V. N. Kunicyna: uchenyj, pedagog, lichnost’ (to the 90th anniversary)

Valentina Nikolaevna Kunitsyna (1935–2023) — Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg University, Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation occupies a noticeable and important place in the history of the St. Petersburg school of the modern period. Her whole life since her student years has been connected with the university. Her teachers were B.G. Ananyev, V.N. Myasishchev, A.V. Yarmolenko, A.A. Bodalev, L.M. Wecker, E.S. Kuzmin and other university teachers. Here she worked for 57 years, becoming a candidate (1969) and doctor (1991) of psychological sciences. Her supervisor for her candidate thesis was Alexey Aleksandrovich Bodalev. The main subject of scientific research by V.N. Kunitsyna is a person as an agent of communication. She studied social perception, social intelligence, the value foundations of interpersonal communication in the family, school, and communication difficulties. The scientific reputation of this scientist is high, her works are in demand and are widely cited. The techniques she created are especially popular. No less important is the pedagogical activity and social activity of V.N. Kunitsyna. The personality of this extraordinary person evokes respect, and her actions serve as an example of integrity and authenticity in scientific, pedagogical, and social activities.