Joseph Fagan
{{short description|American psychologist}}
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| birth_name = Joseph Francis Fagan III
| birth_date = {{birth date |1941|09|07}}
| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut
| death_date = {{death date and age |2013|08|10 |1941|09|07}}
| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio
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| fields = Psychology
| workplaces = Case Western Reserve University
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| alma_mater = University of Connecticut
| thesis_title = Short-term memory processes in normal and retarded children
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| thesis_year = 1967
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Joseph F. Fagan III (September 7, 1941 – August 10, 2013){{cite web | url=http://artsci.case.edu/magazine/2016/joseph-fagan/ | title=In Memoriam: Joseph F. Fagan III | publisher=Case Western Reserve University | work=artsci magazine | date=3 June 2016 | accessdate=7 July 2016 | author=Singer, Lynn}}{{cite journal|last1=Gilmore|first1=Grover C.|title=Joseph F. Fagan III (1941–2013)|journal=Intelligence|date=September 2014|volume=46|pages=345–346|doi=10.1016/j.intell.2014.06.005|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264006438|doi-access=free}} was an American psychologist and the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor of psychology at Case Western Reserve University from 1990 until his death in 2013.
Education
Fagan received his B.A. from the University of Hartford in 1963 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1965 and 1967, respectively.
Career
Research
Fagan was known for his research into intelligence testing of infants, and he developed one such test that can predict how successful an infant will be when he or she begins taking classes,{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/04/science/infant-iq-tests-found-to-predict-scores-in-school.html | title=Infant I.Q. Tests Found to Predict Scores in School | work=New York Times | date=4 April 1989 | accessdate=7 July 2016 | author=Kolata, Gina}} as well as another test that he said could predict the likelihood of an infant developing a mental disability by age 3.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-28-me-1631-story.html | title=New Test for Babies Aimed at Identifying Mental Risks | work=Los Angeles Times | date=28 August 1988 | access-date=7 July 2016 | author=Ritter, Malcolm}} He also conducted research on the relationship between race and intelligence, and concluded from this research that the black-white IQ gap was due to environmental factors.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_qbMO-6ijkC | title=IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | author=Murdoch, Stephen | year=2007 | pages=220| isbn=9780470120378 }} He also published a number of studies in the early 1980s that found a correlation between novelty preference among infants and their later cognitive test scores.{{cite book | title=Nature and Nurture During Infancy and Early Childhood | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Plomin, Robert | year=2006 | pages=17}} His research has also found a link between infant IQ test scores and academic achievement by age 21. He conducted much of his research along with his wife, Cynthia Holland, a professor of psychology at Cuyahoga Community College.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/science/gauging-the-intelligence-of-infants.html?_r=0 |title=Gauging the Intelligence of Infants |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2014-04-07}}
Death
Fagan died on August 10, 2013, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 71.{{cite web | url=http://cwru-daily.com/news/renowned-researcher-psychology-professor-joseph-fagan-passes-away/ | title=Renowned researcher, psychology professor Joseph Fagan passes away | work=CWRU Daily | date=13 August 2013 | accessdate=7 July 2016}} In his honor, Case Western created the Joseph F. Fagan, III Award for Research Excellence, which is awarded annually to "a graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences who demonstrates a passion and commitment to research excellence."{{Cite web |url=http://psychsciences.case.edu/graduate/clinical-psych/funding/fagan-award/ |title=Joseph F. Fagan, III Award for Research Excellence |website=Department of Psychological Sciences |publisher=Case Western Reserve University}}
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Category:20th-century American psychologists
Category:Case Western Reserve University faculty
Category:University of Hartford alumni
Category:University of Connecticut alumni
Category:Educators from Hartford, Connecticut