Kathryn Paige Harden

Kathryn Paige Harden is an American psychologist and behavioral geneticist who is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and acts as co-director of the Texas Twin Project. She is also a Faculty Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin's Population Research Center and a Jacobs Foundation research fellow. Harden has advocated for an increased role of genetical research in psychology and the social sciences.

In a 2018 editorial in the ''New York Times'', Harden argued that genetic research on human individual differences is compatible with progressive and egalitarian social goals. In September 2021, Harden published ''The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality'' on Princeton University Press, where she argues that "the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society".

Harden earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia in 2009 under Eric Turkheimer. She began working at the University of Texas the same year. Provided by Wikipedia