Howard Long was born in New Ferry, Virginia in 1888 to Thomas and Annie Long. After attending Wayland Academy

Wayland Academy

Wayland Academy is a private, coeducational college preparatory boarding high school located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA. The student population at the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year was 220...

 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

 he went on to Howard University

Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

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Education

• 1915 B.S. and Bachelor’s Diploma in Education from Howard University
• 1916 Master’s degree in Experimental Psychology
  Experimental psychology
  Experimental psychology is a methodological approach, rather than a subject, and encompasses varied fields within psychology. Experimental psychologists have traditionally conducted research, published articles, and taught classes on neuroscience, developmental psychology, sensation, perception,...
  
   from Clark University
  Clark University
  Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
  
  
• 1933 Doctor of Education degree in Educational Psychology
  Educational psychology
  Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...
  
   from Harvard

Career

From 1916-1917 Long began his career at Howard as an instructor before serving as an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 first lieutenant in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. After the war Long went on to be Dean at Pain College in George. In 1923 he then served as Dean of the School of Education at Knoxville College

Knoxville College

Knoxville College is a historically black liberal arts college in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 1875 by the United Presbyterian Church of North America, the school has an enrollment of approximately 100 students, and offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Studies and an Associate...

. Proceeding that year, Long became the superintendent of the Washington D.C. public school system. Long served in this position from 1925-1948 when he retired.

While in Washington D.C. Long published a series of research monograph

Monograph

A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...

s for educational psychology and facilitated many ongoing research projects. According to Jones (1991), after retirement Long went on to serve as Dean of Administration at Wilberforce State College in Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

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Publications

• Journal of Negro Education
  Journal of Negro Education
  The Journal of Negro Education is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Howard University established in 1932...
  
  
  • "Availability of Special Educational Services to Negroes"
  • "The Relative Learning Capacities of Negroes and Whites"
  • "Improve the Moral of Negro Children and Youth"
  • "Culture and Racial Tension"
  • "Test Result of Third-Grade Negro Children Selected on the Basis of Soci-Economic Status, I"
• Other Publications
  • "An analysis of Some Factors influencing Alpha Scores by States"
  • "On Mental Test and Racial Psychology"

Awards and honors

• First Graduate of Howard University to earn PhD from Harvard in educational psychology