his doctorate, Stroop worked briefly for the Tennessee Educational Commission and also for the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now Tennessee Technological University. He soon returned to David Lipscomb College, where he served as Registrar for eleven years, and then as chair of the Psychology Department from 1948 to 1964. Stroop continued to teach psychology and Biblical studies until he retired in 1967. He served one year as dean of Ohio Valley College in Parkersburg, West Virginia before returning to Lipscomb as Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies until his death on September 1, 1973. Bibliography Works he authored and edited were in the field of psychology and religion. Psychology theses and dissertations A study of the inaccuracy of scoring handwriting by handwriting scales (1925) Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions (1935) Psychology articles Is the judgment of the group better than that of the average member of the group? (1932; Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15, 550–562) Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions (1935; Journal of Experimental Psychology, 18, 643–662) The basis of Ligon's theory (1935; American Journal of Psychology, 47, 499–504) Factors affecting speed in serial verbal reactions (1938; Psychological Monographs, 50, 38–48) Religion works Why do people not see the Bible alike? (1949) God's plan and me. Book 1, Jesus’ mission and method (1950) God's Plan and Me, How to Inherit Eternal Life (1954) Syllabus on later Hebrew history (1960) God's Plan and Me (1950–1961) The gospel in context (1961) The church of the Bible (1962) Syllabus on Paul's briefer epistles and the general epistles (1965) Restoration ideas on church organization (1966) Galatians : the sufficiency of the gospel without the law (1971) The superiority of the Gospel over the Law : (Hebrews) (1972) Romans : righteousness through faith (1973) What shall we do with the new Bible (Revised Standard Version) The faith that saves (1950–1970) Does love demand or excuse? (1950–1970) Syllabus on the epistles of Paul to the churches. References External links 1897 births 1973 deaths American members of the Churches of Christ 20th-century American psychologists Lipscomb University faculty Peabody College alumni People from Rutherford County, Tennessee Lipscomb University alumni Ohio Valley University