Mark David Garrison, PhD

Currently the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Mark Garrison has held teaching and administrative positions at Bethel College, Kentucky State University (KSU), and now Morgan State University.  He was an Instructor of Psychology and Sociology at Bethel College (now University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, from 1982 to 1984.  A faculty member at Kentucky State University from 1984 to 2007, he became the founding Director of Graduate Studies at KSU in 2004.  He joined Morgan as Associate Dean in 2007 and became Interim Dean in the fall of 2008, and has been Dean since 2012.  He holds the rank of Professor of Psychology.

 

Mark’s research interests include the psychology of everyday life and theoretical and philosophical psychology.  He is the author/coauthor of five textbooks reflecting a wide-ranging repertoire:  Introduction to Psychology (Glencoe, 1992—in Spanish translation in 1996 and 2002); Activities and Demonstration Handbook for Introductory Psychology (Allyn & Bacon, 1993): Human Relations:  Productive Approaches for the Workplace (Allyn & Bacon, 1997); Strategies for Managerial Writing (South-Western, 2006); and Certified Administrative Professional Exam Review IV:  Advanced Organizational Administration (Prentice Hall, 2006).  In addition, he has published numerous instructional materials and contributed to several editions of a multi-course text series of collected readings.  He has been the author (or coauthor) and project director of grants awarded from USDE, USDA, NEH, and the NSF.  Recently, he has served as the PD for a sub-award of the CGS Ph.D. Career Pathways Project for Program Improvement.  He served as the internal evaluator for KSU’s NSF TEAMS grant.

Mark served two terms as the Faculty Senate President at KSU.  He taught two summers in the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program.  As a Professor of Psychology at KSU, he focused on building the program in Psychology and was the lead contributor to the development of the Online Bachelor of Arts Psychology Program at KSU.  His teaching awards include the KSU College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award (2001).  He received the State-wide 2002 Excellence in Online Teaching Award sponsored by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Virtual University.  Dean Garrison was the 2004–2005 Distinguished Professor for Kentucky State University.