The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. James Comer

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. James Comer

8/18/2004

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2004.132

Child psychiatry professor and child psychiatrist Dr. James Comer (1934 - ) was the developer of the Comer Process, a system of education that focused on child development in inner-city schools. Comer also founded the Comer School Development Program to promote the usage of his process in schools across the nation. In addition to his work in research and program development, Comer served as the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine for over thirty years. Comer was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/18/2004, in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 51m 44s

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Comer, James P

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Dr. James P. Comer, founder and chairman of the School Development Program at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center, was born on September 25, 1934, in East Chicago, Indiana. After earning his A.B. degree from Indiana University, Comer went on to earn his M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in 1960, and his M.P.H. from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1964.After completing his M.P.H., Comer completed his training at the Yale School of Medici...