Department of Psychology

James T. Lamiell earned his Ph.D. at Kansas State University in 1976, and joined the Georgetown faculty in 1982. His scholarly interests are in the history and philosophy of psychology. His earlier empirical work focused on the psychology of subjective personality judgments, and he has also written extensively on methodological issues pertaining to personality research more generally. His most recent book is a treatment of the concept of individuality in twentieth century scientific psychology, highlighting the historical contributions to the literature on this subject made by the German psychologist and philosopher William Stern (1871-1938). Professor Lamiell has three times been named a Fulbright Senior Scholar to Germany (Heidelberg, 1990; Leipzig, 1998; Hamburg, 2004). In Hamburg, Lamiell was also Ernst-Cassirer-Visiting Professor for one semester of the 2003-2004 academic year.