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Kevin F. Kern <kkern@uakron.edu> University of Akron I am currently working on a manuscript of a history of the Galton Society, an early twentieth century anthropological and eugenics organization |
| Address: | Department of History Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325 United States |
| Primary Phone: | 330-972-7125 |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Eugenics Former Review Editor for H-Eugenics |
| Interests: | Anthropology History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Intellectual History |
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Bio: B.A. Anthropology and History, Kent State University, 1986 M.A. Anthropology, Kent State University, 1991 M.A. History, Bowling Green State University, 1994 Ph.D. History, Bowling Green State University, 1997 T. Wingate Todd: Pioneer of Modern American Physical Anthropology (accepted for publication, special issue of Kirtlandia,Cleveland Museum of Natural History Press) "It is by Industry or Extinction that the Problem of their Destiny Must be Solved": The Wyandots and Removal to Kansas.” Northwest Ohio Quarterly (Fall, 2004) “Racial Science.” Dictionary of American History (2003) “From Biological Determinism to Cultural Relativism: Eugenic Contributions to Modern Cultural Anthropology.” Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of History, 2002 : 38-47. "Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, . . . and J. D. Rockefeller?: The Role of The Rockefeller Foundation in Early Twentieth-Century American Anthropology.” The American Association of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal 2 (Fall 1999): 147-152. |
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