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The American Pursuit of Intelligence Genes, 1916?2022 [there Is a Dangerous Knowledge Gap in the History of Science, Namely the History of Sociogenomics in the United States. the Sociogenomic Research Agenda Originated in Eugenics, a Scientific and Political Project That Assumes Genes Determine Social Outcomes and Allocates Life Chances on the Basis of Presumed Genetic Quality. as a Result of the Often-unrecognized Eugenic Foundations of Sociogenomics, This Research Has Great Potential for Weaponization, as Occurred in a 2022 Mass Shooting in Buffalo, When the Perpetrator Cited Sociogenomic Research to Justify His Actions. the Project Proposed Here Will Combine Archival Research, Digital Text Analysis, Oral History, and Participant Observation to Document the History of Sociogenomics and Its Intellectual Precursors?differential Psychology and Behavior Genetics?across the Twentieth Century and Into the Twenty-first, Identifying Intellectual and Institutional Linkages to Eugenics. It Will Result in a Book for Academic and Popular Audiences.]