Sherry Turkle

Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E51-296C
Cambridge, MA 02139

sturkle@media.mit.edu
Sherry Turkel

Sherry Turkle received her Bachelors of Arts summa cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Sociology and Personality Psychology from Harvard University.

 

ACTIVITIES

 

Selected Affiliations and Accomplishments

 

1987-Present

Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Graduate and Affiliate Member

1978-Present Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
2002,1997 World Economic Forum Fellow
2002 Named one of the Top Ten Wired Women by ABC News.com
2000 Named one of Time Magazine's Innovators of the Internet
1997 Named one of top 50 Cyber Elite by Time Digital Magazine
1997 Selected member of "Computer 200", an exhibit of the leaders of the computer industry. Exhibited at the Association of Computing Machinery's 50th Anniversary meeting and exhibited and archived at the Boston Computer Museum.
1985 Selected Member of Esquire Register "America's New Leadership Class," Esquire Magazine.
1984 Selected "Woman of the Year," Ms. Magazine
1999-Present Harvard College Visiting Committee on Information Technology
1998-2003 AAUW Educational Foundation
Co-chair of Commission on Technology, Gender, and Teacher Education

 

Other Professional Activities (partial listing)

 

2007-present                Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
                                             Editorial Board

2007-present                The Public Eye
                                             Editorial Board

2000-present                The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

2000-present                MacArthur Foundation
                                           Committee on Information Technology 

1995-present                 Massachusetts Women's Forum

1994-present                 Science, Technology, and Human Values
                                             Editorial Advisory Board.