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Journal of Social IssuesVolume 54, Issue 1 p. 211-219 Commentary Ellen Herman, Corresponding Author Ellen Herman University of Oregon ELLEN HERMAN is the author of The Romance of American Psychology: Political Culture on the Age of Experts (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995) and Psychiatry, Psychology, and Homosexuality (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995). She is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon and has also taught at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts-Boston. She is interested in norms and normalizing technologies, the professionalization of help, and the question of knowability in the human sciences. She is currently writing a book about 20th-century child adoption as an enterprise in expert kinship designDepartment of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403–1288Search for more papers by this author Ellen Herman, Corresponding Author Ellen Herman University of Oregon ELLEN HERMAN is the author of The Romance of American Psychology: Political Culture on the Age of Experts (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995) and Psychiatry, Psychology, and Homosexuality (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995). She is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon and has also taught at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts-Boston. She is interested in norms and normalizing technologies, the professionalization of help, and the question of knowability in the human sciences. She is currently writing a book about 20th-century child adoption as an enterprise in expert kinship designDepartment of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403–1288Search for more papers by this author First published: 09 April 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01213.xCitations: 2 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume54, Issue1Spring 1998Pages 211-219 RelatedInformation