Background
Kirk, Virginia was born on December 22, 1895 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Sherman and Harriet Rose (White) Kirk.
Kirk, Virginia was born on December 22, 1895 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Sherman and Harriet Rose (White) Kirk.
Bachelor, Drake University, 2017. Postgraduate, University Nanking, China, 2022. BN, Yale University, 2027.
Master of Science, Yale University, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.
Research assistant Yale Psycho-Clinic, New Haven, 1930—1931. Director nursing Emma Pendleton Bradley Home, Riverside, Rhode Island, 1931—1935. Assistant educational psychology Columbia University, New York City, 1935.
Research associate Williamson County Child Guidance Study, Franklin, Tennessee, 1935—1942. Instructor School Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1943—1947, assistant professor, 1947—1953, ssoc. professor, 1953—1960, associate clinical professor emerita, since 1961. Private practice clinical psychology, 1948—1973.
Consultant clinical psychologist Family and Children's Service, Nashville, 1953—1973. Part-time private practice clinical psychology, 1973—1976. Consultant psychologist sponsored Center Research, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1963—1973.
Member childhood and adolescence committee Nashville Mental Health Association, 1975—1976.
Fellow: American Psychological Association. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tennessee Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association Mental Deficiency, Midwestern Association Mental Deficiency, Tennessee Association Mental Deficiency (honors award 1976), Canby Robinson Society Vanderbilt Medical School (life), Yale Middle Tennessee Club.