COE Faculty Profile

Mark Pope, Ed.D.
Professor and Chair
Division of Counseling & Family Therapy

Email: PopeML@msx.umsl.edu
Office: 415 Marillac Hall
Phone: 314-516-7121

Education
Mark Pope, Ed.D. received his A.B. (Political Science and Sociology) and M.Ed. (Counseling and Personnel Services) from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Ed.D. (Counseling and Educational Psychology) from the University of San Francisco.  Dr. Pope is a National Certified Counselor, Master Career Counselor, National Certified Career Counselor, Master Addictions Counselor, and Approved Clinical Supervisor.  He is also licensed as a professional counselor and psychologist in Missouri and as a clinical psychologist in Illinois. 

Professional Service
Dr. Pope has held office in and is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the 2003-2004 President of the American Counseling Association and 1998-1999 President of the National Career Development Association.  Also, he is the 2004-2008 Editor of The Career Development Quarterly and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling & Development, The Career Development Quarterly, The Family Journal, and the California Association for Counseling and Development Journal. He served as a consultant to Apple Computers, Pacific Bell, the United States Internal Revenue Service, the United States Healthcare Financing Administration, Telekom Malaysia, and several other corporations and government agencies.  He also lectured throughout Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China and is Editor of an international career development newsletter, Global Career Resources.  

Dr. Pope is an Elder of the Saint Francis River Band of Cherokees and a Senior Trial Court Judge in the Southeastern Cherokee Tribal Court.    He also served as the Director of Psychological Services for the American Indian AIDS Institute and the Native American AIDS Project in San Francisco.

Awards
He was a recipient of the Human Rights Award from the California Association for Counseling and Development in 1996, the Kitty Cole Human Rights Award from the American Counseling Association of Missouri in 2000, the Robert Swan Lifetime Achievement Award in Career Development in 2001, the National Kitty Cole Human Rights Award from the American Counseling Association in 2001, the Association for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Counseling Service Award in 2003, the Cesar Chavez Servicio a Otros (Service to Others) Award from the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development in 2004, a Lakota Peace Medal from the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling in 2004, and the 'Ohana Award from Counselors for Social Justice in 2004. 

He has also been elected as a Fellow of the American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, American Psychological Association, Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17), Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues (APA Division 44), and Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (APA Division 45) and is a Life Member of the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and Chi Sigma Iota.

In 2004, he was selected for the OUT100 by OUT magazine as one of the top 100 gay men, lesbians, and straight allies who contributed most to gay and lesbian culture in the United States.  He received this recognition for being the first openly gay man to be elected President of a major mental health professional association -- the American Counseling Association.

Research and Teaching
Dr. Pope's primary area of interest and research is in multicultural career counseling, especially gay/lesbian, Native American, and Asian career development issues.  He also has much interest in the use of psychological assessment inventories across cultures as well as the development and validation of such inventories.  Dr. Pope has written on the history and development of professional counseling in the USA and other countries, violence in the schools, and Native American traditional healing.  He has published four books, over 15 chapters in books, over 30 articles in professional journals, and over 80 presentations at international, national, regional, and state professional conferences.

Dr. Pope has been invited to deliver keynote addresses at numerous professional conferences including the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services in Australia; the International Vocational Technical Conference, Tianjin, China; the Turkey Congress of Counselors in Istanbul, Turkey; the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; the 8th Global Conference of the National Career Development Association in Portland, Oregon, USA; the Association for Specialists in Group Work National Conference in New York City; the Council for the Career Development of Minorities annual conference in Dallas, Texas; the Midwest Regional Conference of the American Counseling Association in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; the Illinois Counseling Association annual convention; the St. Louis Regional Schools-to-Careers Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; the Alabama Counseling Association annual convention; to name but a few.

Dr. Pope's expertise in teaching includes career counseling, psychological assessment, multicultural counseling, substance abuse counseling, the practice of counseling, and the history of counseling.

Representative Publications

• Singaravelu, H., & Pope, M. (Eds.) (2007). Handbook for counseling international students in the US. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Pope, M. (2007). Culturally appropriate counseling considerations with lesbian and gay clients. In P. B. Pederson, J. G. Draguns, W. J. Lonner, & J. E. Trimble (Eds.) (pp. 201-222), Counseling across cultures (6th ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Pope, M. (2006). Professional counseling 101: Building a strong professional identity. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Minor, C.W., & Pope, M. (Eds.) (2005). Experiential activities for teaching career counseling classes and facilitating career groups: Volume 2. Tulsa, OK: National Career Development Association.
• Pope, M. (2004). Professional counseling and Dr. Glasser: A relationship based on reality and choice. The Family Journal, 12, 345-349.
• Pope, M. (2004). Counseling psychology and professional school counseling: Barriers to a true collaboration. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 253-262.
• Pope, M. (2003). Career counseling in the 21st century: Beyond cultural encapsulation. The Career Development Quarterly, 51, 54-60.
• McLean, R., Marini, I., & Pope, M. (2003). Racial identity and relationship satisfaction in African American gay men. The Family Journal, 11, 13-22.
• Pope, M., & Barret, B. (2002). Providing career counseling to gay and lesbian clients. In S. G. Niles (Ed.), Adult career development (3rd ed.) (pp.215-232). Tulsa, OK: National Career Development Association.
• Leong, F.T.L., & Pope, M. (Eds.) (2002). Challenges for career counseling in Asia (Special section). The Career Development Quarterly, 50.
• Pope, M., Musa, M., Singaravelu, H., Bringaze, T., & Russell, M. (2002). From colonialism to ultranationalism: History and development of career counseling in Malaysia. The Career Development Quarterly, 50, 264-276.
• Zhang, W.-Y., Hu, X.-L, & Pope, M. (2002). The evolution of career guidance and counseling in the People's Republic of China. The Career Development Quarterly, 50, 226-236.
• Niles, S., Goodman, J., & Pope, M. (Eds.) (2002). The career counseling casebook: A resource for students, practitioners, and counselor educators. Tulsa, OK: National Career Development Association.
• Pope, M., & Englar-Carlson, M. (2001). Fathers and sons: The relationship between violence and masculinity. The Family Journal, 9, 367-374.
• Pope, M., & Russell, M. (2001). A practitioner's view of career development policy in the United States. In B. Hiebert & L. Bezanson (Eds.), Career development and public policy around the world. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Career Development Foundation.
• Pope, M. (2000). A brief history of career counseling in the United States. The Career Development Quarterly, 48, 194-211.
• Pope, M. (2000). Preventing school violence aimed at gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth. In  D.S. Sandhu & C.B. Aspy (Eds.), Violence in American schools (pp. 285-304). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Pope, M., & Chung, Y. B. (2000). From bakla to tongzhi: Counseling and psychotherapy issues for gay and lesbian Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. In D. S. Sandhu (Ed.), Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Issues and concerns for counseling and psychotherapy. Commack, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
• Pope, M., Prince, J. P., & Mitchell, K. (2000). Responsible career counseling with lesbian and gay students. In D. A. Luzzo (Ed.), Career counseling of college students: An empirical guide to strategies that work (pp. 267-284). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Pope, M., & Minor, C. (Eds.) (2000). Experiential activities for teaching career counseling classes and facilitating career groups: Volume 1. Columbus, OH: National Career Development Association.
• Pope, M. (1999). Applications of group career counseling techniques to Asian and other group-oriented cultures. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 27, 18-30.
• Pope, M., Cheng, W.D., & Leong, F.T.L. (1998). The case of Chou: The inextricability of career to personal and social issues. Journal of Career Development, 25, 53-64.
• Hartung, P. J., Vandiver, B. J., Leong, F. T. L., Pope, M., Niles, S.G., & Farrow, B. (1998). Appraising cultural identity in Career-Development Assessment and Counseling. The Career Development Quarterly, 46, 276-293.
• Pope, M. (1997). Sexual issues for elderly lesbians and gays. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 12, 53-60.
• Pope, M. (1995). The "salad bowl" is big enough for us all: An argument for the inclusion of lesbians and gays in any definition of multiculturalism. Journal of Counseling & Development, 73, 301-304.
• Pope, M. (Ed.). (1995). Gay and lesbian career development (Special section). The Career Development Quarterly, 44, 146-203.

• Affective Education
• Assessment
• Career Development
• Certification/Licensure
• Counseling
• Counselor Training/Supervision
• Cross-Cultural Studies
• Gay/Lesbian Studies
• Gender Studies
• Indian Education
• Measurement
• Minorities
• Psychometrics
• Social Class
• Social Context
• Test Theory/Development
• Testing
• Work