Emeritus Psychology Faculty

Upon retirement from the university, faculty who meet the criteria for selection may be considered for emeriti designation. The title Professor Emeritus may, upon approval of the President, be conferred upon any person who has made outstanding contributions to the university in either the field of scholarship or public service

• Dr. Mildred Alvarez, Retired: 2022

  • (Ph.D., Boston University, 1985)

    Area: Developmental

• Dr. Milton L. Andersen, Retired: 1992

  • (Ph.D., University of California, 1963)

    Area: Social; Educational Psychology

• Dr. James Asher, Retired: 1994

  • (Ph.D., University of Houston)

    Area: Second Language Acquisition

• Dr. Harry Bender, Retired: 1988

  • (Ph.D., Yale University, 1955)

    Area:

• Dr. Sheila Bienenfeld, Retired: 2014

  • (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1982) 

    Area: Clinical

• Dr. Loy S. Braley, Retired: 1994

  • (Ph.D., University of Buffalo, 1959)

    Area: Cognition

• Dr. Robert B. Clarke, Retired: 1993

  • (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1959)

    Area: Statistics

• Dr. Robert G. Cooper, Jr., Retired: 2013

  • (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1973) 

    Area: Development Psychology

• Dr. Loni Davis, Retired: 2023

  • (Ph.D., Fielding Graduate University)

    Area: Human and Organizational Systems

• Dr. Norman L. Egger, Retired: 1990

  • (Ph.D., University of California, 1954)

    Area: Clinical; Psychopathology

• Dr. Nancy Eldred, Retired: 2010

  • (Ph.D., Utah State University, 1982)

    Area: Neuropsychology

• Dr. Joanna H. Fanos, Retired: 2018

  • (Ph.D., University of California San

    Francisco, 1987) 

    Area: Developmental; Psychological Trauma

• Dr. Ben C. Finney, Retired: 1984

  • (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1951)

    Area: Clinical

• Dr. Robert A. Fox, Retired: 1999

  • (Ph.D., Washington State University,

    1972)

    Area: Biological Psychology

• Dr. Rose Ginsberg, Retired: 1983

  • (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1960)

    Area: Experimental Psychology

• Dr. Dwight L. Goodwin, Retired: 1993

  • (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1965)

    Area: Behavioral Medicine; School

    Psychology

• Dr. James Hawkins, Retired: 1996

  • (Ph.D., )

    Area: Biological; Behavioral Genetics

• Dr. Ellyn Herb, Retired: 2022

  • (Ph.D., Fielding Institute, 1986)

    Area: Clinical; Licensed Psychologist; Certified Eating Disorders Specialist

• Dr. Robert Hicks, Retired: 2001

  • (Ph.D., University of Denver, 1964)

    Area: Biological; Sleep

• Dr. Kieth W. Johnsgard, Retired: 1999  

  • (Ph.D., Washington State University, 1955)

    Area: Clinical; Sports Psychology

• Dr. Kevin Jordan, Retired: 2015  

  • Education

    Ph.D., Psychology, Kansas State University, 1982

    M.S., Psychology, Kansas State University, 1979

    B.A., Psychology, Northern Illinois University, 1976

    Awards

    The Wang Family Family Excellence Award, Outstanding Faculty, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Service, California State University, 2015

    Exceptional Public Service Medal, NASA, 2014

    Meritorious Service Award, College of Social Sciences, San Jose State University, 2007. 

    Outstanding Teacher, Western Psychological Association, 2001. 

    Austen D. Warburton Award of Merit for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement, College of Social Sciences, San Jose State University, 2000. 

    Outstanding Professor, San Jose State University, 1995-1996. 

    NASA Public Service Medal, 1992. 

    Cooperative Agreements and Contracts

    (Total funded activity = $169,588,566; Total awarded amount = $214,089,583) 

    Jordan, K. Aerospace Human Factors. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-327, November 1, 1985 - Jan 31, 1999, $13,405,876. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Human Factors. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-798, February 1, 1993 - Jan 31, 2000, $10,321,666. 

    Jordan, K. Human Factors Research, Technology, and Safety. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1095, February 1, 1999- Jan 31, 2002, $6,990,291. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Management and Air-Traffic Modeling. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1097, February 1, 1999 – Nov 30, 2002, $2,276,503. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Human Factors - Human Automation Integration Research. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1155, February 1, 2000 - Jan 31, 2003, $5,891,445. 

    Jordan, K. Human Information Management. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1302, February 1, 2002- Jan 31, 2005, $4,079,936. 

    Jordan, K. Systems Safety Research. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1289, February 1, 2002- Jan 31, 2005, $8,323,681. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Management and Air-Traffic Modeling II. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1365, September 1, 2002- December 14, 2004, $2,879,645. 

    Jordan, K. Human Interaction with Automation. NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC 2-1378, February 1, 2003- May 31, 2006, $9,399,292. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Control and Autonomous Vehicle Research, NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA05CP80A, December 16, 2004 – February 29, 2008, $3,059,157. 

    Jordan, K. Airspace Management and Terminal Air-Traffic Modeling, NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA05CP88A, December 16, 2004 – December 15, 2007, $1,217,633. 

    Jordan, K. Human Visual and Auditory Information Requirements for Flight-Deck Display Design. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA05CS44A, February 1, 2005 – April 30, 2006, $1,105,249. 

    Jordan, K. Operations and Procedures for System-wide Safety. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA05CS40A, February 1, 2005 – May 31, 2006, $2,958,603. 

    Jordan, K. Human Performance Modeling and Simulation. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA06CB16A, May 1, 2006 – April 30, 2007, $2,701,758. 

    Jordan, K. Human-System Integration Technologies. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA06CB28A, June 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007, $2,571,777. 

    Jordan, K. Sociotechnical Systems Research. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNA06CB30A, 

    June 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007, $1,581,916. 

    Jordan, K. Air Traffic Management Software Development. Subcontract from UARC prime contract with NASA Ames, NAS2-03144. October 1, 2006 – August 31, 2008, $185,237. 

    Jordan, K. Test Subject Recruitment Office. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA04AA18B. November 1, 2006 – September 30, 2008, $302,696. 

    Jordan, K. Advanced Air Traffic Management and Control Automation Concepts. Subcontract from UARC prime contract with NASA Ames, NAS2-03144. February 1 – September 30, 2007, $135,769. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Control System Software Training Support. Subcontract from UARC prime contract with NASA Ames, NAS2-03144. April 10 – November 30, 2007, $201,925. 

    Jordan, K. Crew Factors and Team Performance. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX07AM06, May 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008, $1,544,214. 

    Jordan, K. Modeling and Simulation of Human Performance. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX07AM07G, May 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008, $2,247,312. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Deck and Airspace Operations. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA04AA18B. May 1, 2007 – October 14, 2008, $4,729,837. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Control and Autonomous Flight Systems Research, NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX08AI34A, February 13, 2008 – May 31, 2013, $5,838,685. 

    Jordan, K. Crew Factors and Team Performance II. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX08AX13A, September 1, 2008 – October 31, 2011, $8,653,663. 

    Jordan, K. Modeling and Simulation of Human Performance II. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX08AX12A, September 1, 2008 – October 31, 2011, $9,960,485. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Deck and Airspace Operations II. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA08AF13C. October 15, 2008 – January 31, 2010, $5,687,802. 

    Jordan, K. NEXTGEN Airspace Technology. Subcontract from Aptima, Inc. prime contract with NASA Ames, NNX09CC12P. January 22, 2009 – July 22, 2009, $19,998. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Deck and Airspace Operations III. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA08AF13C. February 1, 2010 – July 31, 2010, $2,405,658. 

    Jordan, K. Use-driven Testbed for Evaluating Systems and Technologies. Subcontract from Aptima, Inc. prime contract with NASA Ames, NNX10CA04C. February 19, 2010 – February 18, 2012, $60,000. 

    Jordan, K. UAV-Testbed for Evaluating Systems and Technologies. Subcontract from Aptima, Inc. prime contract with NASA Ames, NNX11CD12P. April 13, 2011 – October 31, 2011, $9,837. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Deck and Airspace Operations IV. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA08AF13C. August 1, 2010 – November 30, 2010, $1,368,137. 

    Jordan, K. Flight Deck and Airspace Operations V. Subcontract from Perot Systems prime contract with NASA Ames, NNA08AF13C. December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2011, $4,020,906. K. Jordan – August 2014 4 

    Jordan, K. Human Systems Integration Research. NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX12AB08A, December 1, 2011 – November 30, 2016, $40,895,498 (full award amount is $82,832,134). 

    Jordan, K. Autonomous Flight, Future Vertical Lift Systems, and Human System Integration, NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX13AI30AA, May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2016, $2,556,479 (full award amount is $5,120,860). 

     

    Papers (student coauthors in bold) 

    Bakowski, D. L., Foyle, D. C., Hooey, B. L., Kunkle, C. L., & Jordan, K. P. (2011). NextGen flight deck surface trajectory-based operations (STBO): Speed-based taxi clearances. Paper presented at the Sixteenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH: Wright State University; to appear in Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. 

    Munro, P. A., Kanki, B. G., & Jordan, K. (2008). Inop: Logbook communication between airline pilots and mechanics. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 18(1), 86-103. 

    Johnson, W. W., Jordan, K, Liao, M-J, & Granada, S. (2003). Sensitivity and Bias in Searches of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information utilizing highlighting/Lowlighting. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University. 

    Raddatz, K., Uhlarik, J., & Jordan, K. (2001). Perceived size in virtual environments: The role of pictorial depth cues. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting, 1404-1408. 

    Lozito, S., McGann, A., Cashion, P., Dunbar, M., Mackintosh, M., Dulchinos, V., & Jordan, K. (2000). Free Flight Simulation: An Initial Examination of Air-Ground Integration Issues. NASA Technical Memorandum 2000-209605. Moffett Field, CA: NASA Ames Research Center. 

    Mealey, J. B., Cohen, M. M., & Jordan, K (1998). Effects of stimulus orientation during learning on recognition of airport runways presented at various orientations. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 69, 104-110. 

    Johnson, W. W., Battiste, V., Delzell, S., Holland, S., Belcher, S., & Jordan, K. (1997). Development and demonstration of a prototype free flight cockpit display of traffic information. SAE Technical Paper 975554. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers. 

    Jordan, K., & Huntsman, L. A. (1995). Repetition of misoriented words reduces lexical decision response times at repeated and novel orientations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 21, 963-977. 

    Sanford, B. D., Foyle, D. C., McCann, R. S., Jordan, K., & Schwirzke, M. F. J. (1993). Head-up displays: Effect of information location on the processing of superimposed symbology. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Aviation Psychology. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University. 

    Jordan, K. (1991). [Review of Principles of mental imagery]. American Journal of Psychology, 104, 460-463. 

    Jordan, K., & Huntsman, L. A. (1990). Image rotation of misoriented letter strings: Effects of orientation cuing and repetition. Perception & Psychophysics, 48, 363-374. K. Jordan – August 2014 5 

    Schiano, D. J., & Jordan, K. (1990). Mueller-Lyer illusion decrement under varying stimulus exposure conditions. Perception, 19, 307-316. 

    Jordan, K., & English, P. (1989). Simultaneous sampling and length contrast. Perception & Psychophysics, 46, 546-554. 

    Rosenberg, E. L., Haines, R. F., & Jordan, K. (1989). The effects of window shape and reticle presence on performance in a vertical alignment task. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 60, 543-549. 

    Jordan, K., & Haleblian, J. (1988). Orientation specificity of length assimilation and contrast. Perception & Psychophysics, 43, 446-456. 

    Jordan, K., & Randall, J. (1987). The effects of oblique length and framing ratio on Ponzo illusion magnitude. Perception & Psychophysics, 41, 435-439. 

    Jordan, K., & Uhlarik, J. (1986). Length contrast and the Mueller-Lyer figure: Functional equivalence of temporal and spatial separation. Perception & Psychophysics, 39, 267-274. 

    Jordan, K., & Schiano, D. J. (1986). Serial processing and the parallel lines illusion: Length contrast through relative spatial separation of contours. Perception & Psychophysics, 40, 384-390. 

    Jordan, K., & Uhlarik, J. (1985). Assimilation and contrast of perceived length depend on temporal factors. Perception & Psychophysics, 37, 447-454. 

    Jordan, K., & Uhlarik, J. (1983). Contextual influences on a spatial frequency contingent color aftereffect. Perception & Psychophysics, 33, 420-424. 

    Jordan, K., & Uhlarik, J. (1982). Color aftereffects contingent on perceived spatial frequency. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 19, 263-266. 

    Uhlarik, J., Pringle, R., Jordan, K., & Misceo, G. (1980). Size scaling in two-dimensional pictorial arrays. Perception & Psychophysics, 27, 60-70. 

• Dr. Ellyn Kaschak, Retired: 2010

  • (Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1973)

    Area: Clinical; Feminist Psychology

• Dr. John S. Kelly, Retired: 1999

  • (Ph.D., University of Portland, 1965)

    Area: Clinical; Forensic Psychology

• Dr. Richard W. Kilby, Retired: 1981

  • (Ph.D., Yale University, 1944)

    Area: Social Psychology

• Dr. John MacRae, Retired: 1980

  • (Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1952) 

    Area: School Psychology

• Dr. Gene R. Medinnus, Retired: 1991

  • (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1957) 

    Area: Child Psychology 

• Dr. Edward W. Minium, Retired: 1982

  • (Ph.D., University of California, 1951)

    Area: Statistics

• Dr. Karl J. Mueller, Retired: 1993

  • (Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1955)

    Area: School Psychology

• Dr. Brian Pendleton, Retired: 1983

  • (Ph.D., University of Utah, 1961)

    Area: Biological Psychology

• Dr. Robert J. Pellegrini, Retired: 2009

  • Education

    Ph.D., Psychology, Univ Of Denver, Colorado, United States, 1968

    Master of Arts, Psychology, Univ Of Denver, Colorado, United States, 1966

    Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Clark Univ, Massachusetts, United States, 1963

    Biographical Information
    In addition to his role as a faculty member, San Jose State University Professor Emeritus Of Psychology Bob Pellegrini also served terms as SJSU Associate Dean for Research, Director of Sponsored Programs, and Psychology Department Chair. He received his B.A. degree from Clark University Phi Beta Kappa and with High Honors in Psychology. Supported by National Institute for Mental Health fellowships, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Denver, with clinical and research pre-doctoral internships at The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Asthmatic Research Institute and National Jewish Hospitals in Denver, followed by National Science Foundation-sponsored post-doctoral studies at Stanford University. Except for 1988-89 as a Visiting Research Associate in Psychology at the University of California Santa Cruz, he spent his entire career at SJSU.

    Bob’s auditorium sections of introductory psychology enrolled thousands of students over his 42+ years at SJSU. He also mentored dozens more in individual studies, undergraduate honors and graduate thesis projects, and in a variety of outreach programs including Operations Share and Abrazo dedicated to helping underrepresented minority students in San Jose's East Side Union School District in the 1960's and 70', and later as an instructor in the Unfinished Journey program initiated by SJSU Professor of Education Dr. Tony Carillo. He also mentored in SJSU's McNair (minority) Scholars, Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) and Minority Biomedical Support (MBRS) programs, and dozens of California Department of Corrections inmates in a B. A. degree program he co-founded at C.T.F. Soledad.

    Among the instructional materials he created to help students maximize their learning gains, were eight study guides published by The Dorsey Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Addison-Wesley-Longman, and Pearson Education. Bob’s scholarly work and commitment to giving SJSU students “the best introductory psychology course available anywhere at any price” has been acknowledged in local, regional, and national awards including SJSU's College of Social Science's Warburton Award for Scholarly Achievement, and outstanding teacher of the year awards from SJSU, the Western Psychological Association (WPA), and Psi Chi (the national honor society for psychology majors), and keynote talks at prestigious educational events such as the Lewis M. Terman Master Lecture Series.

    Eighty-sixth president of the Western Psychological Association, the oldest and largest regional professional association of psychologists in the United States, in 1965 Professor Pellegrini (along with Dr. Robert A. Hicks, his friend and collaborator of more than 50 years) conducted and reported in 1965, research challenging as meaningless on quantitative methodological grounds, the then (1960's) widely-quoted white supremacist arguments of psychometric "experts" concerning statistically significant race differences in IQ scores they invoked to justify unequal treatment of African-Americans.

    Along the same philosophical lines as the latter research, in his doctoral dissertation project in 1968, he invented and tested a social psychological laboratory method for the unobtrusive (linguistic as well as behavioral) measurement of what he called in the title of that work, “psychological distance,” wherein African- or white-American assistants interviewed people identified by a widely-used attitude scale of that era, as high or low in their racist attitudes toward African-Americans. His later research ranged from studies of the validity of astrological descriptions of personality, early developmental exposure to toxic radiation on adult predispositions to criminal violence, to the effects of color on human functioning in both laboratory and applied settings, studies of impression-formation, the effects of teacher expectations on students' educational outcomes, political identification and attributed causes of homelessness, the medical significance of adult attachment styles, the effects of anticipated opportunity on performance, and the storied roots of identity formation as the key to understanding everything about how and why people think, believe, feel, see, say, and do as they do.  

    In addition to dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals, Pellegrini published four books: Psychology For Correctional Education: Facilitating Human Development In Prison And Court School Settings; Between Fathers And Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives; Identities for Life and Death: Can We Save Us From Our Toxically-Storied Lives?, and Education For The Joy of It: How To Thrive, Not Just Survive in High School, College and Beyond.

    A unifying theme throughout Bob’s professional life as a social scientist/educator, is a commitment to illuminate and promote actualization of human potential. Having received a number of honors for his work (e.g., The Warburton Award for Scholarly Achievement, Fellowship in the European Academy of Color Sciences and the Western Psychological Association), Bob has authored and co-authored over 120 presentations delivered at annual meetings of regional and national professional associations, been an invited guest and keynote speaker at dozens of public and private organizational meetings, published more than 100 articles in professional journals, seven chapters in edited books, twelve manuals and study guides, and four books.

    In his retirement years, his work has focused on enhancing educational success experiences for students in all kinds of circumstances, and the way stories shape our identity and thus our destiny in every aspect of life -- for better or worse, for good or evil. His talks on a program he refers to as "Life Destruction or Construction 101”  center on what he calls “our storied self scripts,”  as they impact the person, group, nation, and world we become. In this context, he addresses issues of human development with regard to health, education and human welfare in a world where all three are threatened synergistically by cultural, social, political, economic, and ecological pressures of unprecedented magnitude.  

    The broader objective of the Identities For Life project outlined in his 2010 book, was to promote a universal sense of belonging to what he refers to as a "Global Life System" -- a mind set he believes is crucial for substantively effective efforts to maintain the quality and ultimately the sustainability of all life on earth, in a world beset by a confluence of challenges which he predicted in 2010, would almost certainly lead us to turn increasingly against each other in horrific ways. In the book and You Tube video introducing it (to which a link appears here), he said he hoped and prayed he was wrong, but affirmed his belief that humanity had twenty-five years at the outside to come to an understanding of our common interdependence and begin to think, feel and act accordingly before such events would begin to erupt in an epidemic of virulent hatred and aggression. Critics assailed the foregoing observation as hyperbolically, ridiculously ominous. Sadly, events in the third decade of the twenty-first century indicate that Pellegrini may actually have been fifteen years too optimistic.

    In the 80th year of his life, with three manuscripts in progress (as he says, “...a workload about as delusionally optimistic as buying green bananas for a geezer as old and easily bored as me..”) he continues to focus on the way identity is formed and how it impacts not just individuals, but the psychology of groups of all sizes from dyadic (two-person) relationships to nation states. Herein, he represents not just a theoretical, philosophical perspective, but an applied paradigm for a peaceful, social consciousness revolution to change the way all people perceive the world, their place in it, and thus the way they think, feel and act as they play out their roles on the stage in the theater of real life -- for good or evil.  Integral to all of this is his most recent effort, a holistic-organismic theory of development throughout the life span.

    His persistent emphasis is on the idea that identity and thus major elements of human destiny are modifiable. In his words, "It's largely a matter of choice. Which of our inner wolves shall we feed? The good one or the evil one. It's up to us. For now at least, it's up to us."

    Dr. Pellegrini again qualified to compete in the USA National Bodybuilding Championships by placing 2nd and 1st, respectively, in the Ultra and Grand Master's division finals of the nationally-sanctioned National Physique Committee (NPC) 2010 San Francisco and 2011 San Jose Championships. In 2018 at the age of 77, he was a finalist in the 40+ year-old class and qualified for both the NPC and International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) national championships in the 50+ year-old class at the Muscle Sports contest in San Jose – apparently the oldest man to have done so in the history of that longest-running such show in northern California. In 2019, at the age of 78, he was again a finalist in both the 40+ and 50+ classes of that show.

    In a recent interview, Dr. Pellegrini said this:
    "God knows I could have done a lot more reading and writing about life if I wasn't so determined to live it in a multidimensional way. To me, living life didn't mean traveling to see things or watching others do things; it meant doing things and experiencing adventure in different ways. Many of those adventures were in the high desert wildernesses of Nevada, the Sierra and Siskiyou mountains, hiking, dirt bike riding, alpine and Nordic skiing. Competitive powerlifting, tennis, and bodybuilding in the subcultures of local, regional, and national contests added dimensions of richness to my experience and bonds of friendship I count among my grandest blessings. I paid a high price for the eclecticism that was so integral to my own identity-defining narrative; but I never wanted to do it any other way."

    Bob makes no secret of the fact that whatever he may do or wherever he may have done or may yet do, a part of him will always be at SJSU, doing the work he loved to do with his students and colleagues. In his own words: “I never for a moment took for granted how blessed I was with the opportunity to have served this great university. I continue to take pride and joy in telling about the scholarly, creative, and public service achievements of our magnificent students, alumni, and faculty. What a kick it was to have shared in all of that throughout my adult life."

    Personal Website: https://robertpellegrini.weebly.com

• Dr. Annabel Prins, Retired: 2020

  • (Ph.D., State University of New York, 1995)

    Area: Clinical Psychology

• Dr. Bruce C. Ogilvie, Retired: 1979

  • (Ph.D., University of London, 1954)

    Area: Sports Psychology; Clinical

• Dr. Harold Richardson, Retired: 1986

  • (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1950)

    Area: Statistics

• Dr. Jay T. Rusmore, Retired: 1987

  • (Ph.D., University of California, 1944)

    Area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

• Dr. James M. Sawrey, Retired:

  • (Ed.D., University of Nebraska, )

    Area: Health Psychology

• Dr. Lenore Seltzer, Retired: 1987

  • (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1946)

    Area: Educational Psychology

• Dr. James R. Steele, Retired: 1987

  • (Ph.D., University of Washington, 1961)

    Area: Clinical

• Dr. Charles W. Telford, Retired: 1972

  • Education

    Ph.D., Psychology, Vanderbilt University, United States, c. 1929M.S., Psychology, University of Idaho, United States, 1927 (Thesis: "The Relative Value of a Psychological Examination and an Entrance Test in Predicting School Grades") Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, unknown

    Biographical Information

    Dr. Telford was a faculty member of the Psychology Department from 1948 to his retirement in 1972.  He was also the Department Head of Psychology from 1951 - 1955. Dr. Telford was the joint author of several books on psychology, beginning with Dynamics of Mental Health (1963), which by the third edition was called Psychology of Adjustment (1971), and with the fourth edition (1975) it became Adjustment and Personality. James M. Sawrey is the senior author and C. W. Telford is joint author. Telford and Sawrey also co-authored a text Educational Psychology: Psychological Foundations of Education 3rd ed., (1968) and The exceptional Individual: Psychological and Educational Aspects (1967) [4th ed., 1981]. Telford, Sawrey and Arthur T. Jersild co-authored another text: Child Psychology, 7th ed. (1975).Telford (1931) is also credited with the discovery of the phenomenon he named the psychological refractory period (PRP).

    From he Spartan Daily, October 1992 Retired Psychology Professor Dies
    By Kerry Peters, Spartan Daily Staff Writer SJSU psychology Professor Robert Fox has fond memories of a man he affectionately calls "Tel.""Tel was a gentleman's gentleman," Fox said. A clock that Tel made for him hangs in his breakfast nook. Fox said he will remember Tel every morning when he looks at the clock. Charles W. Telford, a retired SJSU professor of psychology, died Oct. 13 of a heart attack. He was 89. Telford, or Tel to his friends, earned his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University and began his teaching career in 1929 at the University of North Dakota. He also taught at the University of Utah before coming to San Jose State in 1948."Tel was very student-oriented." said psychology Professor Karl Mueller. "Students had a very high opinion of him." Mueller said he recently talked to a former student of Telford who thought his class was one of the best she had ever taken. In 1951, Telford became head of the psychology department and chairman of the division of psychology, philosophy and statistics. Four years later, Telford decided to resign from those positions so he could devote more of his time to teaching.  Aside from teaching, Telford wrote numerous books dealing with various areas of psychology, including educational, general, adjustment and child psychology. After his retirement in 1972, Telford continued to conduct research and write books. Mueller said that, including rewrites, he believes Telford wrote about 43 books in all. But Telford was not just involved in psychology but many extracurricular activities as well. His grandson, Jake Olsen, an SJSU student, said Telford build two houses, one in San Jose, in which his wife Aldene still lives, and a cabin. For most of his life, he practiced woodworking and built 10 grandfather clocks and several smaller ones. Telford was also an avid gardener who grew oranges, lemons, prunes, plums and berries which he often gave away by the bagful to his friends and neighbors.Those who worked with Telford held him in high regard, not just as a teacher, but as a friend. "He was very generous with his time," Mueller said. "He was very altruistic." Mueller said he remembered once when he was ill and trying to find a professor to teach his classes for him, Telford immediately volunteered. Fox said when he first started in the department he and Telford would get together for lunch and talk about the history of the department. "He was an invaluable source of information," Fox said.The psychology department and Foundation have set up a trust fund in Telford's memory that will be administered to various areas in the department. Selected Publications: Ecker, P., Macrae, J., Oullette, V., & Telford, C. (1959). Handbook for Supervisors. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.Jersild, A. T., Telford, C. W., & Sawrey, J. M. (1975). Child Psychology. (7th edition). Prentice-Hall: New Jersey.Sawrey, J. M. & Telford, C. W. (1959) Educational Psychology. Allyn & Bacon, 3rd imp [1958]Sawrey, J. M. & Telford, C. W. (1971). Psychology of adjustment. 3rd Ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.Sawrey, J.M. & Telford, C. W. (1975). Adjustment and Personality. (4th edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon I nc.Telford, C. W. (1931). The refractory phase# of voluntary and associative responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 14, 1-36.

    Telford, C.W. (1938). Comparative studies of full and mixed-blood North Dakota India ns. Psychological Monographs 50: 116-129.Telford, C.W. & Sawrey, J.M. (1967). The Exceptional Individual: Psychological and Educational Aspects. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hill, Inc.Telford, C.W. & Sawrey, J.M. (1971). The Exceptional Individual. (Rev. Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hill, Inc.Telford, C.W. & Sawrey, J.M. (1972a). Psychology as a natural science. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.Telford, C.W. & Sawrey, J.M. (1972b). The Exceptio nal Individual. (2nd edition). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hill, Inc.Telford, C.W. & Sawrey, J.M. (1972c). The Exceptional Individual. (3rd Edition). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hill, Inc. [xii]+562+[2]pp. Cloth. A very good copy. $17.50.Telford, C. W, y Sawrey, J. M. (1973). El individuo excepcional. Madrid: Prentice-Hall.Telford, C. W. y Sawrey, J. M. (1978). O Individuo Excepcional. Rio de Janeiro (3a.Edicao), Zahar (Ed.).Telford, C. W. and Spangler, H. (1935). Training effects in motor skills. Journal of experimental psychology. 19 (1), 141-147.

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  • (Ph.D., University of Utah, 1951)

    Area: Experimental Psychology

• Dr. M. Ruth Tiedeman, Retired: 1972

  • (Ed.D., Columbia University, 1940)

    Area: School Psychology

• Dr. Thomas A. Tutko, Retired: 1999

  • (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1962)

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• Dr. William Winter, Retired: 1983

  • (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1953)

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• Dr. Robert Witte, Retired: 2000

  • (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1958)

    Area: Statistics

• Dr. Dale Wise, Retired: 1999

  • (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1971)

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