Sociogenomics & Social Inequality Scholar; Henry Putnam University Professor at Princeton; Author of "Being Black, Living in the Red"

New York, NY, USA
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Dalton Conley Biography

Dalton Conley is a Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology at Princeton University. He is a faculty affiliate at Princeton's Office of Population Research and the Center for Health and Wellbeing, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and serves as dean of health sciences for University of the People, a tuition-free, accredited online college focused on expanding access to higher education. Conley holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Biology from New York University, a combination that has contributed to his work in sociogenomics, the study of how genetic variation and social environments interact to shape human behavior and social outcomes.

Conley's research centers on the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic and health status, analyzing how advantages and disadvantages are passed from parents to children. His first book, "Being Black, Living in the Red," examines the Black-white wealth gap and its effects on racial disparities in well-being. He is also the author of the memoir "Honky," which explores his childhood in New York City's public housing, and "The Pecking Order," which investigates how within-family inequalities influence life achievements. "The Starting Gate" addresses the long-term effects of low birth weight, while "Elsewhere, U.S.A." and "Parentology" apply sociological analysis to American life and parenting. His textbook "You May Ask Yourself" is widely used in sociology courses. In "The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture," Conley provides an overview of sociogenomics and its implications for understanding human behavior and social inequality.

Conley has received several honors in recognition of his contributions to social science, including the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award, a Russell Sage Foundation Fellowship, and an NSF CAREER Award. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Conley has written for publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Slate, and Forbes, making research on inequality, genetics, and social mobility accessible to a broader audience. His work bridges empirical research and public discourse, addressing topics such as the reproduction of inequality across generations, the role of biology in social life, and policy approaches to social mobility.

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