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Ellen Herman

Ellen Herman is a historian of the modern United States with special interests in the human sciences, social engineering, and therapeutic culture. Her most recent book is Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States (University of Chicago Press, 2008). She has also written two other books. One is about the impact of psychology on public policy and culture during and after World War II: The Romance of American Psychology: Political Culture in the Age of Experts (University of California Press, 1995). The other is a contribution to a series of books for young readers on "Issues in Lesbian and Gay Life": Psychiatry, Psychology, and Homosexuality (New York: Chelsea House, 1995). My work has been supported by fellowships at Harvard Law School and Radcliffe's Bunting Institute, as well as by a major research grant from the Science and Technology Studies Program of the National Science Foundation. I have explored the possibilities of digital public history with The Adoption History Project. Ellen Herman has new research project, "Autism, Between Risks and Rights" was supported in 2011-2012 by a Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.

  • Kinship by Design

    December 03, 2012

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665880-kinship-by-design Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States by Ellen Herman  …

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