academic bio
Jeff Sugarman is Professor of Education and Psychology at Simon Fraser University. His major interests are the psychology of personhood and human agency, the sociopolitical influence of psychology, the psychology of neoliberalism, and the application of historical ontology to psychological inquiry. He is a past President of the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (Division 24 of the American Psychological Association), former Associate Editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology and New Ideas in Psychology, and fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Educational Research Association. He is co-editor of The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015) and A Humanities Approach to the Psychology of Personhood (Routledge, 2020), and co-author of Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (Springer, 2010), Psychology and the Question of Agency (SUNY Press, 2003), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (SUNY Press, 1999).
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Books
Sugarman, J., & Martin J. (Eds.) (2020). A humanities approach to the psychology of personhood. New York: Routledge.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Slaney, K. (Eds.) (2015). The Wiley handbook of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Hickinbottom, S. (2010). Persons: Understanding psychological selfhood and agency. New York: Springer.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Thompson, J. (2003). Psychology and the question of agency. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Martin, J., & Sugarman, J. (1999). The psychology of human possibility and constraint. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Slaney, K. (Eds.) (2015). The Wiley handbook of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Hickinbottom, S. (2010). Persons: Understanding psychological selfhood and agency. New York: Springer.
Martin, J., Sugarman, J., & Thompson, J. (2003). Psychology and the question of agency. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Martin, J., & Sugarman, J. (1999). The psychology of human possibility and constraint. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
articles and chapters
Sugarman, J., & Thrift, E. (2020). Neoliberalism and the psychology of time. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60, 807-828.
Sugarman, J. (2020). Victim and therapeutic cultures and the contentious climate of universities. In D. Nehring, O. J. Madsen, E. Cabanas, C. Mills, & D. Kerrigan (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of global therapeutic cultures (pp. 346-360). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
Sugarman, J. (2020). Smedslund and the psychological style of reasoning. In T. Lindstad, E. Stänicke, & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Respect for reasoning: Jan Smedslund’s legacy for psychology (pp. 269-284). New York: Springer.
Sugarman, J. (2019). An historical turn for theoretical and philosophical psychology. In T. Teo (Ed.), Contemporary challenges of theoretical psychology: Re-envisioning theoretical psychology and its relations to psychology (pp. 25-48). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Thrift, E., & Sugarman, J. (2019). What is social justice? Implications for psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 39, 1-17.
Sugarman, J. (2017). Psychologism as a style of reasoning and the study of persons. New Ideas in Psychology, 44, 21-27.
Sugarman, J. (2015). Neoliberalism and psychological ethics. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. 35, 103-116.
Sugarman, J. (2013). Persons and historical ontology. In J. Martin & M. Bickhard (Eds.), The psychology of personhood: Philosophical, historical, socio-developmental, and narrative perspectives (pp. 81-100). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Sugarman, J. (2009). Historical ontology and psychological description. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 29, 5-15.
Martin, J., & Sugarman, J. (2009). Does interpretation in psychology differ from interpretation in natural science. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 39, 19-37.
Sugarman, J. (2007). Practical rationality and the questionable promise of positive psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 47, 175-197.
Sugarman, J. (2020). Victim and therapeutic cultures and the contentious climate of universities. In D. Nehring, O. J. Madsen, E. Cabanas, C. Mills, & D. Kerrigan (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of global therapeutic cultures (pp. 346-360). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
Sugarman, J. (2020). Smedslund and the psychological style of reasoning. In T. Lindstad, E. Stänicke, & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Respect for reasoning: Jan Smedslund’s legacy for psychology (pp. 269-284). New York: Springer.
Sugarman, J. (2019). An historical turn for theoretical and philosophical psychology. In T. Teo (Ed.), Contemporary challenges of theoretical psychology: Re-envisioning theoretical psychology and its relations to psychology (pp. 25-48). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Thrift, E., & Sugarman, J. (2019). What is social justice? Implications for psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 39, 1-17.
Sugarman, J. (2017). Psychologism as a style of reasoning and the study of persons. New Ideas in Psychology, 44, 21-27.
Sugarman, J. (2015). Neoliberalism and psychological ethics. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. 35, 103-116.
Sugarman, J. (2013). Persons and historical ontology. In J. Martin & M. Bickhard (Eds.), The psychology of personhood: Philosophical, historical, socio-developmental, and narrative perspectives (pp. 81-100). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Sugarman, J. (2009). Historical ontology and psychological description. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 29, 5-15.
Martin, J., & Sugarman, J. (2009). Does interpretation in psychology differ from interpretation in natural science. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 39, 19-37.
Sugarman, J. (2007). Practical rationality and the questionable promise of positive psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 47, 175-197.
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