Charles Ferster - Timeline

Timeline

Education

• 1940 - 1943 Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
• 1943 - 1946 Military Service
• 1946 - 1947 Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) (B.S, 1947)
• 1947 - 1950 Columbia University (New York, NY) (M.A., 1948; Ph.D, 1950)

Post-Doctoral Professional Affiliations

• 1950 - 1955 Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) Research Fellow under B.F. Skinner
• 1955 - 1957 Yerkes Laboratory (Atlanta, GA at Emory University)(Chimpanzee work)
• 1957 - 1962 Indiana University Medical Center (Indianapolis, IN) (work with autistic children; collaboration with Nurnberger & Brady)
• 1958 - First Executive Editor, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB); See Founding of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• 1962 - 1963 Executive Director, Institute for Behavioral Research (Silver Spring, MD)
• 1963 - 1965 Associate Director, Institute for Behavioral Research (Silver Spring, MD)
• 1965 - 1968 Senior Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Research (Silver Spring, MD)
• 1967 - 1968 Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
• 1969 - 1981 Professor of Psychology, American University (Washington, DC) (Department Chair, 1970–1973)