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Biography

Christopher Bell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, received his Ph.D. in
Psychology: Consciousness and Society from the ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of West Georgia, his M.A.
in Psychology from the ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of West Georgia, and his B.A. in English Literatures
and Cultures from Brown ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥.  

Dr. Bell is a human sciences-oriented psychologist with teaching and research interests
at the intersection of Cultural Psychology, Critical Psychology, and Lacanian
Psychoanalysis. His current research considers experiences of cross-racial / cross-
cultural dyads in Lacanian Psychoanalysis.

Education

Ph.D., Psychology: Consciousness and Society, Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2017
³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia

M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Aug. 2021 – present
³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky

M.A., Psychology, Aug. 2006 – May 2009
³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia

B.A., English Literature and Cultures, Aug. 1999 – May 2003
Brown ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥, Providence, Rhode Island

Employment

August 2023 – present
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Irving, Texas

August 2020 – May 2023
David Scott Williams Visiting Assistant Professor
Wesleyan ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥
Middletown, Connecticut

August 2019 – May 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire

August 2018 – May 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor
³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ of Southern Indiana
Evansville, Indiana

January 2010 – August 2012
Adjunct Instructor
El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas

Professional Memberships
APA Division 39:
Psychoanalysis
APA Division 24: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
APA Division 32: Humanistic Psychology

Publications

Bell, C. (2022). Beyond the Specific Factors vs. Common Factors Debate: Lacan’s Four
Discourses and a Renewed Contextual Model for Theorizing Psychotherapy Effects.
Theory & Psychology, 32(3), 423—442. Retrieved from


Bell, C. (2022). Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Japan: An Interview with Dr. Luke
Ogasawara. Awry: Journal of Critical Psychology, 3(1), 199—214. Retrieved from


Bell, C. (2020). Disrupting​ ​​​Received Wisdom in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory:
Reading Daniel Burston’s Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Postmodern ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥. Theory & 
Psychology. September 2020. doi:10.1177/0959354320959461

Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2020). Projection as a Political Weapon: From Unconscious
Defense to Conscious Offense. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action. 2.20. IPTAR.
Retrieved from http://www.analytic-room.com/essays/projection-as-a-political-weapon-
chris-bell-gary-senecal/

Bell, C. (2019). Critical Perspectives on Personality and Subjectivity. In Robert K.
Beshara (Ed.) A Critical Introduction to Psychology, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Verhaeghen, P., Aikman S. N., Doyle-Portillo S., Bell, C. & Simmons, N. (2018). When I
saw me standing there: first-person and third-person memories and future projections,
and how they relate to the self. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30:4, 438—452, doi:
10.1080/20445911.2018.1454451

Bell, C. (2018). Review of Intersubjectivity in Psychoanalysis: A Model for Theory and
Practice. Language and Psychoanalysis, 7(2). Retrieved from http://www.language-and-
psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2779/3913

Malone, K., Bell, C., Roberts J. (2015). Technology and addiction: Subjectivity, scientific
knowledge and the economy of jouissance. Subjectivity, 8(2), 147—164. Retrieved from


Bell, C. (2015). Three Approaches to Psychical Reality: An Interview with Dr. Antoine
Mooij. Language and Psychoanalysis, 4(2), 83—88. Retrieved from


Bell, C. (2014). The Lacanian Subject: Subject of Desire or the Subject of Drive?
Language and Psychoanalysis, 3(1), 39—65. Retrieved from http://www.language-and-
psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1587/2043

Conference Presentations

Bell, C. (2023). Critical Reflections on the Project of ‘Best Practices’ in Cross-Cultural
Psychotherapy: Considering the Applicability of Therapist Broaching and Bridging
Actions in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Paper
Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Bell, C. (2022). Revolution in Social Links: The Lacanian Cartel and the Paradox of
‘Suspended Leadership’. Paper presentation at the Lacan: Clinic & Culture Conference,
Duquesne ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥, Pittsburgh, PA.

Bell, C. (2021). Union Organizing in the Social Media Era. Paper Presentation at the
Psychology and the Other Conference. Conference held on-line.

Bell, C. (2020). Psychoanalytic Truth and the CBT Dare: Daring to Decouple CBT from
Neoliberal Values. Paper presentation at the Association for the Psychoanalysis of
Culture and Society Conference (APCS). Conference held on-line.

Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2019). Psychoanalysis in the Age of Trump. Paper presented at
the New England Psychological Association Conference (NEPA), Southern New
Hampshire ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥, Manchester, NH.

Bell, C. (2019). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in
Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Poster Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College,
Boston, MA.

Bell, C. (2019). Lacan with Cassirer: A new perspective on Symbolization and
Separation. Paper presented at the Lack iii Conference, Clark ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥, Worcester,
MA.

Bell, C. (2018). Music, Lalangue, and the Real Unconscious. Paper presented at the
Žižek Studies Conference, Athens, GA.

Bell, C. (2017). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in
Psychoanalysis / Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Paper
presented at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO.