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She is one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Howard was an active participant in the American Psychological Association, the International Council of Women Psychologists, the American Association of University Women, the National Association of College Women (an African American-based group), and the ...
Bernal made numerous contributions to the field of psychology, and received several awards for her developments in pediatric clinical psychology as well as minority mental health. Informed by her personal experiences with structural and social prejudice, Bernal was instrumental in expanding access to care for minority groups and increasing ...
An internationally recognized scholar who has helped define the field of instructional psychology, Robert Glaser has linked theories of learning, cognition and instruction. He founded the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh , serving as its director until 1997.
Ann Lesley Brown (1943–1999) was an educational psychologist who developed methods for teaching children to be better learners. Her interest in the human memory brought Brown to focus on active memory strategies that would help enhance human memory and developmental differences in memory tasks.
The latter half of the 20th century further diversified the field of psychology, with women of color reaching new milestones. In 1962, Martha Bernal became the first Latina woman to get a Ph.D. in psychology. In 1969, Marigold Linton, the first Native American woman to get a Ph.D. in psychology, founded the National Indian Education Association.
Max Wertheimer, co-founder of Gestalt psychology; Drew Westen; Michael White, (Founder of narrative therapy) Ken Wilber, transpersonal psychology, then integral psychology; Glenn D. Wilson, personality and sexual behaviour; Richard Wiseman; Władysław Witwicki, one of the fathers of psychology in Poland, the creator of the theory of cratism
In 1939, Milner graduated with a B.A. degree in experimental psychology, [9] which at that time was considered a moral science. [11] One of her supervisors in the Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge was Oliver Zangwill and to him she owed her first interest in human brain function, [9] and the value of studying brain lesions. [12]
Mary Dinsmore Salter was born in Glendale, Ohio on December 1, 1913, the eldest of three daughters born to Mary and Charles Salter. Her father, who possessed a master's degree in history, worked at a manufacturing firm in Cincinnati and her mother was a nurse.