Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Dr. Stanley Kuffel received his bachelor degree at Saint Thomas University, his Masters at the Uni- versity of Minnesota and his doctorate at Western Reserve. He has taught in the North Dakota public school system, was Director of Guidance for that state and later became co-ordinator of Student Personnel at the State Teachers College in Bembridge, Minn. the department of PSYCHOLOGY The primary aim of instruction in the psychology department is to provide the individual student with an understanding of some of the principles underlying behavior. Courses are offered for the general liberal arts student that provide a foundation for advanced courses in psychology and related areas such as social science, education and personnel research. In all phases of instruction the emphasis is upon the behavior of organisms, viewed objectively, and as amenable to scientific explanation. The psychology department is essentially a service department designed to meet the needs of all other departments in areas of psychology and to provide psychological services in areas other than instruction. Major courses are designed to acquaint the student with re- search methodology, including experimental design and sta- tistical analysis, and theoretical interpretation. It is the further goal of this department to provide interested and qualified students with the background necessary for possible future graduate work. Seated — Dorothy McGinnis, Dr. Richard Schmidt, Charlotte Sumney, Genevieve Wise. Standing — Dr. Eston J. Asher, Dr. Frank Fatzinger, Dr. William Reynolds, Dr. William B. Pavlik, Homer Carter. t I! 1 fS 17 1 - 1 l ||| 1 [t Jl ■

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the department of SOCIOLOGY While the focus of courses in the Sociology department is on the training of students who hope to teach in the social-science area, many of the courses are designed to stimulate interest and to give students in general a better understanding of the significant factors and processes of modern life. Such courses as Contemporary Social Movements, History of Social Thought, and Comparative Culture Studies afford oppor- tunities of knowledge and research into such things as fascism, the Ku Klux Klan, the social role of religion, and the study of juvenile delinquency. Population problems and race relations, because of their contemporary impact, receive much attention. Because of the increased concern with the processes of today ' s man. the field of Sociology grows in stature . . . with Western. Dr. Leonard C. Kercher is a graduate of Western and has headed the Sociology department here since 1945. He studied at the University of London and has been listed in Who ' s Who since 1952. Dr. Kercher has been on our staff for the past twenty-four years. 16 Seated— Dr. Paul Horton, Mark Flapan, Charles Whatley. Standing — Dr. Chester Hunt, Dr. Jerome Manis, and Mrs. Nellie Reid. 14

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Seated — Dr. Milton Greenberg, Dr. Donald Ackerman, Dr. Samuel Clark, Dr. Stine. Standing — Dr. Jack Piano, Dr. John H. Romani. Leo Left to right— Karl Miller, Dr. George Bradley, Dr. Nathan Nichols, Dr. Walter Marburger, Stanley Derby, Dr. Haym Kruglak. 18