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David C. Devonis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Coordinator, Psychology Department

Office Phone: 641-784-5376
e-mail: devonis@graceland.edu
EDUCATION
  • Ph. D., Psychology (History of Psychology), University of New Hampshire, 1989. (Dissertation: The Concept of Conscious Pleasure in the History of Modern American Psychology, 1890-1980)
  • M. A., Psychology (Cognitive Psychology), University of New Hampshire, 1986.
  • B. A., Psychology, Temple University, 1982.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Professor, 2006-present.
  • Associate Professor 2000-2005
  • Assistant Professor 1997-1999
  • Department Coordinator 1997-2005, 2007-
  • Associate Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Marycrest International University, 1991-1997.
  • Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Redlands, 1989-1991.
PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS
  • Devonis, D. C. (2006, in press). Paul Everett Meehl. To appear in Koertge, N., Ed., New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2006). Timothy Leary’s early psychological genealogy: Reality behind the fantasy. Paper presented at APA 114th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2006.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2005). Knight Dunlap. In J. S. Hook, Ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2005). D. O. Hebb. In J. S. Hook, Ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2005). Paul Everett Meehl. In J. S. Hook, Ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2005). Carl E. Seashore. In J. S. Hook, Ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2005). Safety unifies psychology. Poster Video presented at Cheiron (International Society for the History of Social and Behavioral Sciences) 37th Annual Meeting,. University of California, Berkeley, June 2005.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2004). The Knight Dunlap nobody knows. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 36th Annual Meeting, University of Akron, Akron, OH, June 2004.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2003) Review of Ernest Keen, A History of ideas in American psychology. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 39(1),94-95.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2003). Up for the count: Fifty years of Korzybski and psychology. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 35th Annual Meeting, University of New Hampshire, June 2003.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2002). Howard Crosby Warren: The naked truth. Paper presented at American Psychological Association, 110th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2002.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2001). Integrating content with an updated history and systems course. Paper presented at American Psychological Association, 109th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2001.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2001). Donald G. Paterson vs. I-94: A psychologist in the path of progress. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 33rd Annual Meeting, Indiana University, June 2001.
  • Devonis, D. C. & Froese, J. * (2000). Florence Richardson Robinson, 1885-1936 Feminist Psychologist(4), 29. * Graceland psychology undergraduate student.
  • Devonis, D. (2000). Max Dessoir. In A. Kazdin, Ed., yclopedia of PsychologyWashington, D. C./New York: American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2000). Theodor Lipps. In A. Kazdin, Ed., Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D. C./New York: American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2000). Leonard Thompson Troland. In A. Kazdin, Ed., Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D. C./New York: American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1999). Review of David M. Levin, Ed., Sites of Vision: The Discursive Construction of Sight in the History of Philosophy. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 35(1), 74-75.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2000). Martin Luther Reymert: A psychological life in service. Presented at Cheiron, 32nd Annual Meeting, University of Southern Maine, June 2000.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1998). Genius loci: Psychologists’ homes. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 30th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, June, 1998.
  • Devonis, D. C. & Voss, L. J. (1996). American Indians in psychology: Subjects and objects, then agents. Poster presentation/workshop, Cheiron, 28th Annual Meeting, Richmond, IN, June, 1996.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1995). American academic psychology and alternate images of the academic: A comparison with architecture. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 27th Annual Meeting, Brunswick, ME, June, 1995.
  • Devonis, D. C. & Woodward, W. R. (1993). An invitation to interfield science: Reply to commentators. In H. V. Rappard, P. J. Van Strien, L. P. Mos, and J. Baker, Eds., Annals of Theoretical Psychology, Vol. 9. New York: Plenum.
  • Woodward, W. R. & Devonis, D. C. (1993). Toward a new understanding of scientific change: Applying interfield theory to the history of psychology. In H. V. Rappard, P. J. Van Strien, L. P. Mos, and J. Baker, Eds., Annals of Theoretical Psychology, Vol. 9. New York: Plenum.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1993). Might psychology have lost (or might it be losing) the Civil War? Paper presented at Cheiron (International Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences), 25th Annual Meeting, Durham, NH, June 1993.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1991). Meaning of the term ‘system’ in psychology. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 23rd Annual Meeting, Slippery Rock, PA, June, 1991.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1990). Leonard Thompson Troland and ‘complete technology’: A link in the chain of psychology’s technological heritage. Poster presentation, Cheiron, 22nd Annual Meeting, Westfield, MA, June 1990.
  • Devonis, D. C. (1990). Some additions to R. I. Watson’s dimensional system. Paper presented at Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 1990.
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PRESENTATIONS (posters/workshops/panels)
  • Devonis, D. C. (2004) History of a fed diagnosis: Multiple personality. Graceland Psychology Club, January 2004.
  • Devonis, D. C. (2003). Strange places for psychologists. Teaching demonstration, Iowa Teachers of Psychology 6th Annual Meeting, Central College, Pella, IA, November 2003.
  • Devonis, D. C., Koppes, L., & Vadum, A. (2001). Integrating history into the general psychology curriculum. Roundtable conducted at American Psychological Association, 109th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2001.
  • Ford, S. G. & Devonis, D. C. (1994) A ‘90's challenge: Quality vs. quantity in introductory psychology. 6th Annual Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA, February, 1994.
WORK IN PROGRES
  • Devonis, D. C. Lifestyles of the great, the near great, and the other psychologists.
  • Devonis, D. C. Two Garages: Where some of us are from.
Dissertation Committee Membership:
  • Member of the dissertation committee for Sande Webster, University of New Hampshire, 1993 ('The Rhetoric of Realism: American Psychology and American Literature, 1860-1910')
TRANSLATIONS
  • Devonis, D. C. (1996). Translation of 'The Fly Planet' (Auf dem Fliegenplaneten) by Christian Morgenstern. Published with illustrations by Lane Hall. Milwaukee, WI: ICE Press.
REVIEWING
  • Reviewer, Cheiron, (1997-current.
  • Invited reviewer, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Invited reviewer, History of Psychology (2002, 2004
  • "Core reviewer for Bootzin, R. R., Bower, G. H., Crocker, J. & Hall, E., Psychology Today: An Introduction (7th edition, 1990)
    • Reviewer for Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Historical Aspects of the First Hundred Years (L. Koppes, ed.) Multiauthor text, Lawrence Erlbaum (2003-04) Reviewer, Midwest Psi Chi (2001-2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Most Recent Teaching Year)
  • History of Psychology
  • Freud and his Implications
  • Creativity
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Memory
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Introductory Psychology
  • Research Methods in Education
  • Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Professional Seminar in Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Statistics/Research Methods
  • Psychology of Emotion
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Biopsychology
  • Principles of Learning
  • Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applied Behavioral Analysis
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Graceland University SERVICE ACTIVITIES
  • Coordinator, Psychology Department (1997-2005, 2007-)
  • Graduate Council (2001-2004)
  • Performing Arts Committee (1998-)
  • Faculty Development Committee (1998-2000; chairperson 1998-1999)
  • Faculty Advisory Council (2000-2004)
  • L.E.A.D. Program Mentorship Honors Sponsor (1997-)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • Cheiron: International Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • American Psychological Association (Member, Division 26, History of Psychology; Division 34, Population and Environmental Psychology; Division 10, Psychology and the Arts)
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