|| Interests || Education || Experience || Publications || Presentations ||
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Interests

• Chronic disease self-management
• Intelligence, health and everyday life
• Intelligence and social inequality
• Employment testing and job aptitude demands
• Affirmative action and multicultural diversity
• Career development and vocational counseling

Education and Honors

• Mensa Award for Excellence in Research, 2018.
• Distiguished Contributor Interview, International Society for Intelligence Research, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 2016.
• Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Intelligence Research, Melbourne, Australia, December 12, 2013.
• Hans J. Eysenck Lecture, International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, London, July 26, 2011.
• Prometheus Award (for "courageous public defense of the rights of students and faculty at the University of Delaware"), Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, 2009.
• Mensa Award for Excellence in Research, 2008-2009.
• George A Miller Award (for outstanding journal article across specialty areas), Society for General Psychology (Division 1), American Psychological Association, 2008.
• Distinguished Faculty Award, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2007.
• Mensa Press Award, 2005.
• Mensa Award for Excellence in Research, 2005.
• Faculty Senate Commendation for Extraordinary Leadership and Service, University of Delaware, awarded May 2, 2005.
• Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research, 1999-2000.
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, elected 1998.
• Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, elected 1995.
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, elected 1994.
• Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, elected 1994.
• Ph.D. (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University, 1977.
• B.A. (Psychology), University of California at Berkeley, 1969. (Phi Beta Kappa).

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Professional Experience

• 2015-Present Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware.
• 2000-2015 Affiliated Faculty, Honors Program, University of Delaware.
• 1990-2015 Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1987-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1986-1987 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of Delaware.
• 1986 Principal Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1985-1986 Research Associate (part-time), Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park.
• 1983-1986 Associate Professor (adjunct), Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1980-1986 Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1977-1983 Assistant Professor (adjunct), Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1976-1980 Associate Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1972-1973 Research Assistant, Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1969-1972 Peace Corps Volunteer in Family Planning and Health Statistics, Penang State Health Office, Georgetown, Malaysia.
• 1968-1969 Research Assistant, Alameda County Human Relations Commission, Oakland, California.

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Professional Publications

1975-1979 || 1980-1984 || 1985-1989 || 1990-1994 || 1995-1999 || 2000-2004 || 2005-2009 || 2010-2014 || 2015-2019 || 2020-2024 ||

• 2020-2024
  • Gottfredson, L. S. (2021). The transition to noncommunicable disease: How to reduce its unsustainable global burden by increasing cognitive access to health self-management. Journal of Intelligence, 9(4), 61. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jintelligence9040061.
    • Supplementary tables S1 and S2
  • Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, K. (2021). Safe-guarding cognitive access to diabetes self-management as abilities decline with age. The Diabetes Communicator, Spring, 9-11 (with supplementary material).

• 2015-2019
  • Gottfredson, L. S. (2019). How to increase older adults' cognitive access to diabetes self-care, On the Cutting Edge, 40(2), 23-29.
  • Gottfredson, L. S. (2018). g theory: How recurring variation in human intelligence and the complexity of everyday tasks create social structure and the democratic dilemma. Pages 130-151 in R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), The nature of human intelligence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Gottfredson, L. S. (2016). Hans Eysenck's theory of intelligence, and what it reveals about him, Personality and Individual Differences, 103, 116-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.036
    • Received a 2018 Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research.
  • Gottfredson, L. S. (2016). A g theorist on why Kovacs and Conway's process overlap theory amplifies, not opposes, g theory. Psychological Inquiry, 27(3), 210-217, DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2016.1203232.
• 2010-2014
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2013). Resolute ignorance on race and Rushton, Personality and Individual Differences, 55(3), 218-223.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2011). Intelligence and social inequality: Why the biological link? Pp. 538-575 in T. Chamorro-Premuzic, A. Furhnam, & S. von Stumm (Eds.), Handbook of Individual Differences. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2011, July 2). Intelligence: Instant Expert 13, New Scientist, 211(2819), pp. i-viii (a pullout).
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2010). Lessons in academic freedom as lived experience. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 272-280.
  • Supplementary appendices which summarize events, actors, and their pretexts
  • Supporting documents
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2010). Pursuing patterns, puzzles, and paradoxes. General Psychologist, 45, No. 1 (Spring), 26-32.
• 2005-2009
• Pierce, A., Miller, G, Arden, R., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2009). Why is intelligence correlated with semen quality? Biochemical pathways common to sperm and neuron function, and their vulnerability to pleiotropic mutations, Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2(5), 385-387.
• Wainer, H., & Robinson, D. H. (2009). Profiles in research: Linda S. Gottfredson. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 34(3), 395-427. (Written interview)
• Arden, R., Gottfredson, L. S., & Miller, G. (2009). Does a fitness factor contribute to the association between intelligence and health outcomes? Evidence from medical abnormality counts among 3,654 US veterans. Intelligence, 37(6), 581-591.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Saklofske, D. H. (2009). Intelligence: Foundations and issues in assessment. Canadian Psychology, 50(3), 183-195.
• Arden, R., Gottfredson, L. S., Miller, G., & Pierce, A. (2009). Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated. Intelligence, 37, 277-282.
  • Received a 2008-2009 Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2009). Logical fallacies used to dismiss the evidence on intelligence testing.  In R. Phelps (Ed.), Correcting fallacies about educational and psychological testing (pp. 11-65). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Online appendix
• Phelps, P. S., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2009). Summary and discussion. In R. Phelps (Ed.), Correcting fallacies about educational and psychological testing (pp. 247-255). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2008). Of what value is intelligence?  In A. Prifitera, D. Saklofske, L. G. Weiss (Eds.), WISC-IV applications for clinical assessment and intervention(2^nd ed.)(pp. 545-563). Amsterdam: Elsevier.   
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2008). The calculus of small but consistent effects. The Edge Annual Question 2008: "What have you changed your mind about? Why?" Edge, January 1.
• Gottfredson. L. S. (2007). Flynn, Ceci, and Turkheimer on race and intelligence: Opening moves. Cato Unbound, November 26.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Shattering logic to explain the Flynn Effect. Cato Unbound, November 8.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Applying double standards to "divisive" ideas. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2(2), 216-220.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. In M. J. Roberts (Ed.), Integrating the mind: Domain general versus domain specific processes in higher cognition (pp. 387-425) . Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
• Batty, G. D., Deary, I. J., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Pre-morbid (early life) IQ and later mortality risk: Systematic review. Annals of Epidemiology. epub available December 15, 2006 .
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Circumscription and compromise. In J. H. Greenhaus (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Career Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Social consequences of group differences in cognitive ability (Consequencias sociais das diferencas de grupo em habilidade cognitiva). In C. E. Flores-Mendoza & R. Colom (Eds.), Introducau a psicologia das diferencas individuais (pp. 433-456). Porto Allegre, Brazil: ArtMed Publishers.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Unmasking the egalitarian fiction. Duke Gifted Letter, 6(3), 10.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, October 31). Thinking more deeply about health disparities. A rapid response comment on D. Adkins & E. M. Moy, Left behind: the legacy of hurricane Katrina (editorial), British Medical Journal, 2005, 331: 916-918.
• Deary, I. J., Batty, D., & Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, July 29). Human hierarchies, health, and IQ (letter). Science, 309, 703-703.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Implications of cognitive differences for schooling within diverse societies. Pages 517-554 in C. L. Frisby & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology. New York: Wiley.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). What if the hereditarian hypothesis is true? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 11, 311-319.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005, May 10). The assortative mating theory: The Reality Club talks with Simon Baron-Cohen. Edge, 160.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Suppressing intelligence research: Hurting those we intend to help. In R. H. Wright & N. A. Cummings (Eds.), Destructive trends in mental health: The well-intentioned path to harm (pp. 155-186). New York: Taylor and Francis.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Using Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise in career guidance and counseling. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work (pp. 71-100). New York: Wiley.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Three entries ("Construct validity," "Intelligence testing," and "Norms") in S. Cartwright (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of management: Human resource management (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Pages 68-69, 187-189, 257-258).
• 2000-2004
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Schools and the g factor. The Wilson Quarterly, Summer, 35-45.
• Received the 2005 Mensa Press Award.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Life, death, and intelligence. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology [online], 4, (1), 23-46. www.iacep.coged.org
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Realities in desegregating gifted education. In D. Booth & J. C. Stanley (Eds.), In the eyes of the beholder: Critical issues for diversity in gifted education (pp. 139-155). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Deary, I. J. (2004). Intelligence predicts health and longevity, but why? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13(1), 1-4.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2004). Intelligence: Is it the epidemiologists' elusive "fundamental cause" of social class inequalities in health? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(1), 174-199.
• Reprinted in Mensa Research Journal, 38 (2), 76-106, Summer 2007.
• Won the George A. Miller Award, Society of General Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2008.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). g, jobs, and life. In H. Nyborg (Ed.), The scientific study of general intelligence: Tribute to Arthur R. Jensen (pp. 293-342). New York: Pergamon.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). On Sternberg's "Reply to Gottfredson." Intelligence, 31(4), 415-424.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). Dissecting practical intelligence theory: Its claims and evidence. Intelligence, 31(4), 343-397.
• Reprinted in Mensa Research Journal, 38 (2), 34-68, 107, Summer 2007.
• Won a 2005 Mensa Excellence in Research Award.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). The challenge and promise of cognitive career assessment. Journal of Career Assessment, 11(2), 115-135.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). "Environments" are genetic too. Review of Environmental effects on cognitive abilities, by R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.). Contemporary Psychology, 48(1), 71-74.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). Practical intelligence. Pages 740-745 in R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2003). The science and politics of intelligence in gifted education. Pages 24-40 in N. Colangelo & G. A. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of gifted education (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Assess and assist individuals, not sexes. Issues in Education, 8(1), 39-47.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Gottfredson's theory of circumscription, compromise, and self-creation. Pages 85-148 in D. Brown (Ed.), Career choice and development (4th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). Where and why g matters: Not a mystery. Human Performance, 15(1/2), 25-46.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2002). g: Highly general and highly practical. Pages 331-380 in R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.), The general factor of intelligence: How general is it? Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2001). Intelligence and the American ambivalence toward talent. Pages 41-58 in N. Colangelo & S. G. Assouline (Eds.), Talent development IV: Proceedings from The 1998 Henry B. and Jocelyn Wallace National Research Symposium on Talent Development. Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2001). Review of Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life by R. J. Sternberg et al. Intelligence, 29, 363-365.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Intelligence. Pages 1359-1386 in E. F. Borgatta & R. J. V. Montgomery (eds.), Encyclopedia of sociology, Vol. 2 (2nd ed.) . New York: Macmillan Reference.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Skills gaps, not tests, make racial proportionality impossible. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 6(1), 129-143.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Pretending that intelligence doesn't matter. Cerebrum, 2(3), 75-96.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Equal potential: A collective fraud. Society, 37(5), 19-28.
• 1995-1999
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Richards, J. M., Jr. (1999). The meaning and measurement of environments in Holland's theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 55, 57-73
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1999). The nature and nurture of vocational interests. In M. L. Savickas & A. R. Spokane (Eds.), Vocational interests: Their meaning, measurement, and use in counseling. Davies-Black Publishing.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1998). Jensen, Jensenism, and the sociology of intelligence. Intelligence, 26(3), 291-299.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1998, Winter). The general intelligence factor. Scientific American Presents, 9(4), 24-29.
• Also published as Der Generalfaktor der Intelligenz, Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Spezial: Intelligenz (A publication of Scientific American), 1/2000, 24-30.
• Reprinted in 12th edition of Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial psychological issues. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002, pages 159-169.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Lapan, R. T. (1997). Assessing gender-based circumscription of occupational aspirations. Journal of Career Assessment, 5(4), 419-441.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Review of Inequality by design: Cracking the Bell Curve myth, by C. S. Fischer, M. Hout, M. S. Jankowski, S. R. Lucas, A. Swidler, & K. Voss. Personnel Psychology, 50(3), 741-746.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (Ed.) (1997). Intelligence and social policy. Intelligence, 24(1). (Special issue)
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life. Intelligence, 24(1), 79-132.
• Received a 1999-2000 Mensa Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research.
• Reprinted in G. J. Boyle & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), (2003), Psychology of Individual Differences. Vol. 1: Individual Differences. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Mainstream science on intelligence: An editorial with 52 signatories, history, and bibliography. Intelligence, 24(1), 13-23.
• Reprinted in G. J. Boyle & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), (2003), Psychology of Individual Differences. Vol. 1: Individual Differences. London: Sage.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Four entries ("Construct validity," "GATB", "Intelligence testing," and "Norms,") in L. H. Peters, C. R. Greer, & S. A. Youngblood (Eds.), Blackwell dictionary of human resource management. Oxford: Blackwell. (Pages 57-58, 126, 169-170, and 234.)
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Multiculturalism in the workplace. The Psychologist-Manager, 1, 23-34.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1997). Review of Prescription for failure: Race relations in the age of social science, by B. M. Roth. Political Psychology, 18, 209-215.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Racially gerrymandering the content of police tests to satisfy the U.S. Justice Department: A case study. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2(3/4), 418-446.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Confronting the new particularism in academe. Journal of Management Inquiry, 5, 319-325.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). The new challenge to academic freedom. Journal of Homelessness and Social Distress, 5, 205-212.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Review of Race, evolution, and behavior: A life history perspective, by J. P. Rushton. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15, 141-143.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise. In D. Brown, & L. Brooks, (Eds.), Career choice and development (3rd ed.), pp. 179-232. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). Reply to critiques of "What do we know about intelligence?" The American Scholar, Spring, 320-320.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1996). What do we know about intelligence? The American Scholar, Winter, 15-30.
• Reprinted in Network News & Views, January/February 1996, 29-44.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1995). Review of Dictatorship of virtue: Multiculturalism and the battle for America's future, by R. Bernstein. Personnel Psychology, 48(3), 667-671.
• 1990-1994
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). From the ashes of affirmative action. The World and I, November, 365-377.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). The science and politics of race-norming. American Psychologist, 49(11), 955-963.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). Scientific hoax - reply. Society, 32(1), 5-6.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1994). Egalitarian fiction and collective fraud. Society, 31(3), 53-59.
• Reprinted in N. J. Pallone & J. J. Hennessey (eds.), (1995), Fraud and fallible judgment: Varieties of deception in the social and behavioral sciences, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, pp. 95-106.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1993). Truth in the balance? A comment on Estes. Psychological Science, 4(4), 271-271.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & J. H. Blits. (1992). Legislated lawlessness on civil rights. Delaware Lawyer, 10 (2), 20-23.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1992). Dilemmas in developing diversity programs. In S. E. Jackson (Ed.), Diversity in the workplace: Human resources initiatives. New York: Guilford.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1991). The evaluation of alternative measures of job performance. In A. K. Wigdor & B. F. Green, Jr. (Eds.), Performance assessment for the workplace. Volume II: Technical issues. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Fairness or bias in job testing? A commentary in Issues in Science and Technology, 7 (1), 27-28.
• Blits, J. H., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Equality or lasting inequality? Society, 27 (3), 4-11.
• Blits, J. H., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1990). Employment testing and job performance. The Public Interest, Winter, No. 98, 18-25.
• 1985-1989
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Sharf, J. C. (Eds.) (Special Issue) (1988). Fairness in employment testing. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 33 (3).
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1988). Reconsidering fairness: A matter of social and ethical priorities. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 33 (3), 293-319.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1988). Do we need sex-specific occupational prestige scales? (Review of Jobs and gender: A study of occupational prestige, by Christine Bose). Contemporary Psychology, 33 (4), 315.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1987). The practical significance of black-white differences in intelligence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10 (3), 510-512.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (Ed.) (1986). The g factor in employment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29 (3). (Special Issue)
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Crouse, J. (1986). The validity versus utility of mental tests: Example of the SAT. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 363-378.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Societal consequences of the g factor in employment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 379-410.
• Reprinted in Educational Excellence Network, 6 (9), October, 1987.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Occupational aptitude patterns map: Development and implications for a theory of job aptitude requirements (Monograph). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 29, 254-291.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1986). Special groups and the beneficial use of vocational interest inventories. In W. B. Walsh & S. Osipow (Eds.), Advances in Vocational Psychology, Vol. 1: The Assessment of Interests (pp. 127-198). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Finucci, J. M., Gottfredson, L. S., & Childs, B. (1985). A follow-up study of dyslexic boys. Annals of Dyslexia, 35, 117-136.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1985). Education as a valid but fallible signal of worker quality: Reorienting an old debate about the functional basis of the occupational hierarchy. In A. C. Kerchoff (Eds.) Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization, Vol. 5 (pp. 119-165). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1985). The role of self-concept in vocational theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 32 (1), 159-162.
• 1980-1984
• Gottfredson, L. S., Finucci, J. M., & Childs, B. (1984). Explaining the adult careers of dyslexic boys: Variations in critical skills for high-level jobs. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 24, 355-373.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1983). Creating and criticizing theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 23, 203-212.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1982). The sex fairness of unnormed interest inventories. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 31 (2), 128-132.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1982). Vocational research priorities. The Counseling Psychologist, 10 (2), 69-84.
• Reprinted under the title "An outsider's view of research priorities" in The Coming Decade in Counseling Psychology, edited by J. M. Whiteley, N. Kagan, L. W. Harmon, F. Tanney, & B. R. Fretz. American Personnel and Guidance Association, 1984.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1981). Circumscription and compromise: A developmental theory of occupational aspirations. Journal of Counseling Psychology (Monograph), 28 (6), 545-579.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Brown, V. C. (1981). Occupational differentiation among white men in the first decade after high school. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 19, 251-289.
• Gottfredson, L. S., Simonsick, E., & Voorstad, F. (1981). Occupational statistics and vocational analysis. 1980 Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association, 98-107.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Becker, H. J.. (1981). A challenge to vocational psychology: How important are aspirations in determining male career development? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 18, 121-137.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & White, P. E. (1981). Interorganizational agreements. In P. C. Nystrom & W. Starbuck (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational Design, Vol. 1: Adapting Organizations to their Environments (pp. 471-486). New York: Oxford.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1980). Construct validity of Holland's occupational typology in terms of prestige, census, Department of Labor, and other classification systems. Journal of Applied Psychology, 65 (6), 697-714.
• 1975-1979
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1979). Aspiration-job match: Age trends in a large, nationally representative sample of young white men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 26 (4), 319-328.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). Providing Black youth more access to enterprising work. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 27 (2), 114-123.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). An analytical description of employment according to race, prestige, and Holland type of work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 13, 210-221.
• Gottfredson, L. S. (1978). Race and sex differences in occupational aspirations: Their development and consequences for occupational segregation. Report No. 254. Baltimore, MD: Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Brown, V. C. (1978). Holland codes for the 1960 and 1970 censuses: Detailed occupational titles. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 8, 22. (Ms. No. 1660).
• White, P. E., Richardson, A., Bright, M., Gottfredson, L., McQueen, D., Sanders, B., & Vlasak, G. (1976). A Survey of Graduates of American Schools of Public Health. Washington, D.C.: Association of Schools of Public Health.
• Holland, J. L., Gottfredson, G. D., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1975). Read our reports and examine that data. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 7, 253-259.
• Gottfredson, G. D., Holland, J. L., & Gottfredson, L. S. (1975). The relation of vocational aspirations and assessments to employment reality. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 7, 135-148.

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Presentations at Professional Meetings and in Lecture Series

|| 1977-1979 || 1980-1984 || 1985-1989 || 1990-1994 || 1995-1999 || 2000-2004 || 2005-2009 || 2010-2014 || 2015-2019 || 2020-2024 ||

• 2020-2024
• Gottfredson, L. S. Woke from the Dead. Keynote presented at Heterodoxy in Psychology, 2nd Biennial Conference, Orange, CA, January 10, 2020.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader

• 2015-2019
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, K. How to Select or Create Materials Your Patients Will Actually Understand. Pre-Conference Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Indisanapolis, August 3, 2017.
• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. DSME/S for older adults with cognitive decline. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, San Diego, August 12, 2016.
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, K. How to Select or Create Materials Your Patients Will Actually Understand. Pre-Conference Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, San Diego, August 11, 2016.
  • Handouts for workshop
• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. The cognitive and functional burdens of diabetes for older adults. Presented at Fifth Annual Pennsylvania State Diabetes Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 22, 2016.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader
• Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, K. DSME for preventable hypoglycemia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, New Orleans, August 5, 2015.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader

• 2010-2014
• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. DSME for older adults: Relative utility of selected assessment tools. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Orlando, FL, August 7, 2014.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader
• Gottfredson, L. S. Empirical treasure: Lost and found. Address given at receipt of Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Intelligence Research at its annual conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 12, 2013.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader
• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. The psychometrics of diabetes self-management error among aging patients. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Philadelphia, August 8, 2013.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader
• Gottfredson, L. S. Evolutionary perspective on raising intelligence. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Barcelona, Spain, July 22, 2013.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
  • Slides in Acrobat Reader
• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. Challenges of diabetes self-management in the elderly with age-related cognitive decline. A webinar for continuing education credit, American Association of Diabetes Educators, May 8, 2013.
  • Slides in Powerpoint
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• Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, K. Teaching diabetes self-management--in 4 hours (or less). Presented in the Spring 2013 Colloquium Series, College of Education and Human Development, University of Delaware, February 28, 2013.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Circumscription and Compromise Theory of Career Development. Presented at a Mafalda Symposium on Educational and Career Guidance: "PITSTOP Between School and Work." Kirchliche Padagogische Hochschule Graz, Graz, Austria, November 15, 2012.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. The Rising Complexity of Everyday Life. Presented to the Alumni Association of the School of Psychology, Karl Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria November 13, 2012.
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• Stroh, K., & Gottfredson, L. S. Beyond health literacy: Cognitive demands of diabetes self-management. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Indianapolis, August 2, 2012.
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• Gottfredson, L. S., Stroh, K., & Sparling, E. Spearman and the cognitive ergonomics of health disparities. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Cyprus, December 8, 2011.
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• Gottfredson, L. S., Stroh, K., & Sparling, E. Identifying the special difficulties in diabetes self-management among individuals with cognitive disabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of University Centers for Disabilities (AUCD), Arlington, VA, October 6, 2011.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Why is g so deeply insinuated in social inequality? Presented at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, London, July 26, 2011.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. The sociology of biological intelligence. Hans J. Eysenck Lecture, International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, London, July 26, 2011.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (Symposium organizer).Challenges in reporting mainstream science on human variation in socially important traits: In memoriam of science writer Constance Holden. Symposium presented at the annual meeting at the International Society for Intelligence Research, Alexandria, VA, December 10, 2010.
• Gottfredson, L. S. Individuals differ widely in general intelligence: The cause--or the consequence--of socioeconomic inequality? What relevance to human capital? Invited presentation at "Human capital in Latin-American countries: The importance of psychological assessment," meeting of Psychological Assessment of Minas Gerais (EMAP), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 22-25, 2010.
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• 2005-2009
• Gottfredson, L. S. Use slopes to track the "fundamental cause" of group disparities in health. Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Madrid, December 18, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Give intelligence its due, but put it in its place. Presentation at New Voices in Intelligence and Creativity Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 3, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Creativity on the brain. Presentation at New Voices in Intelligence and Creativity Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 2, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Social class disparities in health: A vexing puzzle with a surprising answer? Division 1 George A. Miller Award address, American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 7, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Intelligence as warp and woof of human affairs. Keynote address presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Evanston, IL, July 19, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Practical meaning of human cognitive differences. Presented in the symposium, "Cognitive Enhancement," The Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, June 28, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Four decisions in promoting cognitive enhancements. Presented in a workshop on cognitive enhancement, The Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, June 27, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Lessons in academic freedom. Presented in a festschrift for Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., at the annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Minneapolis, MN, June 16, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S., & Stroh, M. K. Development of a low-literacy "Rx for Physical Activity" for a rural community health center. Paper presented at the Centers for Disease Control's 2009 Diabetes Translation Conference, Long Beach, CA, April 24, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Literacy and task complexity in the self-management of diabetes. Presented in the symposium, "Lower literacy predicts poorer self-management of diabetes: Why, and what can practitioners do about it? Centers for Disease Control's 2009 Diabetes Translation Conference, Long Beach, CA, April 22, 2009.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. How intelligence research can guide interventions to reduce error rates in health self-management. Presented in the symposium “Causal models that integrate literacy, g, and health outcomes: A practical guide to more effective disease prevention and health promotion?” at the annual convention of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Decatur, GA, December 12, 2008.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. The fragility of maximal performance. Presented at the conference, “How can we improve our brains?” The Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, September 16, 2008.
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• Gottfredson, L. S., Arden, R., & Miller, G. Is SES a surrogate for intelligence in predicting health? Presented at the annual convention of the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, July 24, 2008.
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• Arden, R., Gottfredson, L. S., & Miller, G. Intelligence and semen quality. Presented at the annual convention of the Behavior Genetics Association, Louisville, KY, June 26, 2008.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Psychometric properties of health and health self-care. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Amsterdam, December 13.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Flynn Effect 2: Political enthusiasm. Presented at the 2007 Schelling Symposium, What is Intelligence? University of Maryland, November 19, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Flynn Effect 1: Empirical puzzle. Presented at the 2007 Schelling Symposium, What is Intelligence? University of Maryland, November 19, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Intelligence in everyday life--Where and why it matters. Developmental Lunch Bunch Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 16.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). Everyday life and health as an intelligence test—throughout evolution. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Special Lecture, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 15
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Patient intelligence predicts health and adherence to treatment: New opportunities for improving and assessing clinical care. Presented at the National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, October 15, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Chronic diseases as cognitively demanding careers for patients and their families: Diabetes, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and breast cancer. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Giessen, Germany, July 22-27, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2007). My journeys with job analysis: Understanding health and safety throughout human evolution. Ernest J. McCormick Memorial Lecture, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, March 30, 2007.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Dangerous ideas and safe zones. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, San Francisco, December 14, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Gentleman, scholar, and mentor--Without fail. Presentation in a symposium honoring Julian C. Stanley, at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 11, 2006.
• Gottfredson, L. S. Intelligence: One or many? Presentation in the Psi Chi / STP Pedagogical Debate, "Should Psychology Adopt a Theory of Multiple Intelligences?" at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 10, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Lowering the cognitive barriers to effective health self-care. Presented at the 13th European Conference on Personality, Athens, Greece, July 23, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Health self-care as a complex, lifelong career: Implications for patients, providers, and policy makers. Presented in the Medici Conference, Center for Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 5, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Managing one's diabetes: A lifelong career with relentless reasoning demands. Presented at the "Allied Health Symposium: Inform, perform, transform," Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, March 2, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Cognitive disparities: What role in creating health disparities? Presented in the book event "The Health Disparities Myth: Diagnosing the Treatment Gap," American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, February 22, 2006.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. Paper presented to the Psychobiology section of the Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, December 6, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Innovation, fatal accidents, and the evolution of general intelligence. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Albuquerque, NM, December 1, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Situational Judgment Tests and Disparate Impact: The Big Picture. Discussion paper in the symposium, "Adverse Impact in Predictors and Criteria of Performance," presented at the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, April 16, 2005.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. "What's Holding Women Back in Science?" Wrong Question. Presentation in the panel "Women in Science: Are They Being Held Back?" sponsored by The Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in association with The New York Academy of Sciences Women Investigators Network, Cooper Union, New York City, April 14, 2005.
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• To read a summary of the entire proceedings and to view the presentations, go to the Academy eBriefing, "The Nature and Nurture of Women in Science," on the NYAS website.
• Gottfredson, L. S. Ways to Reduce the Learning Demands that Magnify Health Disparities. Fourth in the year-long series "Prescriptions for Change: Reducing Health Disparities in Our Community," sponsored by the Cleveland Roundtable Community Council, April 13, 2005.
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• 2000-2004
• Gottfredson, L. S. The sociology of intelligence: Ten years after The Bell Curve. Presented at the annual convention of the International Society for Intelligence Research, New Orleans, December 3, 2004.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Have Black-White Gaps in IQ and Achievement Narrowed? Presented at the annual convention of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Newport Beach, CA, December 5, 2003.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Intelligence: Is it the epidemiologists' elusive "fundamental cause" of social class inequalities in health? Division 1 invited address at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 7, 2003.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. Might g explain the remarkably general relation between social class and health? Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria, July 14, 2003.
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• Gottfredson, L. S. g, jobs, and life: Honoring Arthur R. Jensen. Paper presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, December 7, 2002.
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• Gottfredson, Linda S. Life, death, and intelligence. Invited presentation at the symposium, "Futures of Intellectual Assessment and Psychometrics," Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, December 4, 2002.
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• Gottfredson, Linda S. Patient compliance: A matter of motivation or competence? Paper presented at the 11th European Conference of The European Association of Personality, University of Jena, Germany, July 22, 2002.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. What makes (an) intelligence practical? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Cleveland, OH, December 6, 2001.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Health literacy: More evidence for the practical value of g. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 24, 2001.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Sternberg research team is mistaken: Its data do not reveal an independent practical intelligence that rivals g. Keynote address at the Tenth Biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 11, 2001.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Biological basis of differences in human intelligence. Invited lecture at the Moscow Summer School 2001 ("Evolution, Behaviour, and Society: 1. Human Ethology"), Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow (Zvenigorod), Russia, June 23, 2001.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. How differences in intelligence shape a society. Invited lecture at the Moscow Summer School 2001 ("Evolution, Behaviour, and Society: l. Human Ethology"), Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow (Zvenigorod), Russia, June 23, 2001.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Life's trials: Gradients of risk across the IQ continuum. Paper presented at the First Annual Meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Cleveland, OH, December 1, 2000.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Intelligence research in the new millennium: Understanding and shaping brains, genes, daily lives, and national politics. Paper presented as a plenary session at the International Conference on Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, June 13, 2000.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Intelligence and the right of consent. Paper presented in the Program on Constitutional Government, Department of Government, Harvard University, April 21, 2000.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Intelligence (g) is important because it is general. Paper presented in the "Millennial Debate on g in I/O Psychology," at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, April 16, 2000.
• 1995-1999
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Progress in measuring Holland's environmental models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, August 22, 1999.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The American meritocracy: Is it fair? Presentation at Washington College, Chestertown, MD, November 16, 1998.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Intelligence and the American ambivalence towards talent. A keynote presentation at the 4th Biennial Wallace Research Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, May 22, 1998.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Multiculturalism and affirmative action: Cancers or cures? University lecture at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, November 12, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Boulders and building blocks in workplace equity. Presentation at the second annual Fall Conference of the New Jersey Department of Personnel in the symposium "Building Blocks of Workplace Equity: Affirmative Action Tumbling Down?" College of New Jersey, October 30, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. What is g and why the flight from it? Colloquium presentation at the Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, October 3, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The flight from g. Presentation at the fall meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Council, Baltimore, MD, September 25, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The flight from g. Presentation at the annual convention of the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council, Newport Beach, CA, June 25, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The nature of vocational interests. Presentation at the 3rd annual meeting of the Society for Vocational Psychology, Lehigh, PA, May 22, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Vacuous defense of a hollow test: Commentary on the 1994 Nassau County police exam. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the symposium "Police Selection in Nassau County: Validity and Demographic Diversity." St. Louis, MO: April 12, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Are selection tests being used to subvert merit hiring? Invited presentation to the Personnel Testing Council of Northern California, Sacramento, CA, March 13, 1997.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Multiculturalism and the affirming climate. Presentation in Fall speaker series of the Department of Administration, George Washington University, November 7, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Perspectives on diversity. Invited presentation to the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, DC. Washington, DC, August 14, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Changes and challenges. Paper presented in the symposium "Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise" at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. New York, August 12, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The interdomain study of abilities, interests, and personality. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, August 11, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The Bell Curve and beyond. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, April 8, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The meaning of intelligence in everyday life. Paper presented in Spring 1996 Speaker Series of the College of Human Ecology. Cornell University, March 25, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Affirmative action: What do we really want? Plenary talk to 1996 EEO/AA Conference of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Omaha, NE, March 8, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Affirmative action via test-score banding. A workshop presented at the 1996 EEO/AA Conference of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Omaha, NE, March 8, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Multiculturalism. Paper presented at the Midwinter Conference of the Society of Psychologists in Management. San Diego, February 25, 1996.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Issues of human intelligence and society. Presentation at the 50th Anniversary Retreat of the Federation of American Scientists, Airlie House, VA, October 22, 1995.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Occupational clusters for implementing "Goals 2000." Presentation to the National Skill Standards Board at its Public Forum on Occupational Clustering held at the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, September 20, 1995.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The nature of interests: A discussion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City, August 11, 1995.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The real message of The Bell Curve. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, May 21, 1995.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Rising complexity of de-jobbed work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, May 21, 1995.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The Bell Curve and human resource management. Keynote speech at Indiana University School of Business meeting of Human Resource Advisory Board and Case Competition. Bloomington, February, 10, 1995.
• 1990-1994
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Multiculturalism's redefinition of merit. Speaker at the fall meeting of the National Capitol Association of Scholars, Washington, DC, October 14, 1994.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Social and political issues associated with adverse impact: Implications for I/O psychologists. Workshop presented at the meeting of the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, Arlington, June 7, 1994.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The end of affirmative action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Nashville, TN, April 10, 1994.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Backwards to diversity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September, 1993.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The new challenge to academic freedom. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Chattanooga, April, 1993.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Diversity: New trends in affirmative action programs. Invited paper presented at the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council Conference on Public Personnel Assessment, Baltimore, June, 1992.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Working through workforce diversity. Panelist on symposium held at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Montreal, May, 1992.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Breaching taboos and challenging orthodoxy in scholarship on race. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April, 1992.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Ethical dilemmas. Invited paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Psychologists in Management, Tampa, Florida, February, 1992.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. When diversity is politicized. Invited paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Psychologists in Management, Safety Harbor, Florida, February, 1991.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Rhetoric about race differences. Invited paper presented at the Manhattan Conference, New York City, September, 1990.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. How good are alternative measures of job performance? Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, August, 1990.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Valuing talent in the labor market: Paying for academic achievement. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, August, 1990.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Affirmative action and the merit principle. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Miami Beach, April, 1990.
• 1985-1989
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Two issues in career development modeling: The criterion problem and the problem of causal inference. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August, 1989.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. New developments and persistent conflicts in employment testing. Invited paper presented in the symposium "Ability Testing: Uses, Consequences, and Conflicts" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement Science, San Francisco, January 1989.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Reconsidering fairness: A matter of social and ethical priorities. Keynote address at "Future Directions of Employment Testing," a conference by the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, Washington, D.C., July, 1988.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Reconsidering fairness: A matter of social and ethical priorities. Invited paper presented at the fall conference, "Fairness in Employment Testing," of the Personnel Testing Council of Southern California, Newport Beach, CA, October 1987.
• Gottfredson, Linda A. Problems of promoting performance in a pluralistic society. Invited address to the Division 14 Doctoral Student Consortium of the American Psychological Association, New York, August, 1987.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Breaching taboos: A personal perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, August, 1987.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Matters of mutual concern. Invited paper presented at Pastor's Seminar, sponsored by the Baptist Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity, at Providence Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD, July 1987.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. IQ vs. training: Job performance and black-white occupational inequality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1986.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Societal consequences of the g factor in employment. Invited paper presented at the fall conference of the Personnel Testing Council of Southern California, Newport Beach, CA, October, 1985.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Vocational exploration and realism: Promoting both simultaneously. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1985.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The concept of an occupation: Implications for social research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, April, 1985.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Some misconceptions about the link between education and work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, 1985.
• 1980-1984
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Advances in assessing the interests of special groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August, 1984.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Realism in vocational choice: A new theory and some practical applications. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Baltimore, April, 1984.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The occupational attainment of dyslexic men. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Orton Dyslexia Society, Baltimore, November, 1982.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Assessing the effect of social change on minority career development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1981.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The uses and problems of public data in vocational research. Paper presented to the Maryland Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Baltimore, November, 1980.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Race, sex and social class: Perils and parallels. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, September, 1980.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. How valid are occupational reinforcer pattern scores? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, September, 1980.
• Gottfredson, Linda S., Eleanor Simonsick, & Francine Voorstad. Occupational statistics and vocational analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Houston, August, 1980.
• 1977-1979
• Gottfredson, Linda S., & Henry J. Becker. The importance of aspirations as determinants of career development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, September, 1979.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The implications of some results of labor market studies for stratification theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August, 1979.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Racial differences in the evolution of educational and occupational aspirations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1979.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Aspiration-job match: Age trends in a large nationally representative sample of young men. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, September, 1978.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The composition of employment according to race, sex, prestige, and type of work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, September, 1978.
• Gottfredson, Linda S., & Vicky C. Brown. Occupational differentiation in the first decade after high school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, September, 1978.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Racial differences in employment and occupational aspirations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Association, Toronto, March, 1978.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. The relation of education and situs of work to economic differentials of blacks and whites. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, September, 1977.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Providing black youth more access to enterprising work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August, 1977.
• Gottfredson, Linda S. Differential educational payoff models and theories of the diversity of human talents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April, 1977.

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Video Interviews

• 2016 Distinguished Contributor Interview, International Society for Intelligence Research, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 2016.
  • Link to entry on ISIR website
  • Direct link to Interview
• Interview with Stefan Molyneux: Race, Evolution, and Intelligence, Free Domain Radio, December 29, 2015.

Professional Service

• Past President, International Society for Intelligence Research, 2013.
• President, International Society for Intelligence Research, 2012.
• President-elect, International Society for Intelligence Research, 2011.
• Secretary, International Society for Intelligence Research, 2007-2010.
• Founding Member, Advisory Board, International Society for Intelligence Research, 2000-2010.
• Member, Board of Editorial Advisors, Society, 1997-present.
• Member, Board of Directors, International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, 2005-2011.
• Member, Editorial Board, Learning and Individual Differences, 2004-2008.
• Member, Editorial Board, The Psychologist-Manager, 1997-2000.
• Member, National Council, Federation of American Scientists, 1995-1999.
• Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Oversight hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Washington, DC, May 20, 1997.
• Member, Board of Directors, Society of Psychologists in Management, 1994-1997.
• Member, Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Social Biology, 1990-1994.
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983-1990.
• Consultant, Department of Labor (DOT revision [APDOT, contract to American Psychological Association], implementation of "Goals 2000" [contract to Institute for Educational Leadership]), 1992-1995.
• Consultant, Department of Defense Student Testing Program contract awarded to Booz-Allen, Inc. 1989-1991.
• Panel member, Advisory Panel on the Identification of Alternative Approaches for reporting Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores. U.S. Manpower Entrance Processing Command, San Antonio, TX, November, 1987.
• Consultant, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1987-1989.

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Essays in Newspapers

• Gottfredson, Linda (2012, February 26). "World grows more complex," New York Times, Room for Debate, The Opinion Pages.
• Gottfredson, Linda (1997, September 28). "Race in the U.S.A.: We've come a long way, baby?" Review of America in black and white: One nation indivisible, by S. Thernstrom & A. Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, 1997.Washington Times, pp. B6, B8.
• Gottfredson, Linda (1996, October 24). "Racially gerrymandered police tests." Wall Street Journal, p. A16.
• Gottfredson, Linda (1994, December 13). "Mainstream science on intelligence." Wall Street Journal, p. A18. (LG is author but not listed as such.)
• Gottfredson, Linda (1993, June 3). "Clinton's new form of race-norming." Wall Street Journal, p. A14.
• Gottfredson, Linda (1990, December 6). "When job-testing 'fairness' is nothing but a quota." Wall Street Journal, p. A18.