11 Facts About Seymour Itzkoff

Seymour William Itzkoff was born on 1928 and is an American psychologist and writer who has published research on intelligence.

Seymour Itzkoff has taught at Smith College since 1965 and is professor emeritus of education and child study.

Seymour Itzkoff is an advocate of the effects of biological determinism on intelligence.

Seymour Itzkoff has stated that standardized test ability is difficult to improve, especially verbal ability.

Seymour Itzkoff has received funding from the Pioneer Fund, which has been closely associated with eugenics and white nationalism since its founding.

Seymour Itzkoff wrote the preface to John Glad's 2006 book advocating for eugenics, Future Human Evolution: Eugenics in the Twenty-First Century.

Seymour Itzkoff has published works on Jewish identity and Jewish intelligence, as well as books outlining his predictions about 21st-century global crises and his recommended responses.

Seymour Itzkoff has written about music, including a biography of cellist Emanuel Feuermann.

In 1983 Seymour Itzkoff's published The Form of Man: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Intelligence.

Seymour Itzkoff cited Carleton Coon's biased racial categorizations and, according to Shea, dismissed or ignored modern research which contradicted Seymour Itzkoff's assumptions.

Philosopher Michael Ruse praised the book's writing and optimistic tone as appropriate for high school students or early undergrads, while saying that Seymour Itzkoff did not support many of his arguments and assumptions.