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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award Sociology

Overview

Dalton Conley is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has conducted extensive research at the intersection of social sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple fields with a focus on genetics, sociology, pediatrics, cognitive psychology, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered in Conley's research include birth, development, and health; genetic associations and epidemiology; intergenerational and educational inequality studies; cognitive abilities and testing; genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals; school choice and performance; and health disparities and outcomes.

Conley has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group, 2020, eLife
  • Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics: Risks, Potential Benefits, and Ethical Responsibility, 2023, The Hastings Center Report
  • Sibling Similarity in Education Across and Within Societies, 2021, Demography
  • Social and genetic associations with educational performance in a Scandinavian welfare state, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genetic Influences on Educational Achievement in Cross-National Perspective, 2022, European Sociological Review

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kieron Barclay
  • Torkild Hovde Lyngstad
  • Lauren Schmitz
  • Daniel W. Belsky
  • Rebecca Johnson

Conley regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Demography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

The scientist's work is recognized through several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2011
  • National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award in Sociology, 2005

Best Publications

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Being Black, Living in the Red : Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America

    Dalton Conley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • The Effects of Poverty on Child Health and Development

    J. Lawrence Aber;Neil G. Bennett;Dalton C. Conley;Jiali Li

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Is biology destiny? Birth weight and life chances

    Dalton Conley;Neil G. Bennett

  • Capital for college: Parental assets and postsecondary schooling

    Dalton Conley

  • Parental Educational Investment and Children’s Academic Risk Estimates of the Impact of Sibship Size and Birth Order from Exogenous Variation in Fertility

    Dalton Conley;Dalton Conley;Dalton Conley;Rebecca Glauber

  • Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group.

    Hakhamanesh Mostafavi;Arbel Harpak;Ipsita Agarwal;Dalton Conley

  • Social Class: How Does it Work?

    Annette Lareau;Dalton Conley

  • The Genetic Architecture of Economic and Political Preferences

    Daniel J. Benjamin;David Cesarini;David Cesarini;Matthijs J. H. M. van der Loos;Christopher T. Dawes

  • Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies.

    Daniel W. Belsky;Benjamin W. Domingue;Robbee Wedow;Louise Arseneault

  • Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method

    Cornelius A Rietveld;Tõnu Esko;Gail Davies;Tune H Pers

  • Black–White Achievement Gap and Family Wealth

    W. Jean Yeung;Dalton Conley

  • Polygenic Influence on Educational Attainment: New Evidence From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

    Benjamin W. Domingue;Daniel W. Belsky;Dalton Conley;Kathleen Mullan Harris

  • Genetic and educational assortative mating among US adults

    Benjamin W. Domingue;Jason Fletcher;Dalton Conley;Jason D. Boardman

  • What Money Doesn't Buy: Class Resources and Children's Participation in Organized Extracurricular Activities

    Elliot B. Weininger;Annette Lareau;Dalton Conley

  • The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances

    Dalton Conley;Kate Wetteroth Strully;Neil G Bennett

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
David Cesarini
David Cesarini New York University
Daniel J. Benjamin
Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder
Jason M. Fletcher
Jason M. Fletcher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Christopher F. Chabris
Christopher F. Chabris Geisinger Health System
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh

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