Ingrid Farreras

Education

• Ph.D., Psychology (University of New Hampshire)
• M.S.T., College Teaching (University of New Hampshire)
• M.A., Psychology (University of New Hampshire)
• B.A., Psychology and Foreign Languages (French and German) (Clark University)

Courses Taught

• PSY 312: Nonexperimental Research Methods
• PSY 315: Experimental Research Methods
• PSY 370E: The Psychology of Human Sexuality
• PSY 431 531: Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 441: History and Theories of Psychology

Biography

I was born and raised in Madrid, Spain, and came to the United States to attend college. Except for a study abroad semester in Germany while in college I have been here ever since. I first attended graduate school in clinical psychology but my college philosophy background made me miss the more theoretical, as opposed to applied, questions regarding human thought and behavior. As a result, I transferred to the University of New Hampshire, the only institution in the United States to offer a Ph.D. degree in the history and theory of psychology. I then spent three years at the Office of NIH History in Bethesda as a DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Memorial (Post-doctoral) Fellow in the History of Biomedical Sciences and Technology. I have been at Hood since 2002.

Research and Teaching Interests

My primary area of interest is historical research on the professionalization of the field of clinical psychology, with special emphasis on the scientist-practitioner ("Boulder") model of training. Focusing on the 1896-1949 time period, I explore the emerging and evolving role of clinical psychologists, from administrators of intelligence and occupational tests before, during and between the world wars, to their increased visibility as therapists and researchers during and after World War II. A secondary area of interest is historical research on mind-control and LSD research conducted by psychologists during the 1950s under CIA auspices. A last area of interest, in collaboration with the department chair Dr. Robert Boyle, is pedagogical research on predictors of successful performance in statistics courses and of course evaluations.

Publications

• Farreras, I. G., Hannaway, C., and Harden, V. A. (Eds.). (2004). Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior: The Foundations of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research at the National Institutes of Health. Washington, D.C.: IOS Press.
• Farreras, I. G. (2004). The historical context for NIMH support of APA training and accreditation efforts. In W. E. Pickren and S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A Historical Analysis of Science, Practice, and Policy (pp. 153-179). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.
• Farreras, I. G. (2004). Part I: Historical background. In I. G. Farreras, C. Hannaway, and V. A. Harden (Eds.), Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior: The Foundations of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research at the National Institutes of Health (pp. 1-67). Washington, D.C.: IOS Press.
• Farreras, I. G. (2004). Part II: Reviews of research in the NIMH and the NINDB laboratories and branches. In I. G. Farreras, C. Hannaway, and V. A. Harden (Eds.), Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior: The Foundations of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research at the National Institutes of Health (pp. 69-147). Washington, D.C.: IOS Press.