| Description | Sound recording of an interview with Professor David Canter, HonFBPsS, FBPsS, FRSA, CPsychol. University of Liverpool for the British Psychological Society's Oral History project.
The interview was conducted by Donna Youngs in four parts during August and September 2010.
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in his professional life:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on his career.
Memories of conferences, views of his contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on his role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about his field of psychology and predictions for the future of his field.
Ends.
Running Time:
First part: c 46 mins
Second part: c 46 mins
Third part: c 23 mins
Fourth part: c 31 mins
Total Running Time: c 146mins
A video recording of Professor Halla Beloff , University of Edinburgh and Honorary BPS Visual Archivist in conversation with Professor David Canter from 1999 is available upon request, BPS Ref: PHO/002/01/04. |
| RunTime | On one CDRW disk , overall running time c 146 minutes |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 05/01/1944
University and Professional Training:
Liverpool University, BA Hons, 1964
Liverpool University, PhD 1969
Other Honours and Awards:
Golden Dagger Award for non-fiction 1994
Anthony Award for non-fiction 1995
Freeman City of Quito 1985
Honorary MD 1987
Honorary member, Japanese Institue of Architects 1970
Fellow of the BPS 1975
Fellow of the Institute of Management 1985
BPS Chartered Psychologist 1988
Academician, Academy of Social Sciences (nd)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 2000
Honorary Fellow BPS 2008
Honorary Fellow Psychological Association of SA(nd)
Professional career:
Research Associate, Liverpool University, 1964-1965
Research Associate, Strathclyde University, 1966
Research Fellow, Building Performance Res. Unit, Strathclyde, 1967-1970
Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, 1971-1972
Lecturer, University of Surrey, 1972-1978
Reader, University of Surrey, 1978-1983
Prof. Of Applied Psychology, University of Surrey, 1983-1987
Prof. of Psychology, University of Surrey, 1987-1994
Head of Dept of Psychology,University of Surrey, 1987-1991
Professor of Psychology, University of Liverpool 1994-
Director Centre for Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool 1998-
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Man. Ed. Jl of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 2003-
Chair, Psychologists for Peace 1985-1988
President Int Acad of Investigative Psychology 2008
Member: Res Cncl for Complementary Med
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