Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Psychology
Organization
Biography
Instruction in psychology as a distinct discipline was first offered at Northwestern in 1900 by Professor (later President) Walter Dill Scott, who had been trained in experimental psychology at the University of Leipzig in the 1890's. The Department of Psychology was created in 1909 by dividing the former Department of Philosophy and Psychology. As of 1984 the Department had approximately thirty full- and part-time faculty, and offered an undergraduate major and doctoral study in seven subspecialties.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Donald T. Campbell (1919-1996) Papers, 1928-2006
Collection
Identifier: 11/3/23/8
Abstract
In 1953 Donald Campbell becamse associate professor of psychology at Northwestern University, advancing to full professor in 1958. He left Northwestern in 1979 to take up a position at Syracuse University. His papers document the principal activities of Campbell's life and his career as a professor of psychology whose research focused on scientific inquiry, which he explored in methodological treatises on field research and research design. The bulk of the collection dates between 1947 and...
Dates:
1928 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1996
Robert W. Sekuler (1939- ) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 11/3/23/7
Abstract
Sekular joined Northwestern's faculty in 1965 as a professor of psychology. His research interests were primarily in the fields of perception, vision, illusions, and reading, especially among the elderly. The Robert W. Sekuler Papers fill thirteen boxes and span the period 1960-1989. They are organized in five categories: correspondence, teaching files, research files, papers presented before professional organizations, and publications. Four folders of biographical materials are also...
Dates:
1960-1989
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