1944
Dr. Barris is born Dunkirk, New York to W. Record and Thelma M. Barris.
1966
Dr. Barris receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester.
1971
Dr. Barris becomes an adjunct lecturer of psychology at Queens College in Flushing, New York.
1976
Dr. Barris receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the City University of New York.
1976
Dr. Barris becomes a fellow of ophthalmology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
1976
Dr. Barris receives an institutional research grant from the American Cancer Society and a National Research Service fellowship from the National Eye Institute.
1980
Dr. Barris becomes an adjunct instructor of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York.
1981
Dr. Barris receives a postdoctoral research fellowship from Fight-for-Sight.
1981
Dr. Barris is a grantee-in-aid with the Research National Society to Prevent Blindness.
1983
Dr. Barris becomes an assistant professor of optometry at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1989
Dr. Barris becomes a research assistant of psychology at Queens College.
1990
Dr. Barris becomes an assistant professor of internal medicine at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
1994
Dr. Barris serves as a visiting assistant research professor of biochemistry at Michigan State University.
1995
Dr. Barris becomes an assistant professor of optometry at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida.