James R Flynn

James R. Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, is notable for his discovery of the Flynn effect, the continued year-on-year rise of IQ test scores in all parts of the world. He is an active participant in the academic debate on race and intelligence.

Flynn is also a passionate campaigner for liberal causes.

Partial Bibliography

• Race, IQ and Jensen
• Humanism and Ideology: an Aristotelian View
• Asian Americans : Achievement Beyond IQ
• How to Defend Humane Ideals

External links

• Scientific American profile of Flynn (http://www.sciam.com/1999/0199issue/0199profile.html)
• A short biography (http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/spearman/bios/flynn.html)

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