Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. With a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University, she combines clinical psychology expertise with technology studies in her research on digital culture.

• Key research areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Ethics, Sociable Robotics
• Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, Rockefeller Humanist, Harvard Centennial Medalist, AAAS member
• Books: The Empathy Diaries (2021), Reclaiming Conversation (2015), Alone Together (2010), Simulation and Its Discontents (2009)

Her work explores how digital artifacts shape identity, intimacy, and cognition, analyzing both historical and contemporary technological impacts through intimate ethnography.