Review of Vaccine Wars: The Two-Hundred-Year Fight for School Vaccinations, by Kim Tolley

Sevan G. Terzian is a professor in the School of Teaching & Learning at the University of Florida and President of the History of Education Society. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the history of American education, philosophical foundations of education, college and university teaching, and foundations of research in curriculum and instruction. Sevan’s scholarly research has investigated:  the history of the American high school; the history of science, gender, and education in the postwar era; the racial and cultural dimensions of giftedness in 20th century American education; the history of technology in education; and the beliefs and practices of highly effective college instructors.  He has published two books: Science Education and Citizenship: Fairs, Clubs, and Talent Searches for American Youth, and American Education in Popular Media: From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen (coedited with Patrick Ryan). Some of Sevan’s research has also appeared in journals including Teachers College Record, History of Education Quarterly, Science Education, Paedagogica Historica, and Public Understanding of Science. He is currently writing a book on how cultural constructs of time have shaped American educational thought and practice over the past 400 years.