André LeBlanc began his university studies in the sciences, earning a BSc in biology and psychology from the University of New Brunswick in 1990. He went on to complete his Master’s (1993) and PhD (2000) at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.

After completing his PhD, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en science et technologie (CIRST) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (2000-2002) and in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University (2002-2003). In 2004, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he taught for three years as a visiting assistant professor in the History of Science and Technology Programme at the University of King’s College. In 2008, he joined the history department at John Abbott College, where he teaches courses in world history and the history of science. Since 2011, he has taught an undergraduate seminar on the Historical, Philosophical, and Social Aspects of Science at the Science College of Concordia University.

Professor LeBlanc’s research interests include the work of the Belgian polymath Joseph Delbœuf (1831-1896), the nature of hypnosis and the placebo effect, the relationship between science and religion, the role of mind in evolution, and the problem of free will from the perspective of science. He has published in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, History of Science, Scientia Canadensis, Human Nature Review, The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Theory & Psychology, Biofeedback, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and the Journal of Consciousness Studies.