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Unit

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Aaron Panofsky

Associate Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

Luskin School of Public Affairs

School of Public Affairs

Public Policy

the College

Society and Genetics

Aaron Panofsky is currently serving as a Luskin School Of Public Affairs Associate Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

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Aaron Panofsky

University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Professor

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social sciences sociology genetics heredity communication race science and technology studies genomics behavior genetics mass communication social media research ethics racial discrimination ethnographic theory genetic ancestry epigenetics cultural economy social science research narrative online communities information society citizen participation e-participation biopolitics human research ethics participatory decision-making public participation teacher evaluation genetic predisposition white nationalists scientific authority information technology ornithology avian biology popular medium physical anthropology urban history urban studies public health ethics ethical theory behavioral research scientific study of religion environmental epigenetics scholarly communication consumer culture cultural analysis societal influence indigenous peoples white supremacy sociological research error correction reproducible research genomic medicine urban life community building applied genetics ableism natural selection ethical review xenoracism contemporary racism scientific misconduct science ethics clinical decision-making social structure identity repair contemporary participation genetics research patient advocacy organizations human biodiversity social values human heredity political biology integrative motives scientific capital exchange interdisciplinary science

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Beyond Biological Essentialism: White Nationalism, Health Disparities Data, and the Cultivation of Lay Agnotology. CrimRxiv (2025)

Kushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaAaron Panofsky

white nationalismsociologysocial problemsbiological essentialismlay agnotologyhealth disparities datasocial sciences

Genetics and Scientific Values: Aaron Panofsky, Kushan Dasgupta, Nicole Iturriaga, and Bernard Koch Reply. The Hastings Center Report (2025)

geneticsgenetic predispositionforensic geneticsbernard koch replybehavioural geneticsmendelian inheritancestatistical geneticshereditygenetic basisbiostatisticsgenetic factorsaaron panofskygenetic variationhuman geneticsgenetic foundationscientific valuesgenome biology

: Hereditary: The Persistence of Biological Theories of Crime. American Journal of Sociology (2025)

criminologyjuvenile courtcriminological theorybiological theoriescrime sciencelawtheoretical criminologycriminal justiceforensic scienceexperimental criminologyviolent behaviordeviance (sociology)

Confronting the “Weaponization” of Genetics by Racists Online and Elsewhere. The Hastings Center Report (2024)

Aaron PanofskyKushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaBernard Koch

geneticsracial discriminationracesociologycritical race theorycontemporary racismsocial sciencesdisparitiesanti-racismxenoracism

Feminist Retroviruses to White Sharia: Gender “Science Fan Fiction” on 4chan. Public Understanding of Science (2024)

Nicole IturriagaAaron PanofskyKushan Dasgupta

political sciencefeminist theorypublic scholarshipgender studiespublic opinionfeminist retrovirusesscience fan fictionwhite shariasocial sciences

Racist Agnotology: How Myth-Making About Institutions and Knowledge Production Contributes to Racialized Ignorance. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (2024)

Kushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaAaron Panofsky

geneticsracial discriminationknowledge productionsociologysocial sciencesracist agnotology

Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science. Ethnic and Racial Studies (2024)

Aaron Panofsky

human diversityracetabula razamapping raceafrican american studiesracial studiesamerican genome science

ANCESTRY: How Researchers Use It and What They Mean by It. Frontiers in Genetics (2023)

Bege DaudaSantiago J. MolinaDanielle S. AllenAgustin FuentesNayanika GhoshMadelyn MauroBenjamin M. NealeAaron PanofskyMashaal SohailSarah R. ZhangAnna C. F. Lewis

gene expressiongenomicsgeneticsapplied genetics

An Ethical Framework for Research Using Genetic Ancestry. Perspectives in biology and medicine (2023)

ethical theorygeneticsresearch ethicsstatistical geneticshereditypublic health ethicsbioethicsethical reviewethical frameworkhuman geneticshuman research ethics

Field Theory and Expertise: Analytical Approaches and the Question of Autonomy. Oxford University Press eBooks (2023)

Zachary GriffenAaron Panofsky

field theoryautonomysocial sciences

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Aaron Panofsky

Associate Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

Luskin School of Public Affairs

School of Public Affairs

Public Policy

the College

Society and Genetics

Aaron Panofsky is currently serving as a Luskin School Of Public Affairs Associate Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Aaron Panofsky

University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Beyond Biological Essentialism: White Nationalism, Health Disparities Data, and the Cultivation of Lay Agnotology. CrimRxiv (2025)

Kushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaAaron Panofsky

white nationalismsociologysocial problemsbiological essentialismlay agnotologyhealth disparities datasocial sciences

Genetics and Scientific Values: Aaron Panofsky, Kushan Dasgupta, Nicole Iturriaga, and Bernard Koch Reply. The Hastings Center Report (2025)

: Hereditary: The Persistence of Biological Theories of Crime. American Journal of Sociology (2025)

criminologyjuvenile courtcriminological theorybiological theoriescrime sciencelawtheoretical criminologycriminal justiceforensic scienceexperimental criminologyviolent behaviordeviance (sociology)

Confronting the “Weaponization” of Genetics by Racists Online and Elsewhere. The Hastings Center Report (2024)

Aaron PanofskyKushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaBernard Koch

geneticsracial discriminationracesociologycritical race theorycontemporary racismsocial sciencesdisparitiesanti-racismxenoracism

Feminist Retroviruses to White Sharia: Gender “Science Fan Fiction” on 4chan. Public Understanding of Science (2024)

Nicole IturriagaAaron PanofskyKushan Dasgupta

political sciencefeminist theorypublic scholarshipgender studiespublic opinionfeminist retrovirusesscience fan fictionwhite shariasocial sciences

Racist Agnotology: How Myth-Making About Institutions and Knowledge Production Contributes to Racialized Ignorance. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (2024)

Kushan DasguptaNicole IturriagaAaron Panofsky

geneticsracial discriminationknowledge productionsociologysocial sciencesracist agnotology

Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science. Ethnic and Racial Studies (2024)

Aaron Panofsky

human diversityracetabula razamapping raceafrican american studiesracial studiesamerican genome science

ANCESTRY: How Researchers Use It and What They Mean by It. Frontiers in Genetics (2023)

Bege DaudaSantiago J. MolinaDanielle S. AllenAgustin FuentesNayanika GhoshMadelyn MauroBenjamin M. NealeAaron PanofskyMashaal SohailSarah R. ZhangAnna C. F. Lewis

gene expressiongenomicsgeneticsapplied genetics

An Ethical Framework for Research Using Genetic Ancestry. Perspectives in biology and medicine (2023)

ethical theorygeneticsresearch ethicsstatistical geneticshereditypublic health ethicsbioethicsethical reviewethical frameworkhuman geneticshuman research ethics

Field Theory and Expertise: Analytical Approaches and the Question of Autonomy. Oxford University Press eBooks (2023)

Zachary GriffenAaron Panofsky

field theoryautonomysocial sciences

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