Person
Day, Ross Henry (1927 - 2018)
FAA FASSA FAPsS
- Born
- 20 March 1927
Albany, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 22 October 2018
- Occupation
- Psychologist
Summary
Ross Henry Day is Adjunct Professor of Psychology at both La Trobe and Deakin Universities. Prior to this he spent twenty-eight years at Monash University where he reached the rank of Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology. Day is a member of many national and international scientific bodies and has lectured widely overseas. His present research interests are in human and infrahuman sensory processes and perception.
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Chronology
- 1944 - 1949
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia
- 1948 - 1950
- Career position - Graduate Assistant (Associate Lecturer) in Psychology, University of Western Australia
- 1950 - 1951
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bristol
- 1951 - 1955
- Career position - Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Bristol
- 1952 - 1954
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol in the UK
- 1955 - 1961
- Career position - Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer (1959) in Psychology, University of Sydney
- 1962 - 1964
- Career position - Reader in Psychology, University of Sydney
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Chair of the Constitutions Committee of the Australian Psychological Society
- 1964 - 2018
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Psychological Society (FAPsS)
- 1965 - 1975
- Career position - Councillor of the Australian Psychological Society
- 1965 - 1992
- Career position - Professor and Foundation Chair of the Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
- 1966 - 1967
- Career position - President, Australian Psychological Society
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Chair of the Human Factors Committee of the Australian Aeronautical Research Committee
- 1967 - 2018
- Award - Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
- 1969 - 1973
- Career position - Chair of the Human Research Factors Committee of the Australian Road Research Board
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Exeter in the United Kingdom
- 1974 - 1980
- Career position - Editor, Records of the Australian Academy of Science
- 1981 - 1983
- Career position - Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, Monash University
- 1981 - 1987
- Career position - President, Council of the Lincoln Institute
- 1988
- Education - Doctor of the University, honoris causa, La Trobe University
- 1990 - 2018
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1992 -
- Career position - Adjunct Professor in Psychology at La Trobe University (Bundoora) and Deakin University (Geelong) in Victoria
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Professor Ross Day FAA 20 March 1927 to 22 October 2018', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 121 (2018), 12-3. https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/november-2018-122. Details
- Coltheart, Max; and Wade, Nicholas J., 'Ross Henry Day 1927 - 2018', Historical Records of Australian Science, 33 (2) (2022), 172-9. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22002. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60429670. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/55443363. Details
- 'Day, R H (1927-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630933. Details
Resource Sections
- Coltheart, Max, 'Interview with Professor Ross Day', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2011, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/rd.html. Details
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Created: 3 October 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022