| Date | Teachers | |
| 1907-1914 |
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Taught psychology as the Principal of Ricks Academy. |
| 1915-1917 | There were no psychology classes taught. | |
| 1918-1954 |
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Taught Psychology. He was also an administrator, including President from 1930-1944. During these years he taught General Psychology, Educational Psychology, Applied Psychology and Child Psychology In 1944, Hyrum went back to the faculty, and taught full time. Added Curriculum included Psychology Applied to Nursing, and Social Psychology. In 1946, Psychology applied to Home and Nursing; Child and Adolescent Psychology, Mental Health, and Industrial Psychology. |
| 1923 | Ricks College was made a College. | |
| 1948-1969 |
Hugh Bennion |
Taught Psychology. He later served as the Academic Dean. |
| 1950-1957 |
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Taught Psychology. Increased the department to two teachers. |
| 1957-1984 |
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Taught Psychology. Department Chairman from 1961-1983 |
| 1961-1963 |
Glade Merrill |
Taught Psychology part time, French part time; in 1963 went full time to French. |
| 1964-1985 |
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Taught Psychology. |
| 1965-1993 |
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Taught Psychology 1/3; Did Counseling 2/3. Director of Counseling Center. |
| 1966-1999 |
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Taught Psychology; Department Chairman 1984-1988; Division Chairman 1988-1999 |
| 1966-1998 |  Vance Hendricks |
Taught Psychology and Education, 1/3 time; Did Counseling 2/3 time, In 1976 full time counseling. Director of Counseling Center 1993-1998. |
| 1967 |  Dean Sorensen |
Taught Psychology 2/3, Did Counseling 1/3 time, Later worked in administration, still teaching part time until about 1975. He became assistant dean of instruction, and later Academic Vice President until 1995. He served as a mission president, and returned as a teacher of religion. |
| 1968-1974 | Leon C. Young | Taught Psychology |
| 1970-2006 |  Gordon Timothy |
Taught General Psychology, Stress Management, Social Psychology; B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 1968, 1971, 1987
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| 1976 | The Psychology Department was combined with History, Geography, and Sociology, into the Social Sciences Department with historian David Crowder as chair. | |
| 1981 | The Education-Psychology Department was formed. | |
| 1971 |  H. James Gordon |
Taught Education; then moved to Family Living teaching Early Childhood Education |
| 1980-2004 |  Merlin Madsen |
Came to direct the newly formed Study Skills lab, he later moved full time into Education-Psychology. Teaching assignment included General Psychology, Effective Living, Developmental Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology. Retired from BYU-Idaho July 2004.
B.S., Southern Utah State College, 1967; M.Ed., University of Arizona, 1969; |
| 1980 |  Joseph Alldredge |
Taught Education |
| 1984-1985 | Grant Richards | Taught Education |
| 1985 |  Ronald Jacques |
Taught both Education and Psychology classes from 1985-1989. Teaches General Psychology, Culture and Gender, Personality and Introduction to Counseling. Psychology Department Chairman 1994-1999, 2000 to 2004. Internship Coordinator for Juvenile Corrections Center.
B.S., Utah State University, 1971; M.Ed., Brigham Young University, 1975; |
| 1985-2006 |  Edward Kinghorn |
Taught General Psychology, Stress Management, and Team-taught Neurobiology in the Biology Department. Specialized in Brain and Physiology. Department Chairman 1999. After teaching 21 years, transferred to BYU-Hawaii in August 2006. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 1983, 1984, 1986 |
| 1989 | The Departments of Education and Psychology were divided James Gordon became the chair of the Education Department with Joseph L. Alldrege and Sharon Richards as the other department members. Gordon Timothy became chair of the Psychology Department with Ronald Jacques, Ed Kinghorn, Merlin Madsen, and Edward Malstrom as members. |
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| 1991-99 |
Ruth Poole |
Division Secretary for Behavioral and Social Science Division and Department Secretary for Psychology. Retired from BYU-Idaho as the secretary for the College of Education in 2003. |
| 1994 |
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Teaches General Psychology, Principles of Learning, and Effective Living. Internship Coordinator for Hippotherapy.
B.S., M.S., Brigham Young University, 1991, 1993 |
| 1996-98 |
Mark Chamberlain |
Taught General and Abnormal Psychology. He left Ricks to practice therapy. |
| 1999 |
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Teaches General Psychology, Sensation and Perception, and Behavioral Neurobiology. Team teaches Neurobiology in the Biology Department. Associate Dean 2002-2004. Department Chair 2004 to 2007. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 1991,1996,1997
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| 2000 |
Barbara Sharp |
Came to the College in 1991, as a secretary in the Academic Office. Transferred to the Psychology Department in 2000. |
| 2002 |
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Teaches General Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, Social Psychology, and Stress Management. Internship Coordinator for Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Department Chair 2007.
B.S., Arizona State, 1986; |
| 2004 |
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Teaches General Psychology and Abnormal Psychology. Internship Coordinator for Family Crisis Center, Club Inc., and Peer Counseling.
B.S., University of Utah, 1983; |
| December 2004 | The Psychology, Sociology, Math, and History, Geography, and Political Science Departments moved to the new Thomas E. Ricks Building. | |
| 2005 |
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Teaches General Psychology, History and Systems, and Psychological Assessment. Specializes in Evaluation Methodology. Internship Coordinator for Counseling Aids at Madison Middle School.
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Utah State University; 1990, 1995, 1997 |
| 2006 |  Owen Anderson |
Taught Developmental Psychology and Adult Development for the Psychology Department 2006. Moved to the Home and Family Department. Teaches Child Development classes and supervises the Child Lab.
B.S., Utah State U., 1987 |
| 2007 |  Yohan Delton |
Teaches General Psychology, Research Design, and Cognition. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Brigham Young University 2000, 2005, 2006 |
| 2007 |  Matthew Whoolery |
Teaches General Psychology, Developmental Psychology Lifespan, and Adult Development. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 1995, 1997, 2004 |
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