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Jennifer L. Bazar, Ph.D.
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
500 Church Street
Penetanguishene, Ontario L9M 1G3
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jenniferbazar.com
Citizenship: Canadian
Languages: English, French
Education
2013
Doctor of Philosophy degree, Psychology (specialization: History & Theory)
York University (Toronto, ON)
Dissertation: Objects of Daily Life: Materiality in North American Institutions for the Insane
Supervisor: Christopher Green
2006
Master of Arts degree, Psychology (specialization: History & Theory)
York University (Toronto, ON)
Thesis: An Exploration of the History of the Toronto Asylum from Multiple Perspectives, 1853 to 1875
Supervisor: Christopher Green
2003
Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours), Psychology (specialization: General-Experimental)
Bishop’s University (Lennoxville, QC)
Thesis: Judgment of Alcohol Concentrations beyond Systematic Interval Levels
Supervisor: Lionel Standing
2000
Diplôme d'études collégiales, Social Sciences
Marianopolis College (Montreal, QC)
Research Grants
External Research Grants:
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award ($40,000 - 2 years)
Hewton & Griffin Bursary ($1,000)
Internal Research grants:
Fieldwork Costs Fund ($2,000)
Research Costs Fund ($600)
Publications (see over for titles)
2 sole-authored peer-reviewed journal article
3 co-authored peer-review journal articles
6 invited journal articles
1 book chapter
1 book review
27 peer-reviewed conference presentations
17 invited addresses
3 original video documentaries
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Scholarships and Awards
Date
2012
2007,
2009, 2010
2008
2006
2006
2006
2006
2004
2002-2003
2000-2001
2000-2001
Granting Organization
Third West Coast Symposium on the
History of Psychology
Society for the History of Psychology,
American Psychological Association
Society for the History of Psychology,
American Psychological Association
Psychology Department, York University
Type of Award
Certificate of Excellence, Post-doctoral
Student Paper Award
Student Paper Award
Honourable Mention, Student Paper
Master’s Thesis named Most Outstanding
Thesis in the Psychology Department
Psychology Department, York University Master’s Thesis nominated for Faculty of
Graduate Studies Thesis Prize
Canadian Psychological Association
Certificate of Excellence, Master’s Thesis
History and Philosophy Section,
Mary J. Wright Award
Canadian Psychological Association
York University
Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship
Bishop’s University
Academic Honour Roll
Bishop’s University
Major Entrance Award Scholarship:
Principal’s Scholars
Bishop’s University
Bishop’s University Foundation Entrance
Scholarship
Academic Positions
April 2014-present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Penetanguishene, ON)
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Spring semester 2013
Instructor
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC)
January 2012-July 2012
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Fall semester 2011
Instructor
Department of Psychology, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
Fall semester 2009
Course Director
Department of Psychology, Glendon College (Toronto, ON)
Fall 2008-Winter 2009
Course Director
Department of Psychology, Glendon College (Toronto, ON)
Summer 2009
Specialist Archive Processing Intern
Archives of the History of American Psychology (Akron, OH)
2005-2010
Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology, York University (Toronto, ON)
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Research Record
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Bazar, J. L. (in press). The Utica crib: Biography of an unknown barbarous object. History of Psychology.
Gul, P., Korosteliov, A., Caplan, L., Ball, L. C., Bazar, J. L., Rodkey, E. N., Young, J. L., Sheese,
K., & Rutherford, A. (2013). Reconstructing the experiences of first generation women in
Canadian psychology. Canadian Psychology, 54(2), 94-104. doi: 10.1037/a0032669.
Standing, L. G., McKelvie, S. J., Decarie, M. J., Bazar, J. L., & Clarke, K. A. (2008). Taste
enhancement of alcohol under ‘masking’ conditions, and some limits to Stevens’ power law.
North American Journal of Psychology, 10(1), 109-125.
Bazar, J. L. (2007). Patients, Dr. Workman and life at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in
Toronto. History and Philosophy of Psychology Bulletin, 19(1), 4-10.
Invited Articles
Bazar, J. L.. & Burman, J. T. (2014). What we’ve forgotten about asylum history may hurt those
with mental illness. In Time Capsule (K. Milar, Ed.), APA Monitor, 45(2), 68.
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Asylum history myth-busting. General Psychologist, 45(2), 34-35.
Ball, L. C. & Bazar, J. L. (2010). “I tormented the doctors to operate again”: Patient decisions and
the history of sexual situations. In Time Capsule (K. Milar, Ed.), APA Monitor, 41(11), 26.
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Recapping the inaugural history program at the Eastern Psychological
Association. In Sources, Research Notes, and News (K. Vaughn-Blount, Ed.), History of
Psychology, 13(3), 341-348.
Bazar, J. L. (2010). A student’s quandary: Historian to archivist and back again. In Sources,
Research Notes, and News (K. Vaughn-Blount, Ed.), History of Psychology, 13(1), 105.
Faye, C. & Bazar, J. L. (2007). Exploring the pages of psychology’s past: Archival research in the
history of psychology. In Student Notebook, APS Observer, 20(9), n.p.
Book Reviews
Bazar, J. L. (2014). Book review. [Review of the book American Madness, by Richard Noll]. Journal of
the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 50(2), 1-2. doi: 10.1002/jhbs.21652
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Encyclopedia Entries
Bazar, J. L. (2014). World War II and clinical psychology. In R. L. Cautin and S. O. Lilienfeld
(Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Bazar, J. L. (2014). Hugo Münsterberg (1836-1916). In R. L. Cautin and S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Bazar, J. L. (2014). World War I and clinical psychology. In R. L. Cautin and S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.),
The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations
Bazar, J. L. (2015, August). “How do you prove you’re sane”: Psycho-legal debates of the 1960s.
Paper accepted for presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, ON.
Vaughn-Johnson, K., Bazar, J. L., & Young, J. L. (2015, June). Archives, repositories, websites,
blogs, exhibits, oh my! Digitization considerations and conceptualizations. Workshop accepted
for presentation at the annual meeting of Cheiron, Lawrence, KS.
Bazar, J. L., & Collins, B. M. (2015, May). Chemical insights: Exploring Canada’s “other” LSD
programs. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for
the History of Medicine, Ottawa, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2014, June). “The ‘stigma’ of the criminal ‘etc’ association”: The first generation of
patients of the criminal insane division, Penetanguishene, 1933-1960. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of Cheiron, Frederick, MD
Bazar, J. L. (2014, May). Six to eighteen hours: Adoption of bains prolongés in North American
asylums. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of
Medicine, St Catharines, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2013, June). The Utica crib: Contextualizing the role of asylum restraints in
contemporary memory. Paper presented at the meeting of Cheiron, Dallas, TX.
Bazar, J. L. (2012, August). Too hip for the Hipp: Role of instruments in psychology’s laboratory
histories. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando,
FL.
Bazar, J. L. (2012, July). More than moral treatment: Revisiting daily life in the asylum. Paper
presented at the joint meeting of Cheiron and the European Society for the History of the
Human Sciences, Montreal, QC.
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Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations Cont’d
Bazar, J. L. (2012, April). More than a Chair: A Re-examination of Patient Labour in the Asylum
Era. Paper presented at the Third West Coast Symposium in the History of Medicine, College
Station, TX.
Bazar, J. L. (2011, June). “No satisfactory costume”: The role of clothing in asylum practices. Paper
presented at the meeting of Cheiron, Calgary, AB.
Korostoliev, A., Rodkey, E., & Bazar, J. L. (2011, June). Exploring the old anew: Trends, themes
and struggles in the shared experiences of early women in Canadian psychology. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2010a, November). On display: Examining contemporary exhibits of the 19th century
asylum. Paper presented at the meeting of the History of Science Society, Montreal, QC.
Bazar, J. L. (2010, August). "Your whiskers are on fire": A history of Titchener’s lab from below.
Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L., & Burman, J. T. (2010, June). "Worthy of a visit": The changing landscape of asylum
tourism in the nineteenth century. Paper presented at the meeting of Cheiron, Syracuse, NY.
Bazar, J. L., & Ball, L. C. (2010, March). “Publicity is the soul of justice”: A look at the Alleged
Lunatics Friends Society. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, New Jersey, NY.
Rutherford, A., Bazar, J. L., Vaughn-Blount, K., Held, L., & Ball, L. C. (2009, August). Lustry
ladies or Victorian victims? Perspectives on women, madness and sexuality. Symposium to be
presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2008, August). What was moral treatment? A review of Chiarugi, Pinel, and the Tukes.
Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Bazar, J. L. (2008b, June). From humours to morals: Treatment at the Temporary Lunatic Asylum
in Toronto. Paper presented at the meeting of Cheiron, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2008a, June). The (dis)connected spread of the asylum across Canada. Paper presented
at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.
Bazar, J. L. (2007, November). Patient treatment after death: The controversial practice of postmortem exams at the Toronto Asylum, 1841-1900. Paper presented at the meeting of the
History of Science Society, Washington, DC.
Bazar, J. L. (2007, August). Touring the United States: The planning of the Toronto Asylum. Paper
presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
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Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations Cont’d
Bazar, J. L. (2007b, June). To preserve or not to preserve, that is the question: What is to be done
with the nineteenth century purpose-built asylum? Paper presented at the joint meeting of
Cheiron and the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Dublin, IE.
Bazar, J. L. (2007a, June). The quarrel between Joseph Workman and George Brown. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2007, May). What about the patients? The impact of administrative conflict on the
opening of the Toronto Asylum, 1841-1853. Paper presented at the meeting of the American
Association for the History of Medicine, Montreal, QC.
Bazar, J. L. (2006, November). The Toronto Asylum as seen by society. Paper presented at the
meeting of the History of Science Society, Vancouver, BC.
Invited Addresses
Bazar, J. L. (2013, December). “A mass of filth and impure fluids”: Sanitation reform in Canada’s
19th century asylums. Lecture presented to the Department of Community Health Sciences and
the Institute for Public Health Seminar, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Bazar, J. L. (2013, December). “A wonderful post-mortem”: Establishing expertise in insanity.
Lecture presented to the History of Neuroscience Research Group (HONIG), University of
Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Bazar, J. L. (2011, October). Touring asylum remains: Examining history’s material culture. Lecture
presented at the Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine of the Department of
Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital and the Center for the History of
Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Bazar, J. L. (2010, November). Stuff and things: The material culture of the asylum. Paper
presented at the History and Theory of Psychology Colloquia Series, York University,
Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2009, October). Akron fever: Interning at the Archives of the History of American
Psychology. Paper presented at the York University History and Theory of Psychology
Colloquia Series, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2005, September). Manufacturing madness: An approach to asylum history. Paper
presented at the History and Theory of Psychology Colloquia Series, York University,
Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2005, May). Patient admission and diagnoses at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum,
Toronto. Paper presented at the York University In-House Conference, Toronto, ON.
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Video Documentaries
Bazar, J. L. (Producer/Writer/Director). (2011c). Psychology at the fair. [Video minidocumentary].6 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXo4VkLUDOY
Bazar, J. L. (Producer/Writer/Director). (2011b). The Wellesley psychology laboratory. [Video
mini-documentary]. 5 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wRp5IAowMs
Bazar, J. L. (Producer/Writer/Director). (2011a). Introduction to introspection. [Video minidocumentary]. 5 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1UnYiPwBQ0
Podcasts
Britt, M. A., & Bazar, J. L. (2014, February 19). Episode 215: What was life like in an asylum? The
Psych Files Podcast. [Audio podcast]. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/02/ep-215-whatwas-life-like-in-an-asylum/
Bazar, J. L. (2012). Episode 2: Michael Sokal’s Cattell, Columbia, and Academic Freedom. In C. D.
Green (Ed.). TWITHOP: Shorts. http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/
Green, C. D., Bazar, J. L., Young, J., & Burman, J. T. (2011). Mental asylums. History of Psychology
Laboratory (HooPLa!). http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/
Internet Websites and Blogs
Bazar, J. L. (2010-2013). Field Notes. Blog reports on my research at archives, libraries, museums,
repositories, and historic sites. http://asylumnotes.wordpress.com/
Bazar, J. L. (2012). HooPLa on the history of psychiatry. Guest blog post for h-madness blog.
http://historypsychiatry.com/2012/04/01/hoopla-on-the-history-of-psychiatry/
Over Fifty blog posts contributed to:
Young, J. , Burman, J. T., & Green, C. D. (2007-present). Advances in the History of Psychology. Blog
reporting on news and events in the discipline. http://ahp.yorku.ca
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Erika Fromm. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/erika-fromm/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Esther Menaker. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/esther-menaker/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Grace Maxwell Fernald. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist
Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/grace-maxwell-fernald/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Hulda Rees Flynn. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/hulda-rees-flynn/
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Internet Websites and Blogs Cont’d
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Inez Beverly Prosser. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist
Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/inez-beverly-prosser/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of June Etta Downey. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/june-etta-downey-3/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Lucy May Boring. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/lucy-may-boring/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Mabel Fernald. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/mabel-fernald/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Naomi Norsworthy. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/naomi-norsworthy/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Psyche Cattell. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist Voices
Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/psyche-cattell/
Bazar, J. L. (2010). Profile of Sarah Carolyn Fisher. In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology’s Feminist
Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/sarah-carolyn-fisher/
Teaching Record
Peer-reviewed Teaching-focused Articles
Ball, L. C., Bazar, J. L., MacKay, J., Rodkey, E. N., Rutherford, A., & Young, J. L. (2013). Using
psychology’s feminist voices in the classroom. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(2), 261-266.
Book Chapters
Bazar, J. L. (2015). Origins of teaching psychology in America. In D. S. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford
Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from
http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199933815.001.0001/oxfo
rdhb-9780199933815-e-002
Instructional Materials Developed
2011
Co-created teaching guide for “Women Past” section of A. Rutherford (Ed.).
Psychology’s Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive.
2010-2011
Created a resource website for the Teaching Assistants in the Psychology
Department at York University: http://www.yorku.ca/tdgapsyc/
2009
Created ancillaries for Benjafield, J. G. (2010). A history of psychology (3rd Ed.).
Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press.
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Pedagogical Courses and Certificates
Credits completed
University Teaching Practicum
Centre for the Support of Teaching (no longer in existence), York University
Summer 2009
Online course: Preparing to Teach a Psychology Course
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, University of New Hampshire
Instructor, Undergraduate Courses
Semester
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Fall 2009
Fall 2008-Winter 2009
Course Title
Special Topics: History of Madness
History of Modern Psychology
History & Systems of Modern Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
History of Modern Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Carleton University
Glendon College
Glendon College
Peer-reviewed Teaching-focused Conference Presentations
Bazar, J. L. (2011, August). Bringing history to life: Creating a teaching resource for the
psychological laboratory. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, DC.
Bazar, J. L., & Rutherford, A. (2011, March). Denied degrees to burning bras: Enlivening lectures
using Psychology’s Feminist Voices. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Guest Lectures
Bazar, J. L. (2015, March). Curating forensic mental health history. Invited lecture to be presented
to the History of Psychology class, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2014, September). The asylum era. Invited lecture presented to the History of
Psychiatry Seminar (1010Y-1011Y), Institute for Medical Science, University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2013, December). Asylum history in Canada. Invited lecture presented to History of
Psychology class (PSY 305), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Bazar, J. L. (2013, October). Life in the asylum. Invited lecture presented to History of Madness
class (PS 405), Ambrose University College, Calgary, AB. Lecture presented via Skype.
Bazar, J. L. (2012, April). Institutionalization in a nutshell. Invited lecture presented to Abnormal
Psychology class, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
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Guest Lectures Cont’d
Bazar, J. L. (2011, January). The laboratory and its apparatus in the history of psychology. Invited
lecture presented at York University, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. & Young, J. L. (2010, October). Ethics of archives. Invited lecture at York University,
Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L., Ball, L. C., Vaughn-Blount, K., Young, J. L. (2010, September). Lusty ladies or
Victorian victims: Perspectives on women, madness & sexuality. Invited lecture at York
University, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. (2006, November). Asylum history. Invited lecture at York University, Toronto, ON.
Bazar, J. L. & Faye, C. (2006, September). Conducting oral history. Invited lecture at York
University, Toronto, ON.
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Courses (all at York University, Toronto, ON)
Semester
Winter 2011
Summer 2011
Summer 2008
Winter 2008
Fall 2008
Winter 2007
Fall 2007
Fall 2006
Fall 2005
Course Title
History of Psychology
Personality
Introduction to Psychology
Statistical Methods I
Psychological Measurement
Abnormal Psychology
Psychological Measurement
Psychological Measurement
Statistical Methods I
Instructor
Lisa Held
Krista Phillips
Tifrah Warner
Margarete Wolfram
Krista Trobst
Michael Luther
Krista Trobst
Krista Trobst
Christopher Green
Marker/Grader (all for Ambrose University College, Calgary, AB)
Semester
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Course Title
Research Methods
Family Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Social Psychology
Teaching Workshops Designed and Led, York University
Fall 2011
Orientation for Teaching Assistants and Course Directors
Grading and Grading Schemes
Technology: Friend and Foe
Instructor
Brianne Collins
Lynn Davis
Lynn Davis
Alex Sanderson
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Teaching Workshops Designed and Led, York University Cont’d
2010-2011
Orientation for Teaching Assistants and Course Directors
How to Create your Online Presence
Teaching Dossier/Portfolio Development
Breaking the Monotony: Tips & Tricks for Enhancing Lectures
End-of-Year Challenges
Professional Activities
2014-present
PsyBorgs Digital History Lab
Directors: Christopher Green and Michael Pettit (York University)
2009-2014
CENT Research Lab (Psychology’s Feminist Voices Online Archive project)
Director: Alexandra Rutherford (York University)
2013
Research Assistant to Julie Kaye
Ambrose University College (Calgary, AB)
2011-2013
History of Psychology Laboratory Podcast Series
Director: Christopher Green (York University)
2007-2013
Occasional Contributor, Advances in the History of Psychology Blog
Editors: Christopher Green, Jeremy Burman, Jacy Young (York University)
2011
University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection Workgroup
2010-2011
Tyndall Correspondence Project
Director: Bernie Lightman (York University)
2005-2007
York University Departmental Oral History Project
Director: Alexandra Rutherford (York University)
Service
2015-present
2015-present
2014-present
2013-2015
2013-2014
2011-2014
2007-2008
2008
2006
Co-Chair, History Oversight Committee (APA)
Electronics Editor, Society for the History of Psychology (APA)
Program Chair, Cheiron
Web Editor, Society for the History of Psychology (APA)
Book Review Committee Member, Cheiron
Review Committee Member, Cheiron
Student Representative, Society for the History of Psychology (APA)
Co-Program Chair, History & Philosophy Section (CPA)
Organizing Committee, 3rd North American Critical Psychology Conference
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