I am currently working on a book project entitled What We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our Genomic Future with my friend and colleague Daphne Martschenko, a bioethicist specializing in mixed methods and critical theory. In it, we unpack social, ethical, and policy issues related to the DNA revolution. The book is scheduled to be published by Princeton University Press in early 2026.
Over the past decade, the field of human genetics has rapidly produced a wide range of never-before-seen genomic tools — and, in order to grapple with their growing societal implications, we must take seriously both the effects of our DNA and the impact of pernicious genetic myths.
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Ramina Sotoudeh*, Sam Trejo, Arbel Harpak, and Dalton Conley*. bioRxiv.
Marissa Thompson, Sam Trejo, AJ Alvero, and Daphne Martschenko. SocArXiv. ●
Sam Trejo and Klint Kanopka. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ●
Sam Trejo, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, and Brian Jacob. Science Advances. ● ●
Marissa Thompson* and Sam Trejo*. Sociology of Education. ● ● ●
Sam Trejo and Daphne Martschenko. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Methods. ●
Benjamin W. Domingue, Klint Kanopka, Sam Trejo, Mijke Rhemtulla, and Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. Psychological Methods. ●
Daphne Martschenko* and Sam Trejo*. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances.
Benjamin W. Domingue*, Klint Kanopka, Travis T. Mallard, Sam Trejo, and Elliot M. Tucker-Drob*. Behavior Genetics. ●
Benjamin W. Domingue, Sam Trejo, Emma Armstrong-Carter, and Elliot Tucker-Drob. Sociological Science.
Maya Rossin-Slater*, Molly Schnell*, Hannes Schwandt*, Sam Trejo, and Lindsey Uniat. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ●
Emma Armstrong-Carter*, Sam Trejo*, Liam Hill, Kirsty Crossley, Dan Mason, and Benjamin W. Domingue. Psychological Science. ● ●
Daphne Martschenko*, Sam Trejo*, and Benjamin W. Domingue*. AERA Open.
Sam Trejo*, Daniel W. Belsky, Jason D. Boardman, Jeremy Freese, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Pamela Herd, Kamil Sicinski, and Benjamin W. Domingue*. Sociological Science.
Sam Trejo. The Developing Economist. ●
Jeremy Freese, Benjamin W. Domingue, Kamil Sicinski, Sam Trejo, and Pamela Herd. SocArXiv.
Benjamin W. Domingue, Klint Kanopka, Sam Trejo, and Jeremy Freese. SocArXiv.