July 1, 2021
CITI-IMMAA Seminar: Sherry Turkle
Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the author of six books, including the brand-new The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Penguin, 2021), which ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Her other books include the New York Times bestsellers
- Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age;
- Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other;
- The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit;
- Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet; and Simulation and Its Discontents.
Professor Turkle is a Ms. Magazine “Woman of the Year”, a TED speaker, a featured media commentator, the recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller Humanities fellowships, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.