Alumni

A brief history of the Department of Psychology at Hampton University reveals that the first psychology courses aside from Educational Psychology, Child Psychology, and Adolescent Psychology which were all taught in the Division of Education, were listed in the 1941-1942 Bulletin of Hampton Institute.  Listed under General Education they were Psychology 101-Individual and Social Adjustment and Psychology 102-Vocational Adjustment.  By 1942-43, there were 12 courses in Psychology listed, along with overall objectives.  Kenneth B. Clark is listed as the head of the Department of Psychology, although he was "On leave of absence---War Service" and, not surprisingly, one of the courses listed is Racial Psychology.  In 1968, the first graduates earned a degree in psychology.  Fifteen students in a class of 366 were majors in psychology; one of these graduates ranked number seven in the class, and the highest ranking psychology graduate earned a Ph.D. in psychology within a few years.  In 2001, there were over one hundred psychology major graduates, and the valedictorian was a major -- Celia Kerr -- who enters graduate school this Fall at the University of Missouri-St. Louis!

Thanks to Dr. Harold Conley, former Chair of the Department, for compiling the information from which the above history of the Department is drawn.

Our alumni have gone on to accomplish great things!  Many have distinguished themselves in the fields of psychology, education, medicine, and the military.  Because it is so very important for our current students to realize their connection to the past, the present and the future of the relationship between the field of psychology and Hampton University, we urge graduates of the Department to contact us.