Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle 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 excellent critical reviews.

18 June 1948

Born on the same birth date (18 June 1948): Philip Jackson (actor)

Born on the same birth day (18 June): Allan Sandage • Antonio Maria Bononcini • Bruce DuMont • Carl Radle • Del Harris • Dick Foran • Frithjof Schuon • George Mikan • Ian Carmichael • Louis Alter • Martti Marttelin • Tara Platt • Uday Hussein

Born in the same month (June 1948): Hans Binder • Jerry Mathers • Jürgen Sparwasser • Karol Sikora • Mike Holmgren • Philippe Sarde • Sandra Post • Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar