Review at Nova Southeastern University, a rigorous degree review procedure that is intended to assist academic programs in attaining preeminence within their academic fields.

Dr. De Piano also currently serves as Nova Southeastern University’s Vice President for Academic Affairs.