Department of Psychology, Harvard University
founded 1934
At Harvard the "New Psychology" was pioneered by William James in the Department of Philosophy. James who offered his first formal course in physiological psychology in 1875-1876, and established a laboratory for psychological studies about that time. The first Ph.D. degree in "philosophy and psychology" was awarded to G. Stanley Hall in 1878. In 1891, James established the Harvard Psychological Laboratory in Dane Hall. In 1892, Hugo Munsterberg was appointed professor of experimental psychology and director of the Psychological Laboratory.
Psychology remained a discipline within the Philosophy Department when the department and laboratory moved to the new Emerson Hall in December 1905. In 1927, Morton Prince established the Psychology Clinic. He was followed by Henry A. Murray in 1928. Professor E. G. Boring (1886-1968) was the first chairman of the Psychology Department when it was separated from the Philosophy Department in 1934. The two programs remained linked through a divisional structure until 1936.
The Department of Psychology has had a distinguished list of faculty and research programs through the years. For more information on the work of these historic faculty members:
William James (1842-1910), at Harvard 1872-1907
Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916), at Harvard 1892-1895 and 1897-1916
Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930), at Harvard 1890-1895
Edwin Garrigues Boring (1886-1968), at Harvard 1922-1968
Karl Lashley (1890-1958)
Henry A. Murray (1893-1988), at Harvard 1927-1962
Gordon Allport (1897-1967)
Georg von Békésy (1899-1972)
Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990), at Harvard 1931-1936 and 1948-1974
Raymond Cattell (1905-1998)
Stanley S. Stevens (1906-1973), at Harvard 1933-1973
Jerome Bruner (1915- )
Eleanor Maccoby (1917- )
David C. McClelland (1917-1998)
Timothy Leary (1920-1996), at Harvard 1959-1963 and
Richard Alpert (1931- ), at Harvard 1958-1963
George A. Miller (1920- )
Roger Brown (1925-1997)
Richard J. Herrnstein (1930-1994), at Harvard 1958 - 1994
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)
Psychology remained a discipline within the Philosophy Department when the department and laboratory moved to the new Emerson Hall in December 1905. In 1927, Morton Prince established the Psychology Clinic. He was followed by Henry A. Murray in 1928. Professor E. G. Boring (1886-1968) was the first chairman of the Psychology Department when it was separated from the Philosophy Department in 1934. The two programs remained linked through a divisional structure until 1936.
The Department of Psychology has had a distinguished list of faculty and research programs through the years. For more information on the work of these historic faculty members:
William James (1842-1910), at Harvard 1872-1907
Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916), at Harvard 1892-1895 and 1897-1916
Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930), at Harvard 1890-1895
Edwin Garrigues Boring (1886-1968), at Harvard 1922-1968
Karl Lashley (1890-1958)
Henry A. Murray (1893-1988), at Harvard 1927-1962
Gordon Allport (1897-1967)
Georg von Békésy (1899-1972)
Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990), at Harvard 1931-1936 and 1948-1974
Raymond Cattell (1905-1998)
Stanley S. Stevens (1906-1973), at Harvard 1933-1973
Jerome Bruner (1915- )
Eleanor Maccoby (1917- )
David C. McClelland (1917-1998)
Timothy Leary (1920-1996), at Harvard 1959-1963 and
Richard Alpert (1931- ), at Harvard 1958-1963
George A. Miller (1920- )
Roger Brown (1925-1997)
Richard J. Herrnstein (1930-1994), at Harvard 1958 - 1994
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)
"About the Department," Department of Psychology, Harvard University, http://www.isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k3007&pageid=icb.page19708 (accessed 09/10/2014)