In 1967, Abraham Maslow received a call from
the psychology department at West Georgia. One of the department's
faculty, Jim Thomas, had been reading Rogers, Maslow, and Combs.
Through them, he saw an approach to psychology that embodied his dream
- a psychology education that spoke to students' lives. His
persuasion won over his colleagues, and they asked Maslow to suggest a
new department chair that could initiate a humanistic emphasis. They
really had no idea what they were in for - they simply understood the need
to make the teaching of psychology relevant to real life experience.
Maslow nominated Mike Arons, who thought it up and made it happen . . .
Featuring two e-books, by Jim Klee and
Mike Arons, as well as pieces from alumni and former professors
that illustrate the climate of the program's early years.
