Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962) is an American-born British evolutionary psychologist. He considers fellow evolutionary psychologist J. Michael Bailey “one of the greatest behavior geneticists and sex researchers in the world today.”
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Kanazawa wrote a Psychology Today blog called The Scientific Fundamentalist until his dismissal in 2011 for his claim about race and attractiveness.
Kanazawa’s 2016 research on female sexuality cites several works by Bailey.
To return the favor, Bailey convinced two psychology department colleagues to co-sign Bailey’s request to host Kanazawa as a visiting scholar at Northwestern University in 2018.
When students and faculty objected, Bailey said he “didn’t invite him, in the usual sense of that word.” He claimed Kanazawa was just asking for “a desk and library access.”
Northwestern’s Psychology Department once again rallied around Bailey and his two colleagues, refusing to intervene or comment on the matter.
References
Kanazawa S (November 28, 2010). What If It Turns Out the Earth Were Flat After All? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201011/what-if-it-turns-out-the-earth-were-flat-after-all
Kanazawa S (2016). Possible evolutionary origins of human female sexual fluidity. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2017 Aug;92(3):1251-1274. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12278. Epub 2016 May 16.
MacColl M (January 17, 2019). Students call for removal of visiting researcher Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa at town hall. North by Northwestern. http://alpha.northbynorthwestern.com/story/students-call-for-removal-of-visiting-researcher-d/
Cook C (January 17, 2019). Students at town hall demand administrators force Kanazawa off campus. Daily Northwestern. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/01/17/lateststories/students-at-town-hall-demand-administrators-force-kanazawa-off-campus/
Tucker D (December 17, 2018). Controversial Professor Credited For Bringing Controversial Scholar To Northwestern. CBS Chicago. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/17/controversial-professor-credited-for-bringing-controversial-scholar-to-northwestern/
Flaherty C (December 19, 2018). Unwelcome Guest. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/12/19/northwestern-students-want-controversial-scholar-their-campus