Mark Koltko-Rivera, Ph.D.

I am shopping around to agents and publishers my book, "Mormons: Who They Are, How They Think, What They Believe, and Why They Succeed." I write the blogs "Mormon From Manhattan" and "LDS 101," among others. You can reach these blogs through the links in the "Affiliations" section of this profile.

I write about psychology, careers, and relationships, as well as social issues like religion, politics, and the social impact of science. I also write fiction.

I was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. A New Yorker today, I've also lived in Florida and Japan.

I was elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), an honor given to less than 7% of APA's members. I've received awards for my scholarly work from APA divisions focused on unified psychology, religion, and humanistic psychology. My articles have appeared in The Review of General Psychology, The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and Psychotherapy. Professionally, I've worked on the psychology staffs of the Manhattan Psychiatric Center and Lutheran Medical Center (Brooklyn). In my 16-year-long counseling practice, I helped people with mental health, relationship, and career issues. In addition, I've served as the principal investigator on several federally funded research projects, and have taught psychology, counseling, statistics, and research design at New York University, the University of Central Florida, and elsewhere.

I currently teach family history and genealogy in my local Mormon congregation.

I am also a Freemason, and my book, "Freemasonry: An Introduction," was published in January 2011 by Tarcher/Penguin. You may have seen me appear as an expert about Masonic topics on the Discovery and History channels.

My short fiction has appeared in the online journals "The Fear of Monkeys," "The Legendary," and "Foliate Oak."

I blog about social issues, politics, and religion at "On the Mark: Social Commentary from a Reflective Perspective."

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