thomas teo

This Area is available to students wishing to conduct specialized research on historical topics in psychology and in psychological theory and metatheory. Students have the opportunity to employ a wide range of research methods, including the interpretation of primary texts, the collection and interpretation of archival material, and the conduct and use of oral history.

Research Program

My current research focuses on critical studies in the history and theory of psychology. I am interested in analyzing the ontological, epistemological, methodological, and ethical problems of psychology. Specifically, I am reconstructing the history of psychology as the history of the critique of psychology, the history of philosophical psychology in the 19th century, and the history and theory of racism in psychology and the social sciences from a scientific, political, social, and developmental point of view. I am also constructing a theory of subjectivity.