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Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.
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.
Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.
In her most recent bestselling book, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, Turkle argues that now, with a deeper understanding of our vulnerability to technology, we must reclaim conversation, the most human—and humanizing—thing that we do.
Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
Media Appearances, Video Presentations, and Interviews in which Sherry Turkle discusses her books as well as her research in general. The Harvard Gazette – “Why virtual isn’t actual, especially when it comes to friends.”
Reader's Guide to The Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle (for students and book clubs) New York: Penguin Random House, April 2022. Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Selected Affiliations and Accomplishments. 2021. Received National Jewish Book Award (best memoir) and New England Society Book Award (best contemporary nonfiction) for "The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir." It was also a New York Times Critics' Best Book of 2021 and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. 2018.
MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us to the present day, Alone Together describes changing, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, and families.
Feb 26, 2021 · Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus — herself — in her memoir, “The Empathy Diaries.”
