Dr. Jean W. Hunt enjoys professional interests in mind-body medicine, health psychology, and research methods. Dr. Hunt also has post-doctoral certification in medical behavioral science, from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, at Lexington, which includes advanced training integrating Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, and Anthropology in the study of health and illness. Post Doctoral career activities include Institutional research & assessment in Higher Ed; Cancer care research at Indiana University College of Medicine; teaching on-ground and online courses in Psychology, Public Service Leadership, and Education; Healthcare market research in the private sector, relationship & intimacy counseling with individuals and couples struggling with chronic disease and/or terminal illness. and Shamanic and grief counseling. She lived with the Lakota Nation on Cheyenne River reservation in South Dakota for two years and experienced Native American medicine and spiritual practices with Native elders while teaching in their local tribal college. Hobbies include Native American beadwork, and writing. Dr. Hunt, her family and their "puppers" 'Lil Buddy and Suzy make their home in the Toe River basin of Western North Carolina's Pisgah forest.