UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 22, Page 7
March 5, 1992
'Dialogues' forum March 12

     Race Differences in Intelligence Testing: What Do They Mean?"
will be the focus of the first program in the University's
"Delaware Dialogues" series.
     The free public forum is scheduled for 7 p.m., Thursday, March
12, in 115 Purnell Hall.
     "Delaware Dialogues" is designed to give the campus community
a close look at the ideas surrounding controversial and
contemporary issues in America.
     Presenting opposing viewpoints at the March 12 program will be
Robert A. Gordon, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins
University, and Howard Taylor, professor of sociology at Princeton
University.
     They will discuss the meaning of racial differences that
appear in intelligence testing and how these differences are
interpreted and used.
     Responding to their discussion will be three members of the
Delaware faculty: James Davis, assistant professor of educational
studies; Leslie Goldstein, professor of political science and
international relations; and Raymond Wolters, professor of history.
     Gordon, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago,
has lectured and published widely on such subjects as the sociology
of intelligence, deviant behavior, opiate addiction, and causes of
crime and delinquency. His research has been funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health and the Pioneer Fund Inc.
     Gordon's honors include the 1974 American Association for the
Advancement of Science Socio-Psychological Prize.
     Taylor, who received his Ph.D. from Yale University, is the
author of The IQ Game: A Methodological Inquiry into the
Heredity-Environment Controversy, as well as an earlier book,
Balance in Small Groups. Currently, he is working on a project on
black leadership networks and is co-authoring with Margaret
Andersen, associate provost for instruction at the University, a
textbook to integrate race, class and gender into introductory
sociology.
     Taylor serves as the chairperson of the national advisory
board for the American Sociology Association's Minority Opportunity
Summer Training (MOST) Program .
     "Delaware Dialogues," which will continue with one program
each semester, is being administered by the University Honors
Program.
     For information, call 831-1195.