Dorothy Christina Adkins was an American psychologist.
21 Facts About Dorothy Adkins
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Dorothy Adkins was the first female president of the Psychometric Society and served in several roles in the American Psychological Association.
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Dorothy Adkins was born on April 6,1912, in Atlanta, a town in Pickaway County, Ohio.
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Dorothy Adkins attended public school in Atlanta until graduation in 1927.
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Dorothy Adkins received a Bachelor of Science and PhD in mathematics and psychology from Ohio State.
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Dorothy Adkins's PhD was completed under the advisement of Herbert Toops.
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Dorothy Adkins worked as Chief of Social Sciences and Administrative Testing and the Chief of Test Development for the US Civil Service Commission while in DC from 1940 to 1948.
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In 1948 Dorothy Adkins accepted a faculty position at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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Dorothy Adkins held this position until 1961, and for 11 of those years she was the only female department chair at the university.
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Dorothy Adkins was the first female president of the Psychometric Society, serving from 1949 to 1950.
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Dorothy Adkins served as the managing editor for Psychometrika, the Psychometric Society's publication, from 1950 to 1956.
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Dorothy Adkins was only able to stay in Hawaii until 1974, at which time complicated and ongoing medical conditions forced her to return home to the mainland US.
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Gumpgookies was a method of assessing child motivation to achieve in school, which Dorothy Adkins created along with Bonnie Baliff.
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Dorothy Adkins applied factor analytic techniques in order to examine and better understand curriculum, program evaluation, and affect in children.
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Dorothy Adkins published several books examining measurement and analysis in education and achievement tests.
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Dorothy Adkins became dear friends with Thurstone and his wife, Thelma Thurstone, a friendship that lasted many years.
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Dorothy Adkins was known as a precise, dedicated, and excellent teacher, never unprepared for a lecture or meeting.
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Dorothy Adkins had two Weimaraner dogs that she loved dearly.
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In June 1974 Dorothy Adkins retired from University of Hawaii to Plain City, Ohio, for medical reasons.
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Dorothy Adkins eventually wanted to return to teaching at Chapel Hill, but her health never permitted.
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On December 19,1975, Dorothy Adkins passed away in her home near her family.