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Mary W. Hicks
A smiling young white woman with dark hair, wearing a dark dress or blouse
Mary A. Ward, from a 1942 newspaper photo
Born1920
Nyssa, Oregon
Diedabout 2018
OccupationCollege professor

Mary Ward Hicks (1920[1] – circa 2018[2]) was an American psychologist specializing in family therapy, and a professor emerita at Florida State University.

Early life and education

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Mary Agnes Ward was born in Nyssa, Oregon and raised in Weiser, Idaho,[3] the daughter of George P. Ward and Marian E. McDonald Ward (later Gribbin).[4] She graduated from Payette High School in 1938.[5] She attended Whitman College and studied education as an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, graduating in 1942.[4] She was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority at Idaho.[6]

Hicks earned a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1953,[7] and completed a Ph.D. in child development and family relations at Pennsylvania State University.[8] Her 1966 doctoral dissertation was An empirical evaluation of textbook assumptions about engagement. Her doctoral advisor was Carlfred Broderick.[9]

Career

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Hicks taught at Gooding High School after college.[4] She taught at the University of British Columbia, Pennsylvania State University, Southern Illinois University, and Virginia Tech. She joined the Florida State University faculty in 1973.[8] She was a professor of family and child sciences, and training director for the interdivisional doctoral program in family therapy.[10][11] As director of the university's Marriage and Family Therapy Center, she commented on changing laws around marriage in the news,[12] and spoke at community events.[13]

Recognition

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Hicks was the 1974 winner of the Ernest G. Osborne Teaching Award of the National Council on Family Relations,[8] and the 2003 winner of the Training Award of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.[14] In 1995, she received the Distinguished Service to Families Award from the Southeastern Council on Family Relations.[10] She was elected president of the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family in 1993,[15] and named as a lifetime member of the Conference in 2011.[16] An outdoor bench at Florida State is dedicated with a plaque in her honor.[17] There is a Mary Hicks Endowed Scholarship Fund at Florida State, to support doctoral students in the Marriage and Family Therapy program.[18]

Personal life

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Mary Ward married poultry geneticist Amp Frank Hicks Jr., in 1945.[4] They met while he was at a hospital in Utah, and she was a Red Cross worker there, during World War II.[19] They had a daughter, Lorna.[20] Mary Ward died in about 2018, in her late nineties.[2]

Selected publications

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  • Hicks, Mary W.; Platt, Marilyn (1970). "Marital happiness and stability: a review of the research in the sixties". Journal of Marriage and Family. 32 (4): 553–574. doi:10.2307/350251. JSTOR 350251.
  • Sporakowski, Michael J.; Hicks, Mary W., eds. (1976). Families, Individuals and Marriage. Dubique, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.[21]
  • Darling, Carol A.; Hicks, Mary W. (1982). "Parental influence on adolescent sexuality: Implications for parents as educators". Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 11 (3): 231–245. doi:10.1007/BF01537469. ISSN 1573-6601. PMID 12338446. S2CID 44453286.
  • Hicks, Mary W.; Hansen-Gandy, Sally; Nichols, William C., eds. (1988). Coping with Victimization. New York: Human Sciences Press. ISBN 0-89885-462-8. OCLC 65406196. Also published as Volume 10, issue 4 of Contemporary Family Therapy, December 1988.
  • Cluff, Richard B.; Hicks, Mary W.; Madsen, Charles H. (1994). "Beyond the circumplex model, I: a moratorium on curvilinearity". Family Process. 33 (4): 455–470. doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1994.00455.x. ISSN 1545-5300. PMID 7698308.

References

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  1. ^ "Hicks, Mary Ward 1920–". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ a b "In memoriam". Vires. Florida State University Alumni Association. Fall–Winter 2018. pp. 68–71.
  3. ^ Berkeley, University of California (1953). Commencement. p. 20.
  4. ^ a b c d "Miss Ward Married Army Man". The Idaho Statesman. 1945-06-10. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Schedule Told for Payette Class Reunion". The Idaho Statesman. 1963-07-12. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tea Brings Reunion of Delta Gammas". The Times-News. 1942-12-07. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ University of California Register, 1952–1953, Volume II. 1953. p. 20.
  8. ^ a b c "Ernest G. Osborne Teaching Award: Mary W. Hicks, Florida State University". The Family Coordinator. 24 (1): 89–90. January 1975. doi:10.2307/583057. JSTOR 583057.
  9. ^ WorldCat catalog entry for dissertation; date from 1970 journal publication under the same title, JSTOR 582146
  10. ^ a b "New and Notable". Tallahassee Democrat. 1995-05-11. p. 33. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Keough, Larry (1995-04-13). "Future Doctors Get Dose of Family Therapy". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Tobin, Thomas C. (August 31, 2005). "When government wants marriage reform". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  13. ^ "Catholic Women focus on 'Recommitment to Family'". Tallahassee Democrat. 1994-03-12. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Award Recipients". American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  15. ^ "Mary W. Hicks". Tallahassee Democrat. 1993-04-12. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Rubin, Roger H.; Settles, Barbara H.; Volume (2012). Rubin, Roger H; Settles, Barbara H; Volume (eds.). Groves Conference on Marriage and Family: History and Impact on Family Science. Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library. p. 22. doi:10.3998/groves.9453087.0002.001. ISBN 978-1607852841.
  17. ^ "Stone Bench: A stone bench at Florida State University honoring Dr. Mary W. Hicks, a professor emeritus with thirty years of research and teaching experience". ClipPix ETC: Educational Photos for Students and Teachers. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  18. ^ "Mary Hicks Endowed Scholarship Fund". FS4U. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  19. ^ "Boise Visitors; Paducahan Calls First Visit to Idaho Capital City His 'Shopping Trip'". The Idaho Statesman. 1945-05-31. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "...Ten Years After: Where Are They Living?". The Anchora of Delta Gamma. May 1949. pp. 15–16.
  21. ^ Dubnoff, Steven J. (November 1977). "Review of Families, Individuals and Marriage". Journal of Marriage and Family. 39 (4): 847–848. doi:10.2307/350502. JSTOR 350502.
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