Awards

National Academies - 1994

American Association for the Advancement of Science

About Richard J. Rose

Richard J. Rose is an American psychologist and behavioral geneticist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1964. A founding member of the Behavior Genetics Association, he served as its president in 1999. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and of Medical & Molecular Genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Rose’s research centers around using twins to study human behavioral traits such as alcoholism and IQ. He also worked as a consultant at the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research in the 1970s. He collaborated with scientists from the University of Helsinki and received an honorary doctorate from this institution.