{"formatVersion":"1.1","id":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/maria-antonietta-perna","path":"/people/maria-antonietta-perna","url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/maria-antonietta-perna","title":"Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D.","family":"People profile","description":"Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D is a language teacher, writer, and philosopher, specializing in supporting academic philosophers.","language":"en-US","access":{"audience":"public","indexable":true},"provenance":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/maria-antonietta-perna","wordpressId":"10096","contentCompleteness":"complete","dateScope":"original-source"},"authors":[],"dates":{"datePublished":"2025-01-23T05:50:17Z","dateModified":"2025-10-11T03:31:09Z"},"content":{"html":"<nav class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people\">People</a></li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Maria Antonietta Perna</span></li></ol></nav><div class=\"people-profile\" data-profile-template=\"person\" data-default-profile-view=\"contributions\"><header class=\"person-header\"><div class=\"person-overview\"><div class=\"person-identity\"><h1>Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D.</h1><p class=\"person-role\">Medical Reviewer, Writer</p><p class=\"person-credentials\"><span class=\"person-credential-group\" data-credential-kind=\"degrees\">Ph.D.</span></p></div></div><img class=\"person-avatar\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/0faf2116d014e40af755b9e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" decoding=\"async\"></header><p class=\"person-summary\">Maria Antonietta Perna is a language teacher, writer, and philosopher, specializing in supporting Italian academic philosophers. She is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at UCL and a Part-time Lecturer at Richmond University.</p><nav class=\"person-nav person-actions\" aria-label=\"Person profile\" role=\"tablist\"><a id=\"tab-about\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/maria-antonietta-perna#about\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"about\" aria-selected=\"true\">About</a><a id=\"tab-contributions\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/maria-antonietta-perna#contributions\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"contributions\" aria-selected=\"false\">Contributions</a></nav><div class=\"person-body\"><div class=\"person-content\"><div class=\"person-main\"><section id=\"about\" class=\"person-panel person-view\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-about\" tabindex=\"0\"><p>Maria Antonietta Perna is a language teacher and writer with a background in philosophy. She specializes in helping Italian academic philosophers navigate international academia. She holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at University College London and teaches political thought part-time at Richmond University in London.</p>\n<p>Perna combines her training in philosophy with English language instruction to address the challenges faced by Italian academics, particularly in philosophy.</p><section><h2 id=\"education\">Education</h2><p>British School of Naples<br>Cambridge CELTA, ESL Teaching<br>Jul 2019</p>\n<p>Birkbeck, University of London<br>Ph.D., Philosophy<br>1999</p>\n<p>UNICAL Università della Calabria<br>First Degree, Philosophy<br>1993</p></section><section class=\"person-regional-communities\" aria-labelledby=\"local-communities\"><h2 id=\"local-communities\">Local Communities</h2><ul><li>Calabria, IT</li></ul></section><section class=\"person-related-communities\" id=\"topic-communities\" aria-labelledby=\"topic-communities-heading\"><h2 id=\"topic-communities-heading\">Topic Communities</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/community/mental-health\">Mental Health</a></li></ul></section><div class=\"person-credential-details\"><div><h3>Degrees</h3><p>Ph.D.</p></div></div></section><section id=\"contributions\" class=\"person-panel person-contributions person-view\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-contributions\" tabindex=\"0\"><h2>Contributions</h2><div class=\"person-contribution-list\"><article class=\"person-work-card\" data-editorial-contribution data-contribution-category=\"Reviews\"><div class=\"person-post-body\"><a class=\"person-work-preview\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/mind-by-john-r-searle\"><span class=\"person-work-media\"><img src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/1688b3907e6e1db4523d5709.jpg\" alt=\"Mind: A Brief Introduction\" width=\"399\" height=\"522\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"person-work-badge\">Authored</span></span><div class=\"person-work-copy\"><h3>Mind: A Brief Introduction</h3><p>Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D., reviews Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. 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She holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at University College London and teaches political thought part-time at Richmond University in London. Perna combines her training in philosophy with English language instruction to address the challenges faced by Italian academics, particularly in philosophy. Education British School of Naples Cambridge CELTA, ESL Teaching Jul 2019 Birkbeck, University of London Ph.D., Philosophy 1999 UNICAL Università della Calabria First Degree, Philosophy 1993 Local Communities Calabria, IT Topic Communities Mental Health Degrees Ph.D. Contributions AuthoredMind: A Brief Introduction Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D., reviews Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. Searle, exploring consciousness and the philosophy of mind. 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