Audrey M. Shuey

Audrey M. Shuey (1910–1977) was an American academic. She served as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Randolph-Macon College.

Early life

Audrey M. Shuey was born in 1910. Shuey took her B.A. at the University of Illinois, her M.A. at Wellesley, and her Ph.D. at Columbia where she was a student of Henry Garrett.^[1]

Career

Shuey served as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Randolph-Macon College.

Shuey published the book The Testing of Negro Intelligence (1958, 2nd ed., 1966) surveying and summarizing the results of 40 years of intelligence tests involving whites and blacks. It argued that the 15-point Black-White average IQ difference remained constant from the 1910s to the 1960s, across all regions of the U.S., as well as in Canada and Jamaica. At the time of publication it was heavily criticized by scientists who contended that she selectively represented and compared studies in a way that maximized the appearance of a White advantage, and relied on outdated studies. The publication and distribution of her book was funded by the Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund, in a bid to counter the desegregation of the American school system following Brown vs. Board of Education.^[1]

Death

Shuey died in 1977.

References

1. Jackson, John P. (2005). Science for Segregation: Race, Law, and the Case against Brown v. Board of Education. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4271-6. Lay summary (30 August 2010).

Publications

• Shuey, Audrey M. (1966). The Testing of Negro Intelligence (2nd ed.). New York: Social Science Press.