Sarah S. Richardson
Sarah S. Richardson is an American philosopher and historian who is a professor at Harvard University. She is the author of The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects and Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome.
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Title | Professor of the History of Science & Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Academic background | |
Education | Columbia University (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Thesis | Gendering the Genome: Sex Chromosomes in Twentieth Century Genetics (2009) |
Doctoral advisor | Helen Longino |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosopher and Historian of Science |
Sub-discipline | Feminist Science Studies, Science of Sex |
Notable works | The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome |
Website | https://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard |
Career
Richardson earned her B.A. in philosophy from Columbia University in 2002, and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2009. She was the Five College Assistant Professor of Feminist Science Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2009 until 2010. In 2010 she would join the faculty of Harvard University, where she has remained since, earning tenure in 2017.[1]
Research
Richardson is a historian and philosopher of science, and her research and scholastic work has largely centered on feminist science studies as well as more general intersections of gender and science. Her 2013 book Sex Itself, examined cultural norms around gender.[2]
Selected publications
- Revisiting race in a genomic age. Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Sarah S. Richardson. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. 2008. ISBN 0-8135-4323-1. OCLC 173299300.
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- Richardson, Sarah S. (2013), "Sex Itself", Sex Itself, University of Chicago Press, pp. 1–22, ISBN 978-0-226-32561-3, retrieved 2023-05-04[4]
- Richardson, Sarah S.; Daniels, Cynthia R.; Gillman, Matthew W.; Golden, Janet; Kukla, Rebecca; Kuzawa, Christopher; Rich-Edwards, Janet (2014). "Society: Don't blame the mothers". Nature. 512 (7513): 131–132. doi:10.1038/512131a. ISSN 0028-0836.
- Richardson, Sarah S.; Reiches, Meredith; Shattuck-Heidorn, Heather; LaBonte, Michelle Lynne; Consoli, Theresa (2015-11-03). "Focus on preclinical sex differences will not address women's and men's health disparities". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (44): 13419–13420. doi:10.1073/pnas.1516958112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4640753. PMID 26534989.
- Richardson, Sarah S.; Stevens, Hallam, eds. (2015). Postgenomics: Perspectives on biology after the genome. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7544-9. OCLC 1186332435.[5]
- Richardson, Sarah S. (2021). The maternal imprint : the contested science of maternal-fetal effects. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-54477-9. OCLC 1240772044.[6]
References
- "Sarah S. Richardson". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- M'charek, A. (2014-02-14). "YseX Is a Matter of Concern Rather Than a Matter of Fact". Science. 343 (6172): 731–732. doi:10.1126/science.1249293. ISSN 0036-8075.
- Reviews of Revisiting race in a genomic age
- Randall, Vernellia (2012). "Review of Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age". Journal of American Ethnic History. 31 (4): 126–127. doi:10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.4.0126. ISSN 0278-5927.
- Duster, Troy (2009). Koenig, Barbara A.; Lee, Sandra Soo Jin; Richardson, Sarah S. (eds.). "Debating Reality and Relevance". Science. 324 (5931): 1144–1145. ISSN 0036-8075.
- Reviews of Sex Itself
- Milam, Erika Lorraine (2014). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". Journal of the History of Biology. 47 (2): 329–331. ISSN 0022-5010.
- Richmond, Marsha L. (2015). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". Isis. 106 (2): 496–497. doi:10.1086/682817. ISSN 0021-1753.
- Haig, David (2014). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 89 (4): 399–400. doi:10.1086/678648. ISSN 0033-5770.
- Reviews of Postgenomics
- Schnittker, Jason (2016). "Review of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome". Contemporary Sociology. 45 (4): 497–498. ISSN 0094-3061.
- Link, Adrianna (2018). "Review of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome". Journal of the History of Biology. 51 (4): 891–895. ISSN 0022-5010.
- Reviews for The Maternal Imprint
- Lagerwey, M D (August 2022). "The maternal imprint: the contested science of maternal-fetal effects". Choice Middletown. 59 (12): 1449.
- Schmidt, Susanne (2023-03-01). "The Prenatal Gaze". Isis. 114 (1): 189–192. doi:10.1086/723593. ISSN 0021-1753.
- "Mutters Beitrag, keiner sonst?: Sarah Richardson wirft einen kritischen Blick auf die Forschungen zu den Effekten mütterlicher Prägung des heranwachsenden Fötus". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Frankfurt [Frankfurt]. (in German). 7 January 2022. p. 10 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Sarah S. Richardson publications indexed by Google Scholar