Mark Kunkel, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry

678-839-0621
mkunkel@westga.edvDXu

Melson Hall - Room 220
Office Hours
By appointment

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Mark Kunkel, Ph.D.

Dante was right - heaven and hell are about circles. The circling that brought me to West Georgia runs around a life-long appreciation for psychology as philosophy, science, social heuristic, and treatment modality, but mostly as a path through life. I lived and worked in Yucatan, Mexico (a second hearth), and worked in directing two doctoral programs in counseling psychology before coming to the-then State University of West Georgia on sabbatical in 1999. When I was invited the following year to give up tenure, take a pay cut, and commute 100 miles each way from Auburn, I jumped at the chance. And for the last years here I have enjoyed the kindest and wisest colleagues, and the most apt and adequate student classroom companions, that anyone could wish. I am a grateful guy. I am in the process of finishing two texts, one a compilation of allegories related to teaching and psychotherapy and supervision, and the other a free Open Educational Resource, Introduction to Introduction to General Psychology (available here). What joy I find in my vocation! In addition to my university work I practice (which is to say, never get right) psychology in psychotherapy and assessment, and enjoy these involvements as well. I enjoy music, cooking, dogs and cats, living in the country where I can see the stars, walking and bicycling, fatherhood, and I savor the fierce, healing, and refining companionship of my wife Jeanette.

Fall 2023 Sections

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Summer 2020 Sections

  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: E01
  • PSYC-4085 (Suffering and Wellness) Section: E02
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: E01
  • PSYC-5085 (Suffering and Wellness) Section: E02

Spring 2020 Sections

  • PSYC-3150 (Abnormal Psychology) Section: 02
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 02
  • PSYC-7810C (Adv Theory: Therapy, Tchng, Sv) Section: 01
  • PSYC-9999 (Dissertation) Section: E01

Fall 2019 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 20
  • PSYC-4085 (Mentorship in Intro Psych) Section: 10
  • PSYC-5085 (Mentorship in Intro Psych) Section: 03
  • PSYC-6899 (Psyc 6899 Thesis) Section: 01
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 06

Summer 2019 Sections

  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4085 (Horizon Sem:Suffering&Wellness) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5085 (Horizon Sem:Suffering&Wellness) Section: 01
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 01

Spring 2019 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 02
  • PSYC-4085 (What Matters in Psychology) Section: 09
  • PSYC-5085 (What Matters in Psychology) Section: 04
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 02
  • PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar) Section: 02
  • PSYC-9999 (Dissertation) Section: E02

Fall 2018 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 01
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 04
  • PSYC-7810A (Graduate Round Table) Section: 03
  • PSYC-7810C (Advanced Horizon Seminar:Freud) Section: 05

Summer 2018 Sections

  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4085 (Psych Suffering & Wellness) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5085 (Psych Suffering & Wellness) Section: 01

Spring 2018 Sections

  • PSYC-6785 (TopicsinSuffering&Intervention) Section: 02
  • PSYC-7810A (Graduate Round Table) Section: 02
  • PSYC-8584 (TopicsinSuffering&Intervention) Section: 01

Fall 2017 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: L2C
  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: LXC
  • PSYC-4085 (Hzn Sem: Mentor in Gen Psy) Section: 03
  • PSYC-5085 (Hzn Sem: Mentor in Gen Psy) Section: 03
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 02
  • PSYC-7810 (Graduate Round Table) Section: 02
  • PSYC-9087 (Teaching Practicum) Section: 01

Summer 2017 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01

Spring 2017 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 02
  • PSYC-6284 (Psychopathology and Health) Section: 01
  • PSYC-8005 (Human Science Methodologies) Section: 01

Fall 2016 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 21
  • PSYC-4085 (Horizon Seminar-MENTORSHIP) Section: 04
  • PSYC-5085 (Horizon Seminar-MENTORSHIP Int) Section: 02
  • PSYC-6899 (Master's Thesis) Section: 02
  • PSYC-7810 (Tutorial-ADV TEACHING PRACTICU) Section: 05

Summer 2016 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 02
  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-7810 (Group Facilitation) Section: 01

Spring 2016 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4085 (Mentorship Intro to Gen Psyc) Section: 04
  • PSYC-5085 (Mentorship Intro Gen Psych) Section: 04
  • PSYC-6085 (Topics in Psychotherapy) Section: 01
  • PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 24

Fall 2015 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 01
  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4085 (Mentorship In Intro to GenPsyc) Section: 03
  • PSYC-5085 (Mentorship in Intro to GenPsyc) Section: 05
  • PSYC-9087 (Teaching Practicum) Section: 01

Summer 2015 Sections

  • PSYC-2010 (Psychology as a Human Science) Section: 02
  • PSYC-4040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5040 (Psychology of Dreams) Section: 01

Spring 2015 Sections

  • PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 01
  • PSYC-4085 (Mentorship in Intro Gen Psyc) Section: 01
  • PSYC-5085 (Mentorship in Intro Gen Psyc) Section: 02
  • PSYC-6284 (Psychopathology and Health) Section: 01