Dates

• Existence: 1920-

Administrative History

The Department of Psychology (1920- ) is an instructional unit at Brigham Young University.

The Department of Psychology was established in 1920, after the Church Teachers College was split. Originally a part of the School of Arts and Sciences, the department has also fallen within the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, and its present day place within the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.

Members of the department faculty are affiliated with the disciplinary subjects of applied social, behavioral neurobiology, clinical, developmental, pedagogy, and theoretical and philosophical psychology. Numerous department chairs have helped facilitate these educational goals, including Dean R. Brimhall (1920-1921); Hugh M. Woodward (1921-1923); M. Wilford Poulson (1924-1929, 1940-1951); Robert J. Howell (1964-1966); Kenneth R. Hardy (1966-1968); Darhl M. Pedersen (1968-1970; 1972-1979); Kay H. Smith (1970-1972); Donovan E. Fleming (1979-1987); Gary L. Bunker (1987-1991); David V. Stimpson (1991-1997); Erin D. Bigler (1997-2003); M. Gawain Wells (2003-2006); Ramona Hopkins (2006-2012); Dawson Hedges (2012-2018); and Gary M. Burlingame (2018- ).

Citation:

Graduate study in psychology at Brigham Young University, [197-]: p. 3 (Psychology Department) p. 4 (Department of Psychology)

Brigham Young University bulletin. 1994-95 undergraduate catalog, c1994: p. 307 (Department of Psychology)

UPB files, January 3, 2014 (department within College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences; members are affiliated with disciplinary subjects of applied social, behavioral neurobiology, clinical, developmental, pedagogy, and theoretical and philosophical psychology)

BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, Mar. 31, 2014 (established 1920 after Church Teachers College split; originally part of the School of Arts and Sciences; associated with College of Arts and Sciences; associated with College of Humanities and Social Sciences; associated with College of Social Sciences; presently associatedd within the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences; numerous department chairs; Dean R. Brimhall (1920-1921); Hugh M. Woodward (1921-1923); M. Wilford Poulson (1924-1929, 1940-1951); Robert J. Howell (1964-1966); Kenneth R. Hardy (1966-1968); Darhl M. Pedersen (1968-1970; 1972-1979); Kay H. Smith (1970-1972); Donovan E. Fleming (1979-1987); Gary L. Bunker (1987-1991); David V. Stimpson (1991-1997); Erin D. Bigler (1997-2003); M. Gawain Wells (2003-2007); Ramona Hopkins (2007- ))

Brigham Young University Department of Psychology website, via WWW, Mar. 16, 2020 (department chairs: Mona Hopkins, 2006-2012; Dawson Hedges, 2012-2018; Gary M. Burlingame, 2018- )

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