Gloria Chisum

Gloria Twine Chisum (born 1930 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an experimental psychologist who eventually became a board member of the American Psychological Association, among many other organizations. Chisum is the first African-American woman to join the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Quotes My academic study was in experimental, sensory psychology and my professional career was in vision research, both as a researcher and a laboratory manager. I was a graduate student teaching and research assistant, in my opinion the best position for a graduate student because it provides the most intensive and closest exposure to the discipline which a student is pursuing. When I consider the faculty, students, staff, the alumni and the community engagement I see so many ways in which the University is a model for higher education nationwide, and possibly internationally. I find that exciting, and feel that efforts along those lines will continue because of the good results to date. I would like to see all alumni of the University consider how they can continue the enrichment of the University for the future benefit of humanity. There are a number of mechanisms in place now to encourage continued engagement, but some which reach out to very new alumni, even before they are in a position to make significant financial commitments, would be effective in promoting continued involvement. Gloria Chisum's answer to questions in Penn Alumni External links Category:Psychologists from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:University of Pennsylvania faculty Category:20th-century African-American women Category:People from Oklahoma Category:1930 births Category:Women born in the 1930s Category:Living people