Background
Coffin, Joseph Herschel was born on January 12, 1880 in Thorntown, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Elihu and Ella (Cook) Coffin.
Coffin, Joseph Herschel was born on January 12, 1880 in Thorntown, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Elihu and Ella (Cook) Coffin.
Bachelor of Science, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1902. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1908.
Instructor psychology, 1907-1908, professor philosophy, 1911-1923, secretary, 1918-1923, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Acting professor psychology, Mount Holyoke College, 1917. Professor philosophy, Whittier College, California, since 1923.
Acting professor psychology, Swarthmore College, 1932-1933.
Director Whittier Institute of International Relations since 1935. Curriculum coordinator of the seven state colleges of California, 1938-1941.
Member American Association University professors, American Philosophical Association, American Association for Applied Psychology. Member Society of Friends.
Married Viva Pearl Dean, August 24, 1904. Children: Thomas Erwin, Joseph Herschel.