Ellen Pulford Reese

Background

Reese, Ellen Pulford was born on August 30, 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Alfred Ely and Katherine Cary (Cook) Pulford.

Education

Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1948. Master of Arts, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1954.

Career

Research assistant Mount Holyoke College, 1948—1956, assistant director psychological laboratories, 1956—1964, director psychological laboratories, 1964—1969, lecturer psychology, 1970—1980, associate professor, 1980—1985, professor, 1986—1988, Norma Cutts Dafoe professor psychology, since 1989. Adjunct professor University Kansas, since 1988. Vice president Hampshire Communications, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1969—1976.

Member editorial board Behavior Modification, 1977—1982, Behavior Therapy, 1976—1978, The Behavior Analyst, 1982—1982. Trustee Cambridge Center Behavioral Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981—1988, 1989—1993, executive committee, 1982—1988, advisory board, 1988—1989, since 1994. Trustee Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, 1972—1987.

Achievements

• Ellen Pulford Reese has been listed as a notable psychologist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences, Animal Behavior Society, Association for Behavior Analysis (member council 1981-1986, president 1984), American Psychological Association (member executive committee Division 25 1973-1975, 1977-1979, 1990-1992, president 1991). Member: Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Thomas Whelan Reese, December 17, 1949.

Father:

Alfred Ely Pulford

Mother:

Katherine Cary (Cook) Pulford

Spouse:

Thomas Whelan Reese