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James Capshew

Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

Expert Bio

In addition to his position as University Historian, James H. Capshew serves on the faculty of Indiana University in Bloomington in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.

In addition to “Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University,” he is author of “Psychologists on the March: Science, Practice, and Professional Identity in America, 1929–1969,” as well as numerous scholarly articles.

He has served as editor of the international journal History of Psychology and as editor for psychology of the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

Areas of Expertise

IU history, history of science.

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