Robert W. Sekuler (1939- ) Papers 1960-1989

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Robert W. Sekuler (1939- ) Papers 1960-1989

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Sekular joined Northwestern's faculty in 1965 as a professor of psychology. His research interests were primarily in the fields of perception, vision, illusions, and reading, especially among the elderly. The Robert W. Sekuler Papers fill thirteen boxes and span the period 1960-1989. They are organized in five categories: correspondence, teaching files, research files, papers presented before professional organizations, and publications. Four folders of biographical materials are also included.

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Sekuler, Robert

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Robert William Sekuler was born in Elizabeth. New Jersey, on May 7, 1939. He obtained his A.B. at Brandeis University (1960) and his Sc.M. (1963) and Ph.D. (1964) at Brown University. Sekular joined Northwestern's faculty in 1965 as a professor of psychology. He left Northwestern in 1989 to return to Brandeis as a Dean. Joining the Northwestern faculty as assistant professor of psychology in 1965 Sekuler was promoted to associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1973. ...

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Psychology

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Instruction in psychology as a distinct discipline was first offered at Northwestern in 1900 by Professor (later President) Walter Dill Scott, who had been trained in experimental psychology at the University of Leipzig in the 1890's. The Department of Psychology was created in 1909 by dividing the former Department of Philosophy and Psychology. As of 1984 the Department had approximately thirty full- and part-time faculty, and offered an undergraduate major and doctoral study in se...