I’ve been really intrigued by the argument that genetics research would make research in the social sciences ‘more robust.’ That is, the idea that social science research is missing a key factor that could be compounding results: genetics. Using education as an example, I’ve heard the argument that in the high-stakes educational environment we findContinue reading “The Trickle Down (political) Economy of Genetics Research”
Monthly Archives: September 2018
The Anthill Podcast: Inheritance
I am weeks away from submitting my PhD! As such, I have fairly little time for blog posts. However, I was recently interviewed for The Conversation UK month podcast “The Anthill.” This month’s episode is titled “Inheritance.” In it, I speak about the ugly history behind the study of intelligence and genetics and advocate forContinue reading “The Anthill Podcast: Inheritance”
Adversarial Collaboration
Dorothy Robert argues that behavior genetics researchers have a social responsibility to think about the context in which their work is produced (Dorothy Roberts, 2015). To facilitate more socially-responsible research, I advocate for ‘adversarial collaboration.’ I first came across this term at a Special Interest Group meeting at the 2017 American Educational Research Association annualContinue reading “Adversarial Collaboration”
