Kate Gordon (psychologist)

Kate Gordon
Born February 18, 1878
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Died October 4, 1963 (aged 85)
Resting place Forest lawn Memorial Park (Glandale) Los Angeles County California, USA
Citizenship American
Alma mater The University of Chicago (PhD, 1903)
Known for Psychology, Education
Spouse(s) Ernest Carroll Moore

Kate Gordon (February 18, 1878 - October 4, 1963) was an American psychologist who's work focused primarily on the development of theories in memory and attention span, affective memory, esthetics of color, developmental tests for children, and memory for music. Gordon's early work focused on color vision and how this interacted with memory.[1] Gordon's work shifted mid-career and she started to research within the realm of education. Specifically, she published work that addresses women's education with regards to the notion that women must be educated ifferently than men.[2] Her focus of research shifted once more later on in life and started to keen in on imagination and how it related to her earlier works of memory and emotion.[2]

Education

Dr. Kate Gordon was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Feb, 18 1878.[3] Gordon was born into a scientific and social oriented family with her father and brothers being physicians and her paternal grandfather a clergyman.[1] Gordon obtained her PhD in 1903 from the University of Chicago.[2][4] Gordon spent her time and research at a number of different institutions in the United States and in Europe until she became a full professor at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1934.[3][5] While during her trip to Europe in 1903-1904, Gordon was the first woman to become a member of The German Society of Experimental Psychology.[1][2] During her tenure in Europe, she had also attributed to the German Psychological Periodical with her research she had conducted at the University of Würzburg.[1][2] She held a number of different educator titles from 1904 until her retirement in 1948. In 1948, however, she was made a professor emerita and still continued to lecture when the university needed her.[1][2] Gordon had married Dr. Ernest Carroll Moore, an educator and philosopher, in March 1943 at the age of 65.[1] 15 years following her retirement, Gordon died from a brief illness at the age of 85.[1]

Career

Dr. Kate Gordon enrolled at the the University of Chicago in 1896 and received her PhB in 1900 and her PhD in 1903.[3][4] Her thesis, The Psychology of Meaning, demonstrated Gordon's interest in human sensory experiences and memory.[3] From this time forward she wrote and published frequently in a number of different psychological and philosophical journals, as noted in the publications section.[1] Gordon's early work focused primarily on color vision and how it affected memory.[1] During her trip to Europe in 1903-1904, Gordon served as a fellow and spent much of her time at the University of Würzburg.[3] In the United States after the completion of her fellowship, she held a number of positions in the realms of psychology and education.[1][3][5] From 1904 - 1906 she was the instructor of psychology at Mount Holyoke College and from 1906-1907 she continued teaching at the Teachers College of Columbia University.[1][3] During this time she focused her research towards assessing color vision in regards to the peripheral retina and the aesthetics of color.[3] In 1908 she became a surveyor of educational insinuations in Europe which was granted to her by Bryn Mawr College.[1] This opportunity gave Gordon an opportunity to research aesthetics by allowing her to visit a number of international art congresses that took part in Europe.[1][2] 1912-1916 she held the position of associate professor of education at Bryn Mawr College upon her arrival back into the United States.[3] During this time she also was the head of the department of education.[2] This was also noted as the time when Gordon began researching education, specifically mental tests for schools.[2] 1916-1919 she was the assistant professor of psychology and education at the Carnegie Institute of Technology which quickly resulted into her becoming the associate professor at the Institute from 1919-1921.[2][3] During this time period, she was also a called for to be a consultant for the Children's Department of the State Board of Control of California where she would help develop mental tests and differing testing programs for children.[1][3] Gordon, in 1922, then moved on to the Southern Branch of the University of California, or known today as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she was continually employed until her death.[1] In 1922 she was a lecturer of psychology and in 1923 she became an associate professor of the psychology department.[1][3] In 1934, she became a full professor and also held summer school classes at Stanford University, University of Washington, University of Wyoming, and the University of Wisconsin.[1] In 1930 she was given the opportunity following the death of her college, Shepherd Ivory Franz, to serve as the chair of the UCLA psychology department.[1] Her work shifted once more at this time and focused primarily on the imagination and how it affected the previous psychology she had studied.[2] In addition to this, she also served as the President of the Faculty Women's Group and the President of the Western Psychological Association.[1] During her time at UCLA she developed a scholarship in education under her husband's name at the University, which is known as the Ernest Carroll Moore Scholarship.[1] Dr. Kate Gordon retired in 1948 and was quickly given the position of professor emerita and even came back to UCLA to hold lectures when she was needed.[1][3]

Achievements/Awards

National Professional Societies

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Carolyn, S.; Gengerelli, F.A.; Nowell Jones May; Seagoe, V. "Kate Gordon Moore University of California: In Memoriam, April 1965". content.cdlib.org. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Young, J.L. (2010). "Profile of Kate Gordon. In A. Rutherford (Ed.)". Psychology's Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ogilvie, Marilyn; editors, Joy Harvey, (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York, NY [u.a.]: Routledge. pp. 519–520. ISBN 0415920396.
  4. 1 2 Siegel, Patricia Joan; Finley, Kay Thomas (1985). Women in the scientific search : an American bio-bibliography, 1724-1979. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 323. ISBN 0810817551.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Bailey, Martha J (1994). American Women in Science A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 139. ISBN 0874367409.
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