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'''Gerhard Meisenberg''' is a German biochemist who is the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Mankind Quarterly]]'', a journal which publishes content endorsing [[scientific racism]] and [[eugenics]].<ref name="van der merwe">{{cite news |last1=Van der Merwe |first1=Ben |title=It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/02/it-might-be-pseudo-science-students-take-threat-eugenics-seriously |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=[[New Statesman]] |date=19 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="saini">{{cite news |last1=Saini |first1=Angela |title=Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/22/eugenics-racism-mainstream-science |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=the Guardian |date=22 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Justin |title=Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors, vandals and sock puppets |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/12/wikipedia-wars-inside-fight-against-far-right-editors-vandals-and-sock-puppets |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=Hatewatch |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=12 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Joe L. Kincheloe, et. al, ''Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined'', Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, pg. 39</ref>


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Meisenberg is on the advisory board for the journal ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]''.<ref name="van der merwe"/><ref name="saini"/> According to ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', a letter Meisenberg sent to ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' advocated for eugenics or genetic engineering to be considered for groups where a genetic difference in intelligence is found.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/03/race-and-intelligence-the-debate-continues/ |title=Race and intelligence: the debate continues |last=Macarthur |first=Daniel |date=2009-03-12 |website=WIRED |language=en-US |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>
Gerhard Meisenberg was born in Germany. <ref name=rossu>{{cite web |title=Gerhard Meisenberg |url=https://medical.rossu.edu/md-program/faculty/GerhardMeisenberg.html |website=medical.rossu.edu |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


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[[Angela Saini]], in an opinion for ''[[The Guardian]]'', has said that Meisenberg's views race and intelligence are "unsupported by evidence, generally receive little to no attention from within the everyday scientific community".<ref name="saini"/>
<ref name =elsevier>{{cite web |url= https://bookmark.elsevierhealth.com/gerhardmeisenberg |title= Gerhard Meisenberg|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= bookmark.elsevierhealth.com|publisher= |access-date= 16 December 2018|quote=}}</ref>
He worked on his doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany. <ref name="rossu"/> In 1981, he was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Munich.<ref name="rossu"/> In 1982, he conducted postdoctoral research centered on the behavioral effect of neuropeptides at Loyola University [[Stritch School of Medicine]] in Maywood, IL.<ref name="rossu"/>


He is a professor of [[physiology]] and [[biochemistry]] at [[Ross University School of Medicine]] in [[Dominica]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0514/090.html |title=Palm Tree M.D.s |last=Schoenberger |first=Chana R. |date=2001-05-14 |website=Forbes |language=en |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref><ref name=rossu>{{cite web |title=Gerhard Meisenberg |url=https://medical.rossu.edu/md-program/faculty/GerhardMeisenberg.html |website=medical.rossu.edu |accessdate=25 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1984, Dr. Meisenberg joined Ross University School of Medicine in [[Dominica]] as an assistant professor in the department of biochemistry where he is still active as a professor teaching biochemistry. <ref name="rossu"/>

His medical research work has touched multiple topics including attitudes of medical students to human genetic engineering, cross-cultural studies about attitudes, values, and research on rising IQ scores in Dominica. <ref name="elsevier"/>

==Controversy==
Gerhard Meisenberg is the [[editor-in-chief]] of [[Mankind Quarterly]], <ref name =mankindquarterly> {{cite web |url= http://mankindquarterly.org/about|title= Mankind Quarterly: About |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= mankindquarterly.org|publisher= |access-date= 16 December 2018|quote=}}</ref> a
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peer reviewed scientific journal dedicated to physical and cultural anthropology which, according to critics, endorses [[scientific racism]] and [[eugenics]].<ref name="saini">{{cite news |last1=Saini |first1=Angela |title=Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/22/eugenics-racism-mainstream-science |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=the Guardian |date=22 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Justin |title=Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors, vandals and sock puppets |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/12/wikipedia-wars-inside-fight-against-far-right-editors-vandals-and-sock-puppets |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=Hatewatch |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=12 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Joe L. Kincheloe, et. al, ''Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined'', Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, pg. 39</ref> He is a professor of [[physiology]] and [[biochemistry]] at [[Ross University School of Medicine]] in [[Dominica]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0514/090.html |title=Palm Tree M.D.s |last=Schoenberger |first=Chana R. |date=2001-05-14 |website=Forbes |language=en |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>

Meisenberg is on the advisory board for the journal ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]''.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/02/it-might-be-pseudo-science-students-take-threat-eugenics-seriously |title="It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously" |author=Van der Merwe, Ben |date=19 February 2018 |website= |publisher= New Statesman|access-date=16 December 2018 |quote=}}</ref>
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<ref name="saini"/> According to ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', a letter Meisenberg sent to ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' advocated for eugenics or genetic engineering to be considered for groups where a genetic difference in intelligence is found.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/03/race-and-intelligence-the-debate-continues/ |title=Race and intelligence: the debate continues |last=Macarthur |first=Daniel |date=2009-03-12 |website=WIRED |language=en-US |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>

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[[Angela Saini]], in an opinion for ''[[The Guardian]]'', has said that Meisenberg's views race and intelligence are "unsupported by evidence, generally receive little to no attention from within the everyday scientific community".<ref name="saini"/>


==Books==
==Books==
* {{cite book|first1=Gerhard|last1=Meisenberg|first2=William H.|last2=Simmons|title=Principles of Medical Biochemistry, 4e|date=2016|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780323296168|edition=4|url=|language=English}}
* {{cite book|last1=PhD|first1=Gerhard Meisenberg|last2=PhD|first2=William H. Simmons|title=Principles of Medical Biochemistry, 4e|date=2016|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780323296168|edition=4|url=|language=English}}
* {{cite book|first1=Gerhard|last1=Meisenberg |title=In God's Image: The Natural History of Intelligence and Ethics|date=2007|publisher=Book Guild Publishing|isbn=1846240557|edition=1|url=|language=English}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:41, 16 December 2018

Gerhard Meisenberg
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bochum (M.Sc), University of Munich (Ph.D)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsRoss University School of Medicine
Thesis (1981)

Gerhard Meisenberg is a German biochemist who is the editor-in-chief of Mankind Quarterly, a journal which publishes content endorsing scientific racism and eugenics.[2][3][4][5]

Meisenberg is on the advisory board for the journal Intelligence.[2][3] According to Wired, a letter Meisenberg sent to Nature advocated for eugenics or genetic engineering to be considered for groups where a genetic difference in intelligence is found.[6]

Angela Saini, in an opinion for The Guardian, has said that Meisenberg's views race and intelligence are "unsupported by evidence, generally receive little to no attention from within the everyday scientific community".[3]

He is a professor of physiology and biochemistry at Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica.[7][1]

Books

  • PhD, Gerhard Meisenberg; PhD, William H. Simmons (2016). Principles of Medical Biochemistry, 4e (4 ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 9780323296168.

References

  1. ^ a b "Gerhard Meisenberg". medical.rossu.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Van der Merwe, Ben (19 February 2018). "It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously". New Statesman. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Saini, Angela (22 January 2018). "Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ^ Ward, Justin (12 March 2018). "Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors, vandals and sock puppets". Hatewatch. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ Joe L. Kincheloe, et. al, Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, pg. 39
  6. ^ Macarthur, Daniel (2009-03-12). "Race and intelligence: the debate continues". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  7. ^ Schoenberger, Chana R. (2001-05-14). "Palm Tree M.D.s". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
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