Kathryn Paige Harden

Kathryn Paige Harden, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, where she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project. She is a graduate of Furman University (2003) and the University of Virginia (2009). In addition to research, Paige teaches “Introduction to Psychology” in a synchronous massive online class. The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality (2021, Princeton) is her first book, and her second, Original Sin: The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness, will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson (UK) and Random House (US) in April 2026. She lives in Austin.