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Sarah S. Richardson
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Sarah Richardson, May 2021
TitleProfessor of the History of Science & Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
AwardsAdele E. Clarke Book Award (2024)[1]
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Stanford University (PhD)
ThesisGendering the Genome: Sex Chromosomes in Twentieth Century Genetics (2009)
Doctoral advisorHelen Longino
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosopher and Historian of Science
Sub-disciplineFeminist Science Studies, Science of Sex
Notable worksThe Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects
Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
Websitehttps://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard

Sarah S. Richardson is an American philosopher and historian who is a professor at the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University.[2] 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.

Career

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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.[3]

Research

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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.[4]

Selected publications

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  • 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 978-0-8135-4323-9. OCLC 173299300.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[5]
  • Richardson, Sarah S. (2013), "Sex Itself", Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome, University of Chicago Press, pp. 1–22, doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226084718.003.0001, ISBN 978-0-226-32561-3, retrieved 2023-05-04[6]
  • 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. Bibcode:2014Natur.512..131R. doi:10.1038/512131a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25119222.
  • 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.[7]
  • Richardson, Sarah S. (2021). The maternal imprint : the contested science of maternal-fetal effects. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-54477-9. OCLC 1240772044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[8]

References

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  1. ^ https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/news/richardson-receive-2024-adele-e-clarke-book-award
  2. ^ "Department of History of Science". Harvard University.
  3. ^ "Sarah S. Richardson". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  4. ^ M'charek, A. (2014-02-14). "YseX Is a Matter of Concern Rather Than a Matter of Fact". Science. 343 (6172): 731–732. Bibcode:2014Sci...343..731M. doi:10.1126/science.1249293. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 51600444.
  5. ^ Reviews of Revisiting race in a genomic age
  6. ^ Reviews of Sex Itself
  7. ^ Reviews of Postgenomics
  8. ^ 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. S2CID 257051256.
    • "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.
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