Howard A. Doughty is a Professor in the Faculty of Applied Arts and Health Sciences at Seneca College in King City, Ontario. A prolific writer, he has authored more than 300 books and articles and has presented over 30 academic papers to professional associations in the social sciences. Editor of Bridges: Explorations in Science, Technology and Society (1986-1991) and founding editor of The College Quarterly, he has contributed substantially to both secondary and post-secondary education in Canada. Howard holds a B.A. in political science from York University, as well as post-graduate degrees in political science from York and the University of Hawaii, and in history and the philosophy of education from the University of Toronto.

He is currently finishing work on prior learning assessment, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and is looking forward to the completion of a book on the history of cynicism from Diogenes to the present day.

Recent publications and those relevant to the subject matter of the conference or workshop or to the scientific part of the congress (1995-2002)

Books:

2002 Cultures in Conflict: Perspectives on Terrorism, ed., with M. Tuzi (Toronto: Guernica), including "Introduction," "YHWH Cults and the Politics of the Apocalypse," "Palestine: A Postcolonial Study," & "A Meditation on the Book of Job" (forthcoming)
The Necessity of Canadian Culture, ed. (Toronto: Guernica), including "Introduction," "Play, Art and Politics in Childhood," & "Play, Art
and the Polity" " (forthcoming)

2001 Discourse / Community: Multidisciplinary Studies in Canadian Culture, ed., with M. Tuzi (Toronto: Guernica), including "Introduction," "Arthur Kroker and the Canadian Mind," & "Cargo Cults and Corporate Culture"

Articles & Book Segments:

2002 "Prior Learning Assessment: The Case of Ontario Colleges," with D. Meaghan, The College Quarterly (forthcoming)

2001 "The Novelist as Anthropologist," in M. Tuzi, ed., Nino Ricci (Toronto: Guernica)

2000 "Abolishing Exemptions in English," The CALL (Canadian Association for Language and Literacy) Magazine (February)

1999 "Deep Prejudice," with P. King, The Innovation Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2

"Magic, Innovation and Decision Making," with R. Barrett, The Innovation Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1

1998 "Innovation in Public Policy: Toward a Definition of Political Health and Pathology," The Innovation Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2

1997 "Speaking the Same Language," Ecoforum: Journal of the Environmental Liaison Centre International, Vol. 20, No. 1

1996 "Preface," to P. Fox & G. White, eds., Politics Canada, (Toronto: Primis)

"Preface," to L. Tepperman, J. Curtis & R. Richardson, eds., The Social World, (Toronto: Primis)

1995 "Academic Freedom: An Essentially Contested Concept," The College Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3

Review Essays:

2002 " 'Nor Commit a Social Science,' " books discussed ? Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa, Derek Freeman, Margaret Mead in Samoa & The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth, Napoleon Chagnon, Yanomami: The Fierce People, Patrick Tierney, Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists And Journalists Devastated the Amazon, The Innovation Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1

Updated November 17, 2001