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]

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

Dunkel has authored a controversial paper with Emil Kirkegaard that cites the work of Kevin B. MacDonald.[4] In 2024, Dunkel left his position at Western Illinois University.[4] Dunkel's paper has been discredited.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "WIU trustees approve tuition hike". The Register-Mail. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. ^ Kluger, Jeffrey (2018-02-15). "How to Become Less Afraid of Death". Time. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  3. ^ "People with a 'good' personality are also often more physically attractive". PsyPost. 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  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 (2020-09-28). "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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