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Johnny Kirk

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Dr Johnny Kirk

kirkj@nsuok.edu

  • Professor
    Psychology

Office Location

  • Tahlequah
    Bagley Hall 114
    (918) 444-3001

Bio

Dr. Kirk received his Bachelor of Science in Social Science from Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma in May 2004, His Master of Human Relations was conferred by the University of Oklahoma in May 2006 and he received his PhD from Oklahoma State University in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Research and Statistics in May 2012. He is currently an Associate Professor for Psychology and Counseling
Work
Dr. Kirks interest in counseling came when he was a firefighter with the Tulsa Fire Department. As a first responder to the Murrah Building bombing in Oklahoma City he received post incident counseling. Seeing an opportunity to help others, Dr. Kirk obtained the required education and is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Behavioral Health Professional. Dr. Kirk opened a Social and Behavioral Science lab at NSU in March 2017. A counselor educator must keep clinical skills sharp and stay abreast of current ODMHSAS requirements. To that end, Dr. Kirk, with two partner clinicians, opened an agency, Therapeutic Life Choices, which provided outreach, education, case management and counseling in the Tulsa area. An office in the Tahlequah area is opened in 2022..

Education:

  • PhD, Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 2012
the impact social media usage on face-to-face interactions, measuring psychological reactance in individuals with differing levels of Native American heritage and physiological impacts and recovery from pain and stress under different experimental conditions including the presence of animals
Research & Statistics, Addiction Counseling courses

Intellectual Content:

  • Exploring the Influence of Internet Usage and Social Networks (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Submitted,
  • Psychological Reactance as a Function of Ethnicity (Monograph), Discovery, Accepted,

Presentations:

  • Does RAMP designation impact school counselor leadership perceptions - Evidence-Based School Counseling Conference - Columbus Ohio - March 2019
  • Psychological Reactance and Implications for Education - Rocky Mountian Educational Research Association - Claremore OK - January 2016
  • Reject or fail to reject: That may not be the only question. - Southwestern Psychological Assn - Dallas TX - April 2016

Courses Taught:

  • DIRECTED RESEARCH - PSYC 4473 - Fall 2020
  • ASSESSMENT & STATISTICS - COUN 5053 - Fall 2020
  • PHARMACOLOGY: DUAL DIAGNOSIS - COUN 5693 - Spring 2020
  • LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT - PSYC 2023 - Spring 2020
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS - PSYC 3553 - Fall 2019
  • ASSESSMENT & STATISTICS - COUN 5053 - Fall 2019
  • HONORS RESEARCH II - PSYC 3402 - Spring 2019
  • DIRECTED RESEARCH - PSYC 4473 - Spring 2019
  • PRACTICUM I - COUN 5603 - Fall 2018
  • FOUNDATIONS OF ADDICTION COUN - COUN 5173 - Fall 2018
  • COUNSELING RESEARCH - COUN 5903 - Spring 2018
  • ADULT DEVELOPMENT & AGING - PSYC 4363 - Spring 2018