Roger Kenton Williams

Roger Kenton Williams

(1914-1989)

Born on 1914 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he researched “Creating Institutional Opportunities for Producing More Black Ph.D’s in Psychology”, “Appearance, Features and the Concept of Black Militancy”, and a number of academic placement tests. He also had research interests in student research supervision, independent study design, and statistical application of qualitative data. 

 
He earned degrees in: 
• B.A. degree, magna cum laude, in Sociology from Claflin College in South Carolina 
• 1946 Ph.D. in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University in College Park 

 
His Career included: 
1941 Accepted an appointment as associate professor of education and psychology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College.  

Called into the U.S. Coast Guard as a Chief Yeoman in Recruitment and Morale during World War II.  
1946-1948 Became a professor of psychology and Director of the Veterans Administration Guidance Center. 

Professor of education and Director of Student Personnel at Morgan State College. 
1949-1972 Professor of psychology and chairman of the psychology department at Morgan State. 
1958-1968 Director of Morgan’s Independent Study Project and was a consultant for the Ford Foundation. 
1968-1969 Acting dean of the graduate school at Morgan State. 
1972 Named chairman of the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. 
1972-1973 Vice President for Academic Affairs and was later named Vice President for Planning and Operations Analysis at Morgan State University. 
 
Selected Works and Publications 
“Creating Institutional Opportunities for Producing More Black Ph.D’s in Psychology” with Bayton and Roberts. 
“Appearance, Features and the Concept of Black Militancy” with Gregory Shannon. 
“A Comparison of College Students Classified by Psychological Clinic as Personality Maladjustment Cases and as Vocational Guidance Cases” 

 
Source: https://psychology.okstate.edu/museum/afroam/bio.html