Richard J. Rose | |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1935 |
Fields: | Behavior genetics Molecular genetics Psychology |
Workplaces: | Indiana University Bloomington |
Alma Mater: | University of Minnesota |
Thesis Title: | Preliminary study of three indicants of arousal: measurement, interrelationships, and clinical correlates |
Thesis1 Url: | and |
Thesis2 Url: | )--> |
Thesis Year: | 1964 |
Doctoral Advisor: | David T. Lykken |
Known For: | Twin studies |
Awards: | Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association (2007) |
Spouses: | )--> |
Partners: | )--> |
Richard J. Rose (born March 19, 1935)[1] is an American psychologist and behavioral geneticist. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and of Medical & Molecular Genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1964, where he was advised by David T. Lykken.[2] A founding member of the Behavior Genetics Association,[3] he served as its president in 1999 and received its Dobzhansky Award in 2007.[4] He is known for his research using twins to study human behavioral traits such as alcoholism[5] and IQ.[6] This included working as a consultant on the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart in the 1970s.[7] He began collaborating with scientists at the University of Helsinki in 1984, and received an honorary doctorate from this university in 2009.[8]