Sharon Anderson-Gold
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Sharon Anderson-Gold (died September 26, 2011) was a professor and chair at the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[1]
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[edit] Background
Prior to becoming chair of the STS department in 2004, Dr. Anderson-Gold served as acting and associate dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department. Moreover, she was chair of the H&SS curriculum committee, and was the director of the First-Year Studies program (an interdisciplinary program for freshman taught by faculty). In 1999, Dr. Anderson-Gold became an STS faculty member. As a professor, she specialized in applied ethics and social/political philosophy.
Dr. Anderson-Gold has studied and is interested in the history of modern philosophy, Kantian ethics, bioethics, human rights, as well as social and political philosophy.
Dr. Anderson-Gold died from cancer on 26 September 2011.[2]
[edit] Published works
- 2001 - Anderson-Gold, Sharon. Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Development in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant. State University of New York Press.
- 2001 - Anderson-Gold, Sharon. Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights. University of Wales Press.
- 2002 - Anderson-Gold, Sharon. Ambivalence and Identity in Black Culture. Race, Social Identity and Human Dignity, Vol. 16, Social Philosophy Today Book Series, ed. Cheryl Hughes, Philosophy Documentation Center (July 2002).
- 2003 - Anderson-Gold, Sharon. Objectivity in Environmental Ethics. Truth and Objectivity in Social Ethics. Social Philosophy Today Vol. 18, ed. by Cheryl Hughes, Philosophy Documentation Center.
- 2003 - Anderson-Gold, Sharon. Prophetic History. Geschichtsphilosophie, ed. by Johannes Rohbeck and Herta Nagl-Docekal. Darmstadt, Germany: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG).
[edit] References
- ^ "SHARON ANDERSON-GOLD Obituary: View SHARON ANDERSON-GOLD's Obituary by New York Times". Legacy.com. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=sharon-anderson-gold&pid=153862131&fhid=2058. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ^ "Obituary: Sharon Anderson-Gold". Word.emerson.edu. 2011-09-26. http://word.emerson.edu/enaks/obituary-sharon-anderson-gold/. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
