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Subject: [EQ] Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:08:56 -0500
From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <[log in to unmask]>
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Special Issue: Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era
(January, 2005). American Psychologist- the journal of the American
Psychological Association (APA)
Authors Warn of Inaccuracies and Explore Thorny Issues Concerning the
Use and Measurement of Race in Health and Social Science Research As
More Is Learned about the Human Genome
The Gene-Environment Interaction is what must be studied; but should the
study of race be thrown out altogether?
Website - Highlights of each article summarized at:
http://www.apa.org/releases/race.html
PDF file – Introduction [4p.] at:
http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/amp6015.pdf
Press release: WASHINGTON — New and sophisticated methods for studying
the relationship between human genetic differences, the environment,
health and behavior, all made possible by the completion of the Human
Genome Project, have made traditional race-based measurements of human
differences obsolete, according to numerous authors writing in a special
issue of the American Psychologist devoted to Genes, Race, and
Psychology in the Genome Era.
“…In a series of articles, leading researchers discuss racial health
disparities and the controversial area of intelligence, while also
carefully outlining specific instances and ways in which researchers
should measure or use race. According to the authors, such research
requires a careful examination of both environmental and genetic
factors, as well as conceptually sound and methodologically rigorous
measures of race at a level not yet universal in all research
The special issue also looks at the construct of race in the 21st
century, as well as the historical use of the construct in science,
including issues of new genetic markers for race vs. self-reported race,
racial vs. ancestral identity, racial disparities, and the interaction
between genes and the environment. In separate articles, other authors
discuss the long-standing and controversial examination of race and
intelligence. The backdrop for each of the articles is the high
expectation that the completion of the Human Genome Project will lead to
dramatic advances in our understanding of health and behavior…..”
January 2005 American Psychologist
Lead Author and Contact Information
Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era: An Introduction
Norman B. Anderson and Kim J. Nickerson, American Psychological
Association Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Race and Ethnicity in the Genome Era: The Complexity of the Constructs
Vence L. Bonham, Esther Warshauer-Baker, and Francis S. Collins,
National Institutes of Health Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real:
Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Social Construction
of Race
Audrey Smedley, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Brian D. Smedley,
Institute of Medicine Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
The Meaning of Race in Psychology and How to Change It: A Methodological
Perspective
Janet E. Helms, Maryam Jernigan, and Jackquelyn Mascher, Boston College
- Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
In the Eye of the Storm: Race and Genomics Research and Practice
Vivian Ota Wang, National Human Genome Research Institute, National
Institutes of Health and Stanley Sue, University of California, Davis
-Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Intelligence, Race, and Genetics
Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, and Kenneth K. Kidd, Yale
University Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Under the Skin: On the Impartial Treatment of Genetic and Environmental
Hypotheses of Racial Differences
David C. Rowe (Deceased), University of Arizona. Dr. Joseph Rodgers made
final revisions to this article. Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Race and IQ: Molecular Genetics as Deus ex Machina
Richard S. Cooper, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
The Use of Race Variables in Genetic Studies of Complex Traits and the
Goal of Reducing Health Disparities: A Transdisciplinary Perspective
Alexandra E. Shields, Georgetown University, Michael Fortun, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Harvard University, Patricia
A. King, Georgetown University Law Center, Caryn Lerman, University of
Pennsylvania, Rayna Rapp, New York University, and Patrick F. Sullivan,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Genes, Environment, and Race: Quantitative Genetic Approaches
Keith E. Whitfield and Gerald McClearn, Pennsylvania State University
Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Race and Genetics: Controversies in Biomedical, Behavioral, and Forensic
Sciences
Pilar Ossorio, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Troy Duster, New York
University Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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