Dr. Wayne Viney Department of Psychology Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876 (970) 491-5783 (970) 491-2265 FAX vineyw@lamar.colostate.edu

William James 1885

Description of Current Research Interests

• History of Psychology
• Philosophical Problems in Psychology
• Dorothea Dix
• William James
• Benjamin Rush
• Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)

Education

• BA   1956 Oklahoma Baptist University, Major - Psychology, Minor - Speech
• MS   1960 University of Oklahoma, General-Experimental Psychology
• PhD  1964 University of Oklahoma, General-Experimental Psychology
• Advanced Study University of Colorado, Boulder - History of psychology with Dr. Michael Wertheimer,

summer and fall of 1976, summer and fall of 1983

Positions Held Before Coming to CSU

• 1965-1966  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology, University of Oklahoma School of

Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
• 1960-1966  Chairman, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

Positions Held at CSU

• From 1976  Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University,

Fort Collins, Colorado
• Summer Session 1986 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
• Summer Sessions 1987-1992  Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

Graduate and undergraduate courses in the History of Psychology
• From 1990  Professor, Correspondence course in History of Psychology, Division of Continuing Education,

University of Colorado, Boulder
• 1983 Visiting Professor, Summer Session, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
• 1973-1976  Associate Dean and Director of University Core Curriculum in Biology, College of Natural

Sciences, Colorado State University
• 1967-1973  Head, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University
• 1966-1967  Assistant Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University

Service

• Coordinator Experimental Section
• Religious Studies Advisory Board
• University Library user Planning Committee
• College Core Curriculum Committee
• Historian for Sigma Xi
• Program Co-Chair Division 26 (History of Psychology) American Psychological Association
• Guest Lectures for Parents and High School Students visiting Colorado State University

Recent Publications

• Viney, A.W. & King, D.B. (1998).  A History of Psychology:  Ideas and Context (2nd Ed.).

Boston: Allyn & Bacon
• Viney, A.W.  A History of Psychology: Ideas and Context. (1993).  Boston: Allyn & Bacon
• Viney, A.W., & Woody, W. D. (1995).  Psychogeny: A neglected dimension in teaching the mind-brain

problem.  Teaching of Psychology, 22, 173-177.
• Viney, A. W. (1996).  Disunity in psychology and other sciences: The network or the block universe?

The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 17, 31-43.
• Viney, A. W. (1996).  Dorothea Dix: An intellectual conscience for psychology.  In Alan Boneau, Gregory

Kimble, and Michael Wertheimer (Eds.).  Pioneers in Psychology II. Washington DC: American Psychological
Association.
• Viney, A. W. (1989). The Cyclops and the twelve-eyed toad: William James and the unity-disunity problem in

Psychology. American Psychologist, 44, 1261-1265.

Courses Taught at CSU

• PY401:  History and Systems of Psychology
• PY596:  Religion and Psychology
• PY600A: History of Psychology
• Numerous seminars on historical topics

Graduate Students