Sherry Turkle
1948
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: Harvard University, Radcliffe College, Abraham Lincoln High School
occupation: psychologist, sociologist, university teacher, non-fiction writer, international forum participant
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship
official website: sherryturkle.com
Sherry Turkle (born June 18, 1948) is an American sociologist. She is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She obtained a BA in social studies and later a PhD in sociology and personality psychology at Harvard University. She now focuses her research on psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. She has written several books focusing on the psychology of human relationships with technology, especially in the realm of how people relate to computational objects. Her memoir 'Empathy Diaries' received fair critical reviews. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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