Mark L. Pope

Background

Pope, Mark L. was born on April 23, 1952 in St. Louis. Son of Isom Lavern Pope and Ethyle R. (Ray) Enderle.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1973. Master of Education, University Missouri, 1974. Student, Northwestern University, 1978.

Doctor of Education, University San Francisco, 1988.

Career

Drug abuse counselor Brotherhood Clinic Illinois Drug Abuse Program, Chicago, 1974-1975. Mental health worker, career counselor adolescent unit Northwestern Institute Psychiatry, 1975-1976. Career counselor, psychological test consultant Methodist Youth Services, 1976-1977.

Research interviewer, drug abuse counselor Cook County Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes, 1977-1978. Consultant, president Data Psych Systems, New York City and San Francisco, 1978-1990. Computer operations manager Pacific American Group, San Francisco, 1981-1983.

Supervisor information systems Bechtel Engineering & Construction Companies, 1983-1987. Software development editor Consultant Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, 1987-1989. President Career Decisions, St. Louis, since 1989.

President, public Cognito Press, San Francisco, 1995-1997. Director, founder Horizons Gay and Lesbian Professional and Peer Counseling Services, Chicago, 1975-1977. Lecturer Center Young Men’s Christian Association Community College Department Psychology, Chicago, 1977-1978, Northwestern University Industrial Engineering and Organization Development Department, 1977-1978, John F. Kennedy University Career Development and Planning, Orinda, California, 1987-1990.

Adjunct professor Golden Gate University Graduate School Management Human Resource Management, San Francisco, 1984-1996, psychology department, 1994-1996, University San Francisco Information Systems Management, 1986-1994, counseling and education psychology, 1988-1996. Counseling San Francisco State University, 1990-1996. Clinical supervisor counseling and health psychology Stanford University, 1990-1996.

Professor counseling and family therapy University Missouri, St. Louis, 1997-2006, full professor, chair, since 2006, member faculty senate, since 2005, member faculty senate steering committee, since 2005. Career development consultant Pacific Bell, San Francisco, 1988-1993. Human resources consultant Alpha Computer Services, San Rafael, California, 1988-1991.

Founder West Coast Counselors With Computers Conference, 1989. Program chair California Career Conference, 1989, 95. Psychologist American Indian Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Institute, 1990-1994, Native American Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project, 1994-1996.

Director training St. Louis Challenge Metro Crisis Line, since 1998. Elder St. Francis River Band of Cherokees. Senior trial court judge Southeastern Cherokee Tribal Court, since 2001.

Achievements

• Mark L. Pope has been listed as a noteworthy Counseling psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Professional Counseling 101: Building a Strong Professional Identity

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  • Professional Counseling 101: Building a Strong Professional Identity by Mark Pope (2005) Paperback

Membership

Member collaborative planning committee University San Francisco School Education, 1987-1988, Missouri General Assembly drug abuse advisory committee, 1972. Board directors Illinois Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, 1976-1978. Appointee Missouri Governor's Reorganization Commission, 1973.

Member American Counseling Association (member couseling software review board 1987-1989, chairman task force on exhibits 1990-1992, member committee on gay, lesbian bisexual issues, 1991-1992, human rights committee 1995-1998, chair 1997-1998, governor council parliamentarian 2000-2002, president 2003-2004, Kitty Cole Human Rights Award, 2001), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (member divisions 5, 8, 17, 21, 44, 45, division 17, member vocational psychology secretary, treasurer, 1996-2000, Gay and Lesbian bisesexual issues secretary, chair hospitality suite committee 1997-1998, chair special task group on distinguished Special Research Student awards 1999-2000, treasurer ethnic and racial diversity section 2000-2002, member program committee 1999-2004, fellow 2002, division 17, 2002, division 44, 2004, board for advancement of psychology in public interest since 2005), Society Indian Psychologists, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (life, co-chair international network 1988-1990, chair subcommittee on international counselor education database 1986-1988, member counseling and technical network since 1985, counseling in business and industry network since 1985), Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (chairman interorgnl. affairs committee 1989-1990), Bay Area Career Development Association (co-chair 1987-1991), National Museum American Indian (charter), California Association for Counseling and Development (life member, chair subcommittee human rights committee 1986-1988, executive committee 1989-1991, chair gay, lesbian, bisexual caucus 1991, convention program committee 1989-1990, chairman convention program committee 1991-1992, member executive committee 1989-1991, State Human Rights award, 1996), California Association Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (secretary, treasurer 1988-1989, president 1990-1991, California Association Multi-Cultural Counseling, California Career Development Association (professional development chair 1988-1991, northern California regional coordinator 1991-1993, chair task force to development registered career counselor examination 1991-1992, president 1994-1995, Robert Swan lifetime achievement in career development award 2002), American Counseling Association of Missouri (State Human Rights award 2000), New York Academy of Sciences, Computers in Psychology, National Career Development Association (national secretary 1992-1994, chair public relations committee 1991-1992, national treasurer 1994-1997, president 1998-1999, international conference program chair 1997-1998, elections committee chair, 1999-2000, eminent career award committee chair 1999-2000, site coordinator national conference 1994-1995, board directors executive committee 1994-2000).

Connections

Father:

Isom Lavern Pope Enderle

Mother:

Ethyle R. (Ray) Enderle