Kathryn Paige Harden
Kathryn Paige Harden | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kathryn Paige Harden |
| Education | University of Virginia (M.A., Ph.D.) Furman University (B.S.) |
| Spouse | Elliot Tucker-Drob (2010–2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavioral genetics, social genomics |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | A behavior genetic study of religiosity and adolescent problem behavior (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eric Turkheimer |
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.
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.