Psycholoogy – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu The official news site for Fordham University. Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/favicon.png Psycholoogy – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu 32 32 232360065 Dr. Olivia J. Hooker turns 100 https://now.fordham.edu/education-and-social-services/dr-olivia-j-hooker-turns-100/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:48 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=9491 Happy birthday to Fordham psychology professor emerita Olivia J. Hooker, Ph.D., who celebrates her 100th birthday today!

Her many accomplishments during the last century include: becoming the first black woman to enlist in the United States ‪Coast Guard‬, surviving the‪ ‎Tulsa Race Riots‬ of 1921, and working as a prominent researcher in school‪ ‎psychology‬.

Many well-wishers have been saluting Dr. Hooker and her work in‪ ‎civil rights‬ today, including a couple of presidents — President Barack Obama and our very own Father McShane!

Listen to an interview with Dr. Hooker on WFUV.

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