Paige Harden

Kathryn Paige Harden is an American psychologist and behavior geneticist. She is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is also the leader of the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and the co-director of the Texas Twin Project.[1][2] She is also a Faculty Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin's Population Research Center and a Jacobs Foundation research fellow.[3]

Paige Harden
Born
Kathryn Paige Harden
NationalityUnited States
EducationFurman University
University of Virginia
Spouse(s)Elliot Tucker-Drob (2010-2017)
AwardsAward for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioral genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
ThesisA behavior genetic study of religiosity and adolescent problem behavior (2009)
Doctoral advisorEric Turkheimer

Her research has focused on using genetic data to understand individual differences in child and adolescent development. She has published papers on the psychological consequences of early puberty and early age at first sexual intercourse, on delinquency and antisocial behavior, and on intelligence and academic achievement.[4][5][6]

She was a recipient of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology in 2017, in honor of her research on "how to integrate genetic knowledge with the classical clinical and developmental insights into human behavior."[7] In an editorial in the New York Times, Harden argued that genetic research on human individual differences is compatible with egalitarian social goals.[8]

References
  1. "Paige Harden". UT College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. "People". Lifespan Development Lab. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. "Jacobs Foundation". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. Spiesel, Sydney (29 November 2007). "Teens and sex, diet and acne, and more". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  5. "Juvenile but Not Delinquent: Surprising findings on teen sexuality". Virginia Magazine. Spring 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. "Publications". labs.la.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  7. "Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Kathryn Paige Harden". American Psychologist. 72 (9): 898–900. December 2017. doi:10.1037/amp0000271.
  8. Harden, Kathryn Paige (2018-07-24). "Opinion | Why Progressives Should Embrace the Genetics of Education". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-17.


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