Leon, Sharon(Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 2004)
This article examines the involvement of U.S. Catholics in the American Eugenics Society during the 1920′s. While Catholics were often opponents of eugenics, John A. Ryan and John Montgomery Cooper, both Catholic priests ...
Leon, Sharon(Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society of Church History, 2004-06)
This article reviews the developing strategies of Catholic opposition to state laws for compulsory sterilization of so-called ‘feeble-minded’ residents of state institutions during the 1920s. In 1927 the Supreme Court, ...
RRCHNM’s foray into community transcription with the Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 and the development of Scripto offers some significant lessons for cultural heritage institutions and professionals who want to ...
This is an archive of Institutional Review Blog (www.institutionalreviewblog.com), a blog that seeks to inform the debate over IRB review of research in the humanities and social sciences by collecting breaking news, ...
For production reasons, the paperback edition of The Great Society Subway does not include footnote or endnote references for the new preface. While I tried to make clear in the main text of the preface the main sources ...
Mid-career college and university faculty generally have achieved a significant level of expertise in their field of study. At the same time, research suggests that experts may not be so clear about every step of the ...