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Professing: Dennis Fox's Home Page

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Critiquing mainstream psychology's support for an unjust status quo. Psychology, Law,. This site connects my academic, political, and personal worlds. I offer more argument than data. Please email. Your comments and questions. For now, the Internet lets us bypass mainstream gatekeepers to communicate critical views and organize politically. It expands our interactions beyond the few who read academic or political journals. And it allows us to distribute information quickly. Critical and Radical Psychology.

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Against MCAS

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Other High-Stakes Tests -. And the Federal No Child Left Behind Act,. Which makes them even worse. Spurred on by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, high-stakes standardized testing is sweeping the nation and now the globe. I've been active in the struggle against MCAS. The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. I write most of these columns for a local audience, but they address broader themes related to the federal push. The Social Psychology of Brookline. Leaving Children Behind Locally.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Why should I believe what you say? What are your credentials? Tell me more about your background. What's all this about "critical psychology"? My psych professor never heard of it. Where can I study critical psychology? How can I get a job doing critical psychology? How can I find other critical psychologists? Aren't anarchists just selfish, immature jerks who just want to do their own thing? What does anarchism have to do with psychology? Isn't that kind of utopian? What's with their black masks? Genera...

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Dennis Fox's Publications & Presentations

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Some articles include background information and links to related material. Most are also listed separately by theme:. Sexuality Relationships Psychology and Politics. Pdf file) has complete publication details. Border Lines and Border Regions: Political and Personal. Conversation about Anarchism and Psychology. House Gathering, Athens, Greece. Parallels, Intersections, and Clashes: Journeys through the Fringes. International Encyclopedia of Critical. Polyamory Psychology and Politics. Critical and Radic...

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Israel and Palestine

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This page lists my academic and opinion papers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Other informal postings are on my blog. In 2001 I returned to the issue. I have since visited Israel and the West Bank three times:. For one month, half the time with Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. I began a blog. To write about the visit and posted a lot of photos. For ten weeks. After a week with a Health and Human Rights Delegation. For a month. I attended a conference on Siege and Mental Health. Social and Per...

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From SSU to UIS

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From SSU to UIS. From SSU to UIS. Collegiality, UI Style. I began teaching at the University of Illinois at Springfield in 1988, when it was called Sangamon State University. It used to be an alternative to standardized higher education. No more. Another related and now out-of-date page: life in Springfield, Illinois. From SSU to UIS. 2000: From "Radical University" to Handmaiden of the Corporate State. Issued as pamphlet by Teachers for a Democratic Culture. 53, 13-18 [Version 2]. When our faculty union...

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Anarchism and Psychology

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Links to anarchist sites and anarchist-psychology material. I've used an anarchist framework to help suggest relevant issues when addressing critical psychology. And the interconnections between psychology and law. Aren't anarchists just selfish, immature jerks who just want to do their own thing? What does anarchism have to do with psychology? Isn't that kind of utopian? What's with their black masks? What are they hiding? Articles, Essays, Presentations. International Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology.

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Strategies

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I haven't worked out the details of how to get from here to there. But I write for varied audiences and occasions about anarchism, elections, Green Party efforts, direct action and social movements, local and national government, and the need for radical rather than liberal politics. This is an eclectic catch-all list, heavy on local politics. Maybe Strategies isn't as good a title as Miscellaneous. Related links and readings. Subscribe to receive essays automatically. Politics on my campus. Toward Trans...

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Fox on Politics

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Abuse of power is a hallmark of the state. Anarchist theory provides useful insight. The corporation now rivals and even eclipses the state as a detriment to society. Corporate elites advocate public-school high-stakes testing. Psychology, Law and. Both the state and the corporation rely on the legitimacy they receive from law, which is designed to maintain the status quo. A social psychologist by training, I'm especially interested in psychology's failure to challenge law's legitimacy. Easily enough&#46...

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Newly Added Material

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Changing Society while Changing Ourselves. Border Lines and Border Regions, Political and Personal. Parallels, Intersections, and Clashes: Journeys through the Fringes. March 6, 2013. Cleaned up Links Page - removed broken links. March 6, 2013. Added new section on. Sexuality Relationships, Psychology and Politics. And Discussion Outline on. Polyamory Psychology and Politics. December 25, 2012. Critical Psychology and Social Struggles. May 3, 2012. January 2, 2012. November 20, 2011. February 13, 2011.