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): Antero Niittymäki • Denny Hulme • Ignaz Pleyel • John Bellany • Katie Derham • Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu • Michael Blakemore • Ottaviano Petrucci • Richard Gasquet • Robert Kanigher • Takeoff (rapper) • Vincenzo Montella

Born in the same month (June 1948): Cirilo Flores • Daniel Wegner • Fred Grandy • Gudrun Schyman • Ian McEwan • Ian Paice • Jan Reker • Jerry Mathers • Jim Bailey (American football) • Joe Roth • Laurence Yep • Len Wein • Ludwig Scotty • Michel Plasse • Nick Drake • Philippe Sarde • Phylicia Rashad • Sandra Post • Sergei Bodrov • The Radiators (American band) • Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar