David C. Rowe was an American

United States

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 psychology

Psychology

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 professor known for his work studying genetic and environmental influences on adolescent onset behaviors such as delinquency

Juvenile delinquency

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 and smoking

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Rowe earned his A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Harvard University

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 and his Ph.D.

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 from the University of Colorado at Boulder

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In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence

Mainstream Science on Intelligence

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," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson

Linda Gottfredson

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 and published in the Wall Street Journal, which declared the consensus of the signing scholars on issues related to race and intelligence

Race and intelligence

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 following the publication of the book The Bell Curve

The Bell Curve

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. Rowe's work frequently supported hereditarianism

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