Last updated on:
2/27/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Evelyn Hooker, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Professor of Psychology at UCLA
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of 2006
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest, 1991
- Co-founder, Placek Fund of the American Psychological Foundation
- Professor of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1939-1970
- Chair, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Task Force on Homosexuality, 1967
- NIMH Research Career Award, 1961
- Grant recipient, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to study the adjustment of nonclinical homosexual men and a comparable group of heterosexual men, 1953
- Fellowship, Institute for Psychotherapy in Berlin, 1937-1938
- Education:
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- PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1932
- BA, University of Colorado, 1928
- Other:
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- Born: 1907
- Died: 1996