Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/04/2013
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Category(ies)
EVENT DETAILS
Speaker: Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling
Time: 7:00p–8:30p
Location: 6-120
Professor Anne Fausto-Sterling will speak about her recent research on gender identity in children. A great divide exists between people who accept biological explanations of human difference and those who reject biology in favor of social explanations. This research project is part of her larger ambitious body of work that attempts to restructure dichotomous conversations–inside the academy, in public discourse, and ultimately in the framing of social policy–in order to enable an understanding of the inseparability of nature/nurture.
Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling is a leading expert in biology and gender development and has achieved recognition for works that challenge entrenched scientific beliefs while engaging with the general public. Using a groundbreaking new approach to understanding gender differences, Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling is shifting old assumptions about how humans develop particular traits. Dynamic systems theory permits one to understand how cultural difference becomes bodily difference. By applying a dynamic systems approach to the study of human development, Dr. Fausto-Sterling’s work
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Women’s and Gender Studies, Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
For more information, contact:
The Friendly WGS Staff
3-8844
wgs@mit.edu
This event is categorized as: humanities/social sciences