Marie-Cécile Bertau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Head of Psychology Ph.D. Graduate Studies Program
678-839-0616
mbertau@westga.edu
Melson Hall - Room 216
Office Hours
Monday, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Marie-Cécile Bertau, PhD, until 2016 researcher at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (Germany); PhD in psycholinguistics with a dissertation on Metaphors, subsequently Habilitation developing a speaking-and-thinking theory in the framework of cultural-historical and dialogical psychologies, Address, reply, and understanding. Elements of an alterity-based psycholinguistics (2011).
Since fall 2016 at the Department of Psychology at the University of West Georgia, USA
Since fall 2018 Director of the PhD Program
Scientific Affiliations
Constant relations to numerous scholars in Europe, Canada and South America. Frequent and numerous presentations at international conferences (request the complete list of Conferences and Invited Talks, or go to complete CV).
Editorial Board Member to the peer-reviewed journal Theory & Psychology. Reviewer to Culture & Psychology, Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Theory and Psychology.
Invited Associate of the TAOS Institute (USA, Europe)
Member of International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP); member-at-large to the executive committee since September 2019
Member of Division 24 of APA (American Psychological Association)
Member of the Helmuth Plessner Society (HPG: Helmuth Plessner Gesellschaft).
Publications
More than 50 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in three languages (English, German, and French), and contributions to main handbooks addressing a large field in psychology: dialogical self theory, cultural-historical psychology, theoretical psychology, identity research. (Request the complete list of Publications, or go to complete CV)
Fields and interests of research:
Language psychology addressing language beyond its mainstream cognitive framework largely committed to methodological individualism; understanding and theorizing the psychological workings and effects of language in human life is rather pursued in a deeply pragmatic and dialogic perspective encompassing both interpsychological and intrapsychological activities. Bertau’s work is theoretically-driven and interdisciplinary, the focus is the intricate relationship between language and the self. “Voice” is at the core of this language psychological research grounded in Vygotskian cultural-historical theory, dialogical psychology as well as in Humboldt’s language philosophy.
- PSYC-1101 (Intro Gen. Psyc.-Honors)
- PSYC-4085 (Listening Agency)
- PSYC-4085A (Friendship)
- PSYC-4085E (Language Development)
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology)
- PSYC-5085 (Listening and Agency)
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych)
- PSYC-6881 (Relationality Through Language)
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis)
- PSYC-7810 (TUTORIAL DIALOGISM FOR PSYCHOL)
- PSYC-7810B (TUT: The Self's Living Voice)
- PSYC-7810E (Tut: Coarising & Distinction)
- PSYC-8005 (Human Science Methodologies)
- PSYC-8581 (Full Spectrum Knowing)
- PSYC-8584 (Measuring Human Complexity)
- PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar)
Summer 2022 Sections
- PSYC-4085A (Listening and Being) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E02 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-5085 (Listening and Being) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-6881 (Relationality&CommThrough Lang) Section: N03 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-6881 (Relationality Through Language) Section: N04 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-8005 (Human Science Methodologies) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) Section: 17 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-4085A (Friendship) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-8584 (Sociogenesis) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Listening and Being) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E02 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-5085 (Listening & Being) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- PSYC-4085E (Language Development) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- PSYC-1101 (Intro Gen. Psyc.-Honors) Section: 25H View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E02 View Syllabus External Resource
- PSYC-7810E (Listening) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Listening & Being) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-5085 (Listening & Being) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-8581 (Independent Project) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Horizon Seminar: Friendship) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-8584 (Sociogenesis) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2019 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Hzn Sem: Friendship) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Summer 2019 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Horizon Sem:Listening Experier) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E02
- PSYC-5085 (Horizon Sem:Listening Experien) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-8581 (Full Spectrum Knowing) Section: E01
Spring 2019 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Vygotsky Psychology) Section: 08 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-5085 (Vygotsky Psychology) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-6899 (Diff & Disruption.) Section: 01
- PSYC-7810 (The Self's Living Voice) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2018 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-6899 (Kairos for Theorizing Psyc) Section: 02
- PSYC-7810B (Tutorial: Transitions) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-7810E (Tut: Coarising & Distinction) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Summer 2018 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Hzn Sem: Culture, Psych, Self) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2018 Sections
- PSYC-4085 (Listening Agency) Section: 04 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-5085 (Listening and Agency) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 01
Fall 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-7810 (Measuring Human Complexity) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-7810B (TUT: The Self's Living Voice) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- PSYC-8584 (Measuring Human Complexity) Section: 03
Summer 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 01
Spring 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 02
- PSYC-7810 (TUTORIAL DIALOGISM FOR PSYCHOL) Section: 08 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2016 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 02
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: 03