Annalisa Ventola

Annalisa Ventola appears in the ESP-Nexus reference library as an author and administrator in parapsychology research and professional organization work.

Research contributions

Ventola has co-authored peer-reviewed research on environmental factors in reported haunt phenomena. With Neil Dagnall, Kenneth G. Drinkwater, Ciarán O’Keeffe, and others, she contributed to an environmental appraisal of “haunted houses” published in Frontiers in Psychology [2], examining physical variables and perceptual factors in witness reports. She also co-authored a psychometric study of “haunters” with Brian Laythe and James Houran in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research [3].

In 2025, Ventola authored an obituary essay for C. M. Chantal Toporow in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, documenting Toporow’s contributions to parapsychology and anthroposophical science [1].

Professional roles

Ventola has served as Executive Director of the Parapsychological Association. Harvey J. Irwin acknowledged her “invaluable assistance” in administering a membership survey and extracting data from the Association’s database for a 2014 study of parapsychologists’ views [4]. John G. Kruth, in a 2022 editorial in the Journal of Parapsychology, credited her with “tirelessly expanding the activities of both the PA and SSE to meet the needs of our global community,” particularly through online meetings and courses [6]. She was also photographed as Executive Director at the 54th PA Annual Convention in 2011 [5].

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References
  1. Ventola, A. (2025). In Memoriam: C. M. Chantal Toporow (1956–2025). Journal of Scientific Exploration, 39, pp. 579–582. https://doi.org/10.31275/20253893
  2. Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K. G., O’Keeffe, C., & Ventola, A. (2020). Things That Go Bump in the Literature: An Environmental Appraisal of “Haunted Houses”. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, article 1328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328
  3. Laythe, B., Houran, J., & Ventola, A. (2018). A Split-Sample Psychometric Study of ‘Haunters’. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (contents pages).
  4. Irwin, H. J. (2014). The views of parapsychologists A survey. The Parapsychological.
  5. Research, z. 7. P. M. P., & Psychology, A. (2011). “… from the land where miracles are commonplace…” Parapsychological research in Brazil Conference report for the 54th PA Annual Convention (18. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik / Journal of Anomalistics, 11, 197.
  6. Kruth, J. G. (2022). Editorial: The Changing Face of Parapsychology. Journal of Parapsychology, 86, 6–8. https://doi.org/10.30891/jopar.2022.01.01

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