James H. Fowler

James H. Fowler (born February 18, 1970) is an American social scientist specializing in social networks, cooperation, political participation, and genopolitics (the study of the genetic basis of political behavior). He is currently Professor of Medical Genetics in the School of Medicine and Professor of Political Science in the Division of Social Science at the University of California, San Diego. He was named a 2010 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.

James H. Fowler
Fowler at Poptech in 2009
Born (1970-02-18) February 18, 1970
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
(1992, 2001, 2003)
Yale University (1997)
Known forObesity contagiousness
Happiness contagiousness
Genopolitics
Genes and Social Networks
Colbert bump
Scientific career
FieldsSocial network analysis
Cooperation
Political participation
Genopolitics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
University of California, Davis
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