Barry Mehler
Barry Alan Mehler (born March 18, 1947) is an American social scientist. He is a professor of humanities at Ferris State University, who founded the Institute for the Study of Academic Racism (ISAR).[1] He earned his B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1970, his M.A. from City College of New York in 1972, and his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. His dissertation was entitled, "A history of the American Eugenics Society, 1921-1940." Mehler has been a professor at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan since 1988.
Cattell controversy[]
In 1997 Mehler was a driving force behind a successful campaign to have an American Psychological Association lifetime achievement award for Raymond B. Cattell postponed because of claims that some of his writings were 'racist'.[2] Mehler's most cited article was written that year and examined Cattell's concept of "beyondism".[3]
Committee to Free Russell Smith[]
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In his early career, in 1977 Mehler was the founder of the Committee to Free Russell Smith, later the International Committee to Free Russell Smith (ICFRS).
Selected bibliography[]
- Mehler, Barry. "Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present" (book review). Isis, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Jun 1997), p. 369
- Mehler, Barry. "The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900", Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Autumn 1988), pp. 294–296
References[]
- ^ "Barry Mehler profile", Genes on Trial: Genetics, Behavior, and the Law, PBS.
- ^ Hilts, Philip J. (August 15, 1997). "Racism Accusations and Award Is Delayed", The New York Times
- ^ Mehler, Barry."Beyondism: Raymond B. Cattell and the new eugenics"[dead link], Genetica, 1997;99(2-3):153-63
External links[]
- 1947 births
- Living people
- City College of New York alumni
- Ferris State University faculty
- Jewish American social scientists
- Race and intelligence controversy
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- Yeshiva University alumni
- 21st-century American Jews