Ingram, Winifred

While attending her studies Dr. Ingram earned her Alpha Kappa Delta status from the National Sociology Honor Society in 1939. Dr. Winifred Ingram earned her Bachelor’s of Arts degree with a major in sociology in the spring of 1937; she soon earned her graduate degree in 1938 under the same major of sociology both degrees were earned at the University of Washington. She continued her education earning her doctoral degree in 1951 from Northwestern University majoring in clinical psychology; her dissertation work and product was in the study of the Prediction of aggression from the Rorschach test. During her educational pursuits Dr. Ingram earned the University of Washington Community scholarship in 1933-34. In 1946 through 1949 she was assigned to the Northwestern University Department of Psychology Teaching Assistant. It was in 1948 while a teaching assistant Dr. Ingram began her fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University for the U. S. Public Health Service where she served until 1950. Additionally in 1948 she earned her Sigma Xi honorary status from the National Science Honor Society.

Dr. Ingram’s clinical training was done in Illinois first during an internship at the Lincoln State School and Colony for the Department of Psychology, in the city of Lincoln in 1944 through 1945. Later, in 1948, in Chicago, Illinois Dr. Ingram participated in an externship at the Michael Reese Hospital in the Psychology Laboratory under the direction of Dir., Samuel Beck, Ph. D.

Professional experience consists of the following position title, general area, and duration: 1950-1956 she was a Psychologist at the Children's Service Center at the Neuropsychiatric Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan; while at the Children's Service Center she was a lecturer at the University of Michigan in the Summer School of Education and the Extension Service programs from 1953-1955. Dr. Ingram's report on the "Prediction of aggression from the Rorschach" can be viewed http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ ccp/18/1/23/. Also during the same time period from 1954-1956 Dr. Ingram began teaching at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Ingram earned her Psychology certification in 1959 from the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology; she was certified as a professional psychologist in Clinical Psychology; later in 1962, she achieved her certification as a Consulting Psychologist from the State of Michigan Department of Public Instruction until 1972.

In 1956 Dr. Ingram became director at the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Hawthorn Center in Northville, Michigan until 1963 when Dr. Ingram began consulting in the psychology field with the Delta Home for Girls from 1963-1966, then in 1966 she transitioned into the consulting field, she began consulting for the Port Huron Area School District at their Communication Skills Center in Michigan from 1966-1968. From 1968-1970 Dr. Ingram continued onward with her field of psychology at the Ypsilanti Early Education Project in the Special Services Division for the Ypsilanti Public Schools in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Dr. Ingram incorporated her time to serve as an advisory committee on training in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

1968-1969 Community Committees for the coordination of child Care and Development (Ann Arbor) and in 1969-1971 Ann Arbor Black theatre Board of Directors. Also during 1971-1972 Dr. Ingram was the resident tutor for the Gilbert hall, Currier House, and Radcliffe-Harvard. Her professional associations included the following: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, and Division 12 in the Clinical Psychology area and Division 7 for the Developmental Psychology.

Later in 1972 Wini moved to Washington State to begin her teaching career at The Evergreen State College as a faculty member of psychology. Teaching psychology at the college from 1972-1992 and became faculty emeritus in 1992. Her community involvement in 1978, Dr. Ingram initiated a group called 'Black Women's Awareness Group (BWAG); only two documents were saved (1) direction to Dr. W. Ingram's residence and (2) list of Black Women Writers. In addition to teaching at TESC since 1972 she participated in several disappearing task forces (DTF) committees these include the following: Counseling DTF, Hiring Registrar DTF, Professional Leave DTF, Employee Handbook DTF, and Faculty Planning DTF. She also was faculty advisor for numerous Individual Learning Contracts and Internships with students while teaching.

From the guide to the Winifred Ingram Papers, 1938-1992, (The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections)