About Ellen P. Reese
Lived 1926 – 1997 (aged 70–71). Ellen P. Reese was an American psychologist.
Ellen P. Reese (August 30, 1926 – April 2, 1997) was the Norma Cutts Dafoe professor of psychology at Mount Holyoke College until 1994.
She received her B.A. in psychology from Mount Holyoke in 1948 and her M.A. in 1954. The Ellen P. Reese Grants for Faculty/Student Research has been established in her name. In 1997 Mount Holyoke held a conference dedicated entirely to her memory.
Awards Reese was honored in 1986 by the American Psychological Association (APA) with the Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award. In 1992, the APA included her in a list of the 100 most important women in psychology.
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American psychologist
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Ellen P. Reese was born on 30 August 1926.
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Ellen P. Reese died in 1997.
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Ellen P. Reese was a psychologist.
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