John Philippe Rushton,
Ph.D., D.Sc.
Department of Psychology
London, Ontario, N6A 5C2,
Canada
Telephone: (519)
661-3685; FAX: c/o (519) 661-3961;
E-mail: Rushton@uwo.ca
Biographical
Information
Birth:
December 3, 1943; Hampshire,
England
Nationality: British and Canadian
Educational
Background
1970 Bachelor
of Science (B.Sc.), Psychology, First Class
Honors
Honors Thesis: “Methodology, Experimenter Effect, and
Subliminal Perception.”
1973 Doctor
of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Psychology,
London
School of Economics and Political Science,
University
of London
Dissertation
title: “Social Learning and Cognitive Development—Alternative Approaches to an
Understanding of Generosity in 7– to 11–year-olds.”
1992 Doctor
of Science (D.Sc. degree), Psychology,
University
of London
“Personality and Individual Differences.”
Academic Background
1973-1974 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department
of Experimental Psychology
1974-1976 Visiting
Assistant Professor of Psychology
1976-1977 Visiting
Assistant Professor of Psychology
1977-1985 Assistant
to Associate Professor of Psychology
(Date
tenured: 1 July 1979)
1985-present Professor
of Psychology
(Date
promoted to Full Professor: 1 July 1985)
Professional Experience and Honors
2004 “Great Dissertation” (more than
100 citations). Listed on-line in the American Psychological
Society Observer.
2003 Visiting
Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, January to April.
1992 Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), University of London.
1989 Charter
Fellow, American Psychological Society.
1988-1989 Elected
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
1987-1988 Research
Professorship, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario.
1987 Elected
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1985 Elected
Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association.
1983-1985 Member,
Research Grants Adjudication Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada.
1983 Founding Member, Research Unit on Work and
Productivity, University of Western Ontario.
1983 Visiting
Professor, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of
London, England, January to June.
1982-1983 Leave Fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada.
1982 Elected
Fellow, British Psychological Society.
1982 Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association.
1981 Visiting
Scholar,
1980-1981 Consultant,
National Institute of Mental Health, Television and Social Behavior
Update ad hoc Advisory Committee, Washington, DC.
1979 Summer
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
1976-1977 Consultant,
Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications
Industry, Province of
Ontario, Canada.
Editorial Board Experience
2004-present
Intelligence
1999-2004
Population and Environment
1977-1982
Developmental
Psychology
1977-1982 Scientometrics
Professional Memberships
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
American
Psychological Association (Fellow)
American
Psychological Society (Fellow)
British Psychological
Society (Fellow)
Canadian
Psychological Association (Fellow)
Galton Society (Fellow)
Behavior Genetics
Association
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
International
Society for Human Ethology
International
Society for Intelligence Research
International
Society for the Study of Individual Differences
Books
[Only First Edition listed.]
Rushton, J. P. (1980). Altruism, socialization, and society. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rushton, J. P., & Sorrentino, R. M. (1981). (Eds.), Altruism and helping behavior: Social, personality, and developmental perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Roediger, H. L. III.,
Rushton, J. P., Capaldi, E. D.,
& Paris, S. G. (1984). Psychology.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Jackson, D. N., &
Rushton,
J. P. (1987). (Eds.), Scientific excellence: Origins and assessment.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
Race, evolution, and behavior: A life
history perspective. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
PUBLICATIONS
2007
Hur, Y. -M., & Rushton, J. P. (2007). Genetic and environmental contributions to prosocial behavior in 2- to 9-year-old South Korean twins. Biology Letters, 3, 664-666.
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (2007). The evolution of brain size and intelligence. In S. M. Platek, J. P. Keenan, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience (pp. 121-161). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Rushton, J. P., Bons, T. A., Vernon, P. A., & Cvorovic, J. (2007). Genetic and environmental contributions to population group differences on the Raven's Progressive Matrices estimated from twins reared together and apart. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 274, 1773-1777.
Rushton, J. P., Cvorovic, J., & Bons, T. A. (2007). General mental ability in South Asians: Data from three Roma (Gypsy) Communities in Serbia. Intelligence, 35, 1-12.
Rushton, J. P., Vernon, P. A., & Bons, T. A. (2007). No evidence that polymorphisms of brain regulator genes Microcephalin and ASPM are associated with general mental ability, head circumference, or altruism. Biology Letters, 3, 157-160.
2006
Jackson, D. N., & Rushton, J. P. (2006). Males have greater g: Sex differences in general mental ability from 100,000 17- to 18-year olds on the Scholastic Assessment Test. Intelligence, 34, 479-486.
Rushton, J. P. (2006). [Book Review of R. Lynn's Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis. Augusta, GA: Washington Summit Books, 2006.] Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 853-855.
Rushton, J. P. (2006). [Book Review of R. Lynn and T. Vanhanen’s IQ and Global Inequality. Augusta, GA: Washington Summit Books, 2006.] Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 983-985.
Rushton, J. P. (2006). In defense of a disputed study of construct validity from South Africa. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14, 381-384.
Rushton, J. P., & Jensen, A. R. (2006). The totality of available evidence shows race-IQ gap still remains. Psychological Science, 17, 921-922.
2005
Rushton, J. P. (2005). Ethnic nationalism, evolutionary psychology, and genetic similarity theory. Nations and Nationalism, 11, 489-507.
Rushton, J. P. (2005). Rasse, Evolution und Verhalten. Graz, Austria: Ares Verlag. [German translation of Race, Evolution, and Behavior. Original by Transaction Publishers, 1995.]
Rushton, J. P. (2005).
Obituary: Douglas N. Jackson, 1929-2004.
Intelligence,
33, 1-3.
Rushton, J. P., & Bons, T. A. (2005).
Mate choice and friendship
in twins: Evidence for genetic similarity.
Rushton,
J. P., & Jensen, A. R. (2005).
Thirty
years of research on group differences in cognitive ability.
Rushton,
J. P., & Jensen, A. R. (2005).
Wanted:
More race-realism, less moralistic fallacy.
2004
Rushton,
J. P. (2004).
Genetic and environmental contributions to
prosocial attitudes:
A
twin study of social responsibility.
Proceedings
of Royal Society of London. Series B.
Biological Sciences, 271, 2583-2585.
Rushton,
J. P. (2004).
Placing intelligence into an evolutionary framework or how
g fits into the
r-K matrix of life
history traits including longevity. Intelligence,
32, 321-328.
Rushton, J. P. (2004). Book Review. [Review of K. Westhues’s Administrative Mobbing at the University of Toronto, Queenston, ON, Edwin Mellen Press, 2004.] Newsletter of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship, April, Number 27.
Rushton, J. P., & Rushton, E. W. (2004). Progressive changes in brain size and musculo-skeletal traits in seven hominoid populations. Human Evolution, 19, 173-196. (doi: 10.1007/BF02438913)
Rushton, J. P., Skuy, M., & Bons, T. A. (2004). Construct validity of Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices for African and non-African engineering students in South Africa. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 12, 220-229.
2003
Rushton, J. P.
(2003). Race, brain size, and IQ: The case for
consilience. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
26, 648-649.
Rushton, J. P. (2003).
Race differences in
g and the “Jensen
Effect.” In H. Nyborg (Ed.),
The scientific study
of general intelligence: A tribute to Arthur R. Jensen
(pp. 147-186). London: Elsevier.
Rushton,
J. P. (2003).
The bigger bell curve: Intelligence, national achievement, and
the global economy. [Book Review of R. Lynn and T. Vanhanen’s
IQ and the Wealth of Nations.
Westport, CT:
Praeger,
2002]. Personality
and Individual Differences, 34, 367-372.
Rushton,
J. P. (2003). [Book Review of F. Miele’s
The Battlegrounds of Bio-Science]
Intelligence, 31, 607-608.
Rushton, J. P., & Jensen, A. R. (2003).
African-White IQ
differences from
Rushton, J. P., &
Rushton, E. W. (2003).
Brain size, IQ, and racial-group differences: Evidence from
musculo-skeletal
traits. Intelligence, 31, 139-155.
Rushton, J. P., Skuy, M., & Fridjohn, P. (2003). Performance on Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices by African, East Indian, and White engineering students in South Africa. Intelligence, 31, 123-137.
2002
Rushton, J. P. (2002).
The
Pioneer Fund and the scientific study of human differences. Albany Law Review,
66, 207-262.
Rushton, J. P. (2002). Is race a valid taxonomic construct?
The
Occidental Quarterly, 2, 17-28.
Rushton, J. P. (2002). Race, brain size, and IQ.
The General Psychologist,
37(2), 28-33.
Rushton, J. P. (2002).
New evidence on Sir Cyril Burt: His
1964 speech to the Association of Educational Psychologists. Intelligence,
30, 555-567.
Rushton, J. P. (2002).
Jensen Effects and African/Coloured/Indian/White Differences on Raven’s Standard
Progressive Matrices in
Rushton,
J. P. (2002).
Changing the face of social science. [Book Review of R. Lynn’s
The
science of human diversity: A history of the Pioneer Fund. Lanham, MD, University Press
of America, 2001]. Personality and
Individual Differences,
32, 1431-1434.
Rushton,
J. P. (2002).
The future of eugenics. [Book Review of R. Lynn’s
Eugenics:
A reassessment. Westport, CT:
Praeger, 2001]. Personality and Individual Differences,
33, 183-184.
Rushton, J. P.,
Skuy, M., & Fridjhon, P. (2002). Jensen effects among African, Indian,
and White engineering students in
Rushton, J. P., & Whitney, G. (2002). Cross-national
variation in violent crime rates: Race,
r-K theory, and income.
Population and Environment,
23, 501-511.
Skuy, M.,
Gewer, A., Osrin, Y., Khunou, D.,
Fridjhon, P., & Rushton, J.
P. (2002). Effects of mediated learning experience on Raven’s Matrices scores
of African and non-African university students in
2001
Rushton, J. P. (2001). [Comment on Lieberman’s “How ‘Caucasoids’ got such big crania and why they shrank: From
Morton to Rushton.”] Current Anthropology, 42,
85-86.
Rushton, J. P. (2001).
A scientometric
appreciation of H. J. Eysenck’s contributions to
psychology. Personality and Individual Differences, 31, 17-39.
Rushton, J. P. (2001, May 28). Is there a biological basis
for race and racial differences? Insight on the News Magazine
(Washington Times, DC).
Rushton, J. P. (2001).
Black-White differences on the
g-factor
in
Rushton,
J. P. (2001).
When race matters. [Book Review of J.
Entine’s Taboo: Why black athletes dominate sports and why we are afraid to talk
about it. New York: Public Affairs Press, 2000].
Personality and
Individual Differences, 30, 1079-1080.
Rushton, J.
P. (2001). Genes, brains, and culture: Returning to a Darwinian evolutionary
psychology. [Commentary on Death, Hope, and Sex: Steps to an Evolutionary
Ecology of Mind and Morality by James S. Chisholm. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press, 1999]. Behavior and Philosophy, 29, 95-99.
Rushton, J. P. (2001). [Book Review of P. R. Ehrlich’s Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect. Washington, D.C., Island Press, 2000]. Population and Environment, 22, 569-574.
2000
Rushton,
J. P. (2000). Individual differences and scientific creativity. In R. D.
Goffin & E. Helmes (Eds.), Problems
and solutions in human assessment: Honoring Douglas N. Jackson at seventy
(pp. 173-194). Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
Rushton,
J. P. (2000). Flynn effects not genetic and unrelated to race differences. American Psychologist, 55, 542-543.
Rushton,
J. P. (2000, September). [Book Review of A. R. Jensen: The g factor: The
science of mental ability.
Rushton,
J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (2000).
Size matters: A
review and new analyses of racial differences in cranial capacity and intelligence
that refute Kamin and
Omari.
Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 591-620.
Rushton,
J. P., & Skuy, M. (2000).
Performance on Raven’s
Matrices by African and White university students in
1999
Rushton,
J. P. (1999).
Ethnic differences in temperament. In Y.-T. Lee, C. R. McCauley, & J. G.
Draguns (Eds.), Personality and person perception across
cultures (pp. 45-63). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Rushton,
J. P. (1999).
Rushton,
J. P. (1999). Genetic similarity theory and the nature of ethnocentrism. In K.
Thienpont, & R. Cliquet (Eds.),
In-group/out-group behavior in modern societies: An evolutionary
perspective (pp. 75-107). Brussels:
Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
Rushton,
J. P. (1999).
Secular gains in IQ not related to the
g factor and
inbreeding depression -- unlike Black-White differences: A reply to Flynn.
Personality
and Individual Differences, 26, 381-389.
Rushton,
J. P. (1999). The “Jensen Effect” and G Vector Analysis. Psycoloquy
10 (44). [Psycoloquy is an electronic
journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association].
Rushton, J. P. (1999).
[Book Review of H. J. Eysenck: Rebel with a cause. (Revised
and expanded edition).
Rushton, J. P. (1999).
[Book Review of J. Diamond: Guns, germs and steel.
Rushton, J. P. (1999, November). [Abridged book review of J. Diamond: Guns, germs and steel. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997]. European Sociobiological Society Newsletter. No. 51.
1998
Rushton, J. P. (1998). The
American Dilemma in world perspective. In S. J. Taylor (Ed.), The Real
American Dilemma: Race, immigration, and the future of
Rushton, J. P. (1998,
March).
The new enemies of evolutionary science.
Liberty, Vol. 11, No.
4, pp. 31-35.
Rushton, J. P. (1998).
Genetic similarity theory, ethnocentrism, and group selection. In I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt
& F. K. Salter (Eds.), Indoctrinability,
warfare, and ideology: Evolutionary
perspectives (pp. 369-388). Oxford: Berghahn
Books.
Rushton,
J. P. (1998). H. J. Eysenck’s contributions to
behavior genetics. Psihologija, 3,
205-214.
Rushton,
J. P. (1998). Genetic similarity theory and the roots of ethnic conflict. Journal
of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, 23, 477-486.
Rushton,
J. P. (1998). The “Jensen Effect” and the “Spearman-Jensen Hypothesis” of
Black-White IQ differences. Intelligence, 26, 217-225.
Rushton,
J. P. (1998).
Race is more than skin deep: A psychologist’s view.
Mankind
Quarterly, 39, 231-249.
Rushton,
J. P. (1998). Race differences: A global perspective. In V. S. E.
Falger, J. M. G. van der
Dennen & P. Meyer (Eds.), Research in
biopolitics (Vol. 6, pp. 119-136). Greenwich, CT: JAI
Press.
Rushton, J. P. (1998).
More on race differences [Book Review of M. Levin: Why race matters.
Rushton, J. P. (1998).
Psychology is about people. [Book Review of H.
Nyborg
(Ed.): The scientific study of human nature: Tribute to Hans J.
Eysenck at eighty.
Rushton, J. P. (1998).
[Book Review of A. R. Jensen:
The g Factor: The science of mental ability.
1997
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Afterword.
In J. P. Rushton Race, Evolution, and Behavior
(Softcover Edition).
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Race, IQ, and the APA Report on The
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Review essay. [Review of the books The
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Cranial size and IQ in Asian Americans from birth to age seven. Intelligence, 25, 7-20.
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
(Im)pure genius: Psychoticism,
intelligence and creativity. In H. Nyborg (Ed.), The
scientific study of human nature: Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck
at eighty (pp. 404-421). New York: Elsevier.
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
More on political correctness and
race differences. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 6,
195-198.
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Race, intelligence, and the brain: The errors and omissions of the ‘revised’
edition of S. J. Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man
(1996). Personality and Individual Differences, 23, 169-180. [Reprinted
as “The Mismeasure of Gould” in National Review,
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Why
The Bell Curve didn’t go far enough on race. In E. White (Ed.), Intelligence,
political inequality, and public policy (pp. 119-140).
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (1997). Race and sex differences in brain
size and cognitive ability. In W. Tomic & J. Kingma (Eds.), Advances in Cognition and Educational
Practice. Vol. 4: Reflections on the
Concept of Intelligence (pp. 25-77). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Rushton, J. P. (1997).
Will
1996
Harris, J. A., Rushton, J.
P., Hampson, E., & Jackson, D. N. (1996).
Salivary testosterone and self-report aggressive and pro-social personality
characteristics in men and women. Aggressive Behavior,
22, 321-331.
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Egalitarian dogmas. Right Now!
Issue No. 13 (pp. 20-21).
Rushton, J. P. (1996,
January). Race, AIDS, and sexual behavior. Chronicles,
20(1), 39-40.
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Race, genetics, and human reproductive strategies. Genetic, Social, and
General Psychology Monographs, 122, 21-53.
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Race differences in brain size. American
Psychologist, 51, 556.
Rushton, J. P. (1996). The
eternal triangle: Race, class, and IQ. [Discussion of the book The
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Self-report delinquency and violence in adult twins. Psychiatric Genetics, 6,
87-89.
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Political correctness and the study of racial differences. Journal of Social
Distress and the Homeless, 5, 213-229.
Rushton, J. P. (1996).
Preface to the Japanese Translation of Race, Evolution, and Behavior. Tokyo, Japan: Hakuhin-sha
Publishing Co.
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (1996). Brain size and cognitive ability: Correlations with age, sex, social class and race. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 3, 21-36.
1995
Rushton, J. P.
(1995).
Asian achievement, brain size,
and evolution: Comments on A. H. Yee. Educational Psychology Review, 7,
373-380.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
Construct validity, censorship, and the genetics of race. American
Psychologist, 50, 40-41.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
Genetic similarity theory and human assortative
mating: A reply to Russell & Wells. Animal Behaviour, 50, 547-549.
Rushton, J. P. (1995). J.
Philippe Rushton responds. Skeptic,
3(4), 22-25.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
Race and crime: An international dilemma. Society, 32, 37-41.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
Race and crime: International data for 1989-1990. Psychological Reports, 76,
307-312.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
[Review of R. Masters and M. McGuire (Eds.), The neurotransmitter
revolution: serotonin, social behavior and the law.
Rushton, J. P. (1995,
September). [Book Review of P. A. Vernon (Ed.), Biological approaches to the
study of intelligence.
Rushton, J. P. (1995).
[Review of M. Hillbrand and N. J. Pallone (Eds.), The
psychobiology of aggression: Engines, measurement, control.
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (1995).
Brain size matters: A reply to
Peters. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 49, 562-569.
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (1995).
Fallacious analyses cannot test for
racial differences: A reply to Gorey and Cryns. Personality and Individual Differences, 19,
355-357.
Rushton, J. P., & Osborne, R. T. (1995). Genetic and environmental contributions to cranial capacity in Black and White adolescents. Intelligence, 20, 1-13.
1994
Horner, K. L., Murray, H. G., & Rushton, J. P. (1994).
Aging and administration in academic
psychologists. Social Behavior and Personality, 22,
343-346.
Rushton, J. P. (1994). On
life-history evolution. Current Anthropology, 35, 41-42.
Rushton, J. P. (1994).
Race and crime: A reply to Cernovsky and Litman. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 36, 79-82.
Rushton, J. P. (1994,
December). Race and crime: International data 1990.Human Ethology
Newsletter, 9(4), 8-9.
Rushton, J. P. (1994).
Victim of scientific hoax. Society, 31, 40-44.
Rushton, J. P. (1994).
The
egalitarian dogma revisited. Intelligence, 19, 263-280.
Rushton, J. P. (1994). Sex and race differences in cranial capacity from International Labour Office data. Intelligence, 19, 281-294.
1993
Khanna, R., Singh, P.,
& Rushton, J. P. (1993). Development of the Hindi
version of a Self-Report Altruism Scale. Personality and Individual
Differences, 14, 267-270.
Rushton, J. P. (1993).
Corrections to a paper on race and sex differences in brain size and
intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 15, 229-231.
Rushton, J. P. (1993). Why
we should study race differences. Psychologische
Beitrage, 32, (1990), 128-142.
Rushton, J. P. (1993). Men
have proportionately larger brains than women. Human Ethology
Newsletter, 8(1), 13-15.
Rushton, J. P. (1993). Sex
and race differences in relative brain size. Social Neuroscience Bulletin, 6(3),
40-41.
Rushton, J. P., & Ankney, C. D. (1993).
The evolutionary selection of human
races: A response to Miller. Personality and Individual Differences, 15,
677-680.
Rushton, J. P. (1993).
Personality renaissance in clinical psychology. [Review of T. Millon: Toward a new personology: An evolutionary model.
1992
Rushton, J. P. (1992).
Age
similarity is genetic similarity. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 15, 108.
Rushton, J. P. (1992).
Life-history comparisons between Orientals and Whites at a Canadian university.
Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 439-442.
Rushton, J. P. (1992). Contributions
to the history of psychology: XC. Evolutionary biology and heritable traits
(with reference to Oriental-White-Black differences): The 1989 AAAS paper. Psychological
Reports, 71, 811-821.
Rushton, J. P. (1992).
Cranial capacity related to sex, rank, and race in a stratified random sample
of 6,325