In 1875, William James launched the discipline of Psychology in the US by offering a course at Harvard called Physiological Psychology. Ten years later in 1885, the Arizona Territory established the Territorial Normal School with its first cohort of 33 students who started classes in February 1886.

ASU is strongly committed to the success of its expanding numbers of over 2000 veteran students and their dependents. A key aspect of that commitment is reflected in the 2015 launch of the Veterans Wellness Research Center at ASU which aims to serve as a hub of transdisciplinary research on resilience to stress and trauma. Our overarching goal is to conduct research through which we both learn from, and benefit, our veterans and their families. The Center's mission is three-fold: