Curtis Dunkel

Curtis Dunkel
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Scientific career
FieldsSocial psychology, personality psychology
InstitutionsWestern Illinois University
ThesisThe role of identity in the encoding and memory of trait adjectives (2002)
Doctoral advisorJoseph C. LaVoie

Curtis Scott Dunkel is an American psychologist and former professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Illinois University, where he was granted tenure in August 2012.[1] His research has covered topics such as death anxiety[2] and the general factor of personality.[3]

Dunkel has authored a controversial paper with far-right activist Emil Kirkegaard (and Michael Woodley and Jonatan Pallesen) about Jewish intelligence that cites the work of antisemitic evolutionary psychologist Kevin MacDonald.[4] In 2024, Dunkel left his position at Western Illinois University.[4] Dunkel's paper has been discredited.[5]

References

  1. ^ "WIU trustees approve tuition hike". The Register-Mail. June 9, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Kluger, Jeffrey (February 15, 2018). "How to Become Less Afraid of Death". Time. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "People with a 'good' personality are also often more physically attractive". PsyPost. August 13, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists by Jason Wilson (14 Jan. 2024) The Guardian.
  5. ^ Panofsky, Aaron; Dasgupta, Kushan; Iturriaga, Nicole (September 28, 2020). "How White nationalists mobilize genetics: From genetic ancestry and human biodiversity to counterscience and metapolitics". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 175 (2): 387–398. doi:10.1002/ajpa.24150. ISSN 0002-9483. PMC 9909835. PMID 32986847.


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