Featured Psychologists 6-10

Question 1

• Member of the Cahuilla-Cupeno tribe
• Grew up in poverty
• First person to leave the reservation to go to college

Answer 1

Marigold Linton

Question 2

conducts research on long-term memory

Answer 2

Marigold Linton

Question 3

was the first Native American to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology

Answer 3

Marigold Linton

Question 4

first woman hired in as a Professor at the University of Utah

Answer 4

Marigold Linton

Question 5

co-founded the National Indian Education Association

Answer 5

Marigold Linton

Question 6

one of the founding members of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Answer 6

Marigold Linton

Question 7

served as the President of the SACNAS Board of Directors

Answer 7

Marigold Linton

Question 8

awarded millions in grants for running programs that support Native Americans pursuing science degrees

Answer 8

Marigold Linton

Question 9

primary area of research was intelligence testing

Answer 9

Herman George Canady

Question 10

research showed that the race of the test proctor as compared to the test takers biased scores

Answer 10

Herman George Canady

Question 11

joined the American Teachers Association (ATA) and helped organize Black psychologists, forming and chairing the ATA’s psychology department

Answer 11

Herman George Canady

Question 12

published the book Psychology in Negro Institutions (1939), which is the only known published research work on early psychologists in black colleges and universities

Answer 12

Herman George Canady

Question 13

hired to be the Chair of the Psychology Department at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute (twice)

Answer 13

Herman George Canady

Question 14

named the Designated Diplomat of the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology

Answer 14

Herman George Canady

Question 15

recruited and mentored many Black students in the field of psychology and promoted psychology at Black colleges and universities

Answer 15

Herman George Canady

Question 16

primary research was Social Work

Answer 16

Ruth Winifred Howard

Question 17

her and her husband opened up their own practice, The Center for Psychological Services

Answer 17

Ruth Winifred Howard

Question 18

served as staff psychologist at Provident Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago

Answer 18

Ruth Winifred Howard

Question 19

one of the first African American women to earn Ph.D in psychology in the US

Answer 19

Ruth Winifred Howard

Question 20

pioneer for women of color in psychology

Answer 20

Ruth Winifred Howard

Question 21

won $4,000 on a tv show and used that money to travel

Answer 21

Oliva M. Espin

Question 22

much of her research is looking at the psychology of immigrant and refugee women, Latina psychology, and women and sexuality across cultures

Answer 22

Oliva M. Espin

Question 23

she is a unique psychologist; likes to bring together psychology, sociology, politics, and religion to look at gender, sexuality, language, and race

Answer 23

Oliva M. Espin

Question 24

while working at Boston University, she completed her research at Harvard with a National Institute of Mental Health fellowship

Answer 24

Oliva M. Espin

Question 25

left New England (Tufts University) for the Women’s Studies Program at San Diego State

Answer 25

Oliva M. Espin

Question 26

has published extensively on the intersection of Latinx and LGBT communities

Answer 26

Oliva M. Espin