Carolyn G. Barcus

Born: 1939 Born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Died: Still alive

Education

Earned her baccalaureate degree in physical education from Montana State University
Earned her master’s degree in physical education from Utah State University
Earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Utah State University

Grew up on cattle ranch on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana
Worked in corrections in Utah
1978 Took a position at the Indian School in Brigham City, Utah, and worked as a mental health specialist. For four years there, was the Service Unit Director for the Intermountain Indian Schools
1984 School closed
1984 Received an invitation from Utah State University to provide programming for 20 Navajo students who needed to finish their master’s degrees in School Psychology
Applied for several grants and received funding from the U.S. Office of Indian Education and the National Institute of Mental Health to convene the first conference of American Indian Psychologists and Psychology Graduate Students
Served on a number of APA committees most notably Division 45 where she served on the division’s Executive Committee Clinical Assistant Professor in Utah State University’s psychology department
Served as the Director of the Indian Support Project Was a Board Licensed Psychologist and a Certified School Psychologist in Utah