Matthew Whoolery, Ph.D.
Psychology Department

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    I am a professor of psychology at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.  I teach courses including: Personality Theories, Psychological         Assessment, Psychosocial Issues for Refugees, Good & Evil across Cultures & Time, Social Psychology, etc.  My research interests lie in theoretical psychology, including values in psychological assessment, self-esteem vs. other-esteem, and a Taoist alternative to the assumptions of western psychotherapy.  I have been at AUC since August 2004. 

Contact Information:
Dr. Matthew Whoolery
American University in Cairo
Psychology Department
113 Kasr El Aini Street
Box 2511
Cairo 11511 EGYPT
20.2.797.6770
Office: 110 Social Science Building
mwhoolery@aucegypt.edu

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

B.S. in Psychology 1995
M.S. in Counseling Psychology 1997

Ph.D. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 2004

Travels: You can see pictures from my anthropological research in Africa and my travels in China.

Recent Scholarly Presentations

Whoolery, M. (2002). Truth and Agency in Education.  Presented at the Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, April 6, 2002, Park City, Utah

Whoolery, M., Slife, B.D., & Mitchell, L.J. (2002) Creating a theoretical space for spiritual interventions: The Alldredge Academy.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Las Vegas, Nevada in February 2002.

Whoolery, M. & Wiggins, B. (2002).  Hedonism and its hold on education.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Las Vegas, Nevada in February 2002

Whoolery, M. & Stelter, J. (2001).  Deconstructing self-esteem.  Presented at the annual conference for the American Psychological Association.  August, 2001, San Francisco, CA.

Thesis and Dissertation

Master's Thesis: The Test-Retest Reliability and Internal Consistency of the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (1997)

I also love reading good books. Here are my top 25 favorite books.

Mat Whoolery's Top 25 Book List

1. Brothers Karamazov -Fyodor Dostoyevsky (trans. Pevear & Volkohnsky)  
2. The Idiot -Fyodor Dostoyevsky (trans. Pevear & Volokhonsky) 
3. Les Miserables -Victor Hugo
4. Crime and Punishment -Fyodor Dostoyevsky (trans. Pevear & Volkohnsky)
5. Approaching -Hugh Nibley
6. Our Mutual Friend -Charles Dickens
7. Notes from the Underground -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8. The Lieh Tzu -Lieh Tzu (trans. A.C. Graham)
9. Fear & Trembling -Soren Kierkegaard
10. Gentle Creature -Fyodor Dostoyevsky (trans. Pevear & Volkohnsky)
11. Bonds That Make Us Free -C. Terry Warner
12. Screwtape Letters -C.S. Lewis
13. Fathers and Sons -Ivan Turgenev
14. Tale of Two Cities -Charles Dickens
15. Till We Have Faces -C.S. Lewis
16. The Chuang Tzu -Chuang Tzu (trans. Graham)
17. David Copperfield -Charles Dickens
18. Works of Love -Soren Kierkegaard
19. Siddhartha -Herman Hesse
20. Queen of Spades & Other Short Stories -Alexander Pushkin
21. First Love -Ivan Turgenev
22. Dracula -Bram Stoker
23. The Stranger -Albert Camus
24. Basic Philosophical Writings -Emmanuel Levinas
25. Man's Search for Meaning -Viktor Frankl