Background
Odom, James Vernon was born on August 26, 1948 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Calvin Odom and Edna Elizabeth (Norton) Nichols.
Odom, James Vernon was born on August 26, 1948 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Calvin Odom and Edna Elizabeth (Norton) Nichols.
Bachelor in Psychology, Davidson College, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, U. North Carolina, 1978.
Research associate, Case Western Reserve U., Department Psychology, Cleveland, 1978-1979; research fellow, University of California Berkeley, School Optometry, Berkeley, 1979-1980; research assistant professor, U. Florida, Department Ophthalmology, Gainesville, 1980-1982; assistant professor, West Virginia University, Department Ophthalmology, Morgantown, 1982-1988; associate professor, West Virginia University, Department Ophthalmology, Morgantown, since 1988. Advisory board Courts, Health Sciences and the Law, 1989-1991.
Member Amnesty International, American Civil Liberties Union. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, APA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/EMBS, International Society for Clinical Electrophysiologyof Vision (secretary for the American mathematical society since 1990), American Academy Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Optical Society American, Society for Neurosci., Sigma Xi (chapter president 1991).
Married Monique Josip Juraj Leys, July 21, 1990.
