Katharine Banham

Katharine May Banham (May 26, 1897, in Sheffield, England – May 7, 1995, in Buckinghamsire, England) was an English psychologist who specialized in developmental psychology. She was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. from the Université de Montréal.^[1]

Early life and education

Katharine May Banham received a B.S. from the

Banham's held her first position as a lecturer at the University of Toronto in 1921, where she was the only female faculty member in both the psychology and philosophy departments.^[1] After leaving the University of Toronto, she held a number of professional and faculty positions in England, Canada, and the United States.^[2]

North Carolina

In 1950, Banham was appointed as the Senior Psychologist at the

In 1946, Banham was appointed as an associate professor in the Duke University psychology department, where she became associate professor of psychology, emerita in 1967. She was integral to the creation of infant and child development courses in the department.[1]

Banham co-founded the Duke University Nursery School with Dr. Wally Reichenberg-Hackett in 1946 to further the cause of establishing a developmental psychology program at Duke.^[1] She also helped to establish the Duke Film Society and the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement. While serving on faculty committees, she additionally developed a program for counseling first-year students at the university.^[2]

In 1985, she established the financial endowment for the Anne McDougall Memorial Award to provide opportunities for women at Duke to study psychology that may not have had such opportunities previously.^[6]

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